My experience is the opposite. It is the only german plane that is a match to AI flown La-5FN, La-7, Yak-9U. If you fly the 262 properly, you are almost untouchable, even for the above aircrafts. Bnz works very well against them.
As for taking off with the 262. I think the problem lies elsewhere. Engine catches fire usually when you forget the throttle of the joystick in a position above around 20%. After pressing "I", if you move the throttle, even just a little bit, the game immediately sets the throttle to the value where you left the joystick. This results in fire usually. 2 methods to avoid this:
1, Set your throttle to 0 before pressing "I"
2, If you forgot to do the above, you can still correct it: Do not touch your throttle at all! Istead, increase power by using keyboard, until you reach the approximate value of the joystick. When reached, you can freely use the throttle.
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