How to fly a Spit 1a correctly!?

[Robo.]

Originally Posted by TomcatViP

That's what I don't like with ppl writing things like you did : you always put a negative tint on others comments.

That was not my intention, I just disagreed with you. I have never met you in combat and wouldn't comment your skill as such. Everybody makes mistakes in combat and everybody deals with them in a different manner, that's OK.

Originally Posted by TomcatViP

Are you so stupid to think that I am advocating dragging a 109 from deck to 20k ft ?

This is what you wrote: ''One of my fav move if a 109 chase me in my hurri is to climb up if I feel that I hve time to reach the 20K+ feet where any fight will be on even grounds. ''

I didn't say you tried to do that from the deck, I say you won't be able to win a climbing contest with a 109 in any RAF fighter

As for what reflected wrote - he probably means this site, esp. pilot recalls in the bottom section

http://www.spitfireperformance.com/spit1vrs109e.html

Biased or not, these are 'carefuly' chosen entries from logbooks and interviews, very subjective of course, but still valid and very interesting. The problem is, it does not say anything about initial statuses of the a/c involved, e.g. speed and alt.

These kind of situations are all about relative energy, one of the key skills of a sim pilot is a correct (and pretty much constant) judgement of your opponent's energy relative to your own. The usual dogfight situation is usualy far from top speed race or climbing competition. But if you see a 109 that's slower than you, can certainly ouclimb her