which is best tnb fighter out of ....

haitch40 · #1 09-30-2009, 04:19 PM

LA7 spit IX and spit XIV

Lexandro · #2 09-30-2009, 04:23 PM

Depends on what your main criteria is. The LA-7 can out turn a spit, but the spit has better armaments. The MkIX can out turn a MkXVI by a fraction, but the MKXVI can out-roll it and again has better armaments.

If Im pushed to choose, I would go for the MkIX though, as I prefer the extra turn but I get good guns.

Ancient Seraph · #3 09-30-2009, 04:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Lexandro

Depends on what your main criteria is. The LA-7 can out turn a spit.

Sadly not true. The La-7 will be outturned by a Spit, but only by a bit. The problem with the Spit is it's very sensitive when you take just 1 bullet in the wing.

MorgothNL · #4 09-30-2009, 04:40 PM

Im would go for the IX as well. It turns the best of the 3, and has more performance than the XVI when you need it
The LA-7 is faster, but, speed is not the point of TnB is it

Even though the IX turns slightly better than the XVI. I take the XVI most of the time. I like the bit stronger armament, and the rollrate comes in handy when rolling to stay behind a slow plane like the hurri and I-series. Also like ancient seraph said, the spits are quickly unflyable when hit in the wings. My experience in the XVI is, that it is just a bit more sturdy than the IX. It will not have the wingdrops like the IX has after 1 machine gun bullet.

The IX will take 5 whole 360 degree turns before he will outturn you in a XVI, so the lesser turn rate, is really not that much less