Whats the best plane for Dog fights?

[David603]

Originally Posted by JG27CaptStubing

I would add that it does depend on the position and some other variables... D9s for instance are good accellerators and have the potential to to extend while the Antons at least the later ones are a bit lacking.

Early War Antons are more like the Dora series. They have enough accelleration to get away from Spits.

The last set of planes you posted are what I consider abnormally good planes. Spit 25 and LA7s are a bit on the silly side in terms of performance and render any Anton obsolete. A Dora might have a chance. The regular K4 is a good plane but not on part with the former. I would say the K4 C3 can put up a much better fight though I still say it goes to the Spit 25 and the LA7.

I meant to put Bf109K4 C3, like you said the regular K4 is somewhat lower in performance, and since the only assets a late model Bf109 pilot has are top speed, climb rate, acceleration and to a lesser extent low speed handling, you want to have as much of these attributes as possible.

Of course, your right, the Spitfire IX 25lbs, LA7, Bf109K4 C3 and Fw190D9, along with the Ki-84, are very much the best rides in the sim (although mod users like myself have access to some other aircraft I would put in the same category, ie Spitfire XIV, P51-D, Ta152C, Tempest 13lbs etc), and as such you can expect to come across these aircraft very regularly online, so how your chosen ride copes with these aircraft is very important.