I Want my 4.09 Spit FM's back.........

[Sven]

Originally Posted by SEE

I doubt that pilot meant it in the way you have interpreted. For sure, there will be testing times for Spitty/Hurricane pilots in CoD with a/c that have inferior firepower and requires utmost concentration when engaging the Bf's. A wise pilot will not try and follow it in a dive and neither will he be able to match it in a climb. He will certainly need to manage his energy trade off in T&B and deal with the carburretor float problem - these facets alone require the pilot to have the necessary awareness and skills that an 'idiot' would hardly posses. We will see in March - hopefully........

And you interpreted my way wrong, that's why we should stop interpreting. The pilot obviously meant flying the plane not mastering it, that's something totally different. The plane was meant for idiots ( read fresh pilots, as the Spitfire pilot obviously meant.)