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Old 03-02-2012, 11:27 AM
6S.Manu 6S.Manu is offline
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Originally Posted by addman View Post
Agree, I'm also tired of seeing "100 octane" line everywhere. If you get shot down without 100 octane you will most likely be shot down with 100 octane too.
I have to disagree.

In real life the aircraft performance was a minor fact as you write: the famous "it's the pilot, not the plane" was a factual sentence. A Bf109F4 pilot, even a great one, could be ambushed and taken down by a greater pilot in a hurricane. This because in an ambush the defender can't exploit the plane's performance.

Instead because of the limitations of the sim it's really difficult to be ambushed so every fight it's more a "plane vs plane" then a "pilot vs pilot" (think about the experience of the average pilot, he can it refly so he learns something at every KIA... the line between great pilot and average pilot is real thin).

I think it would be nice in a sim having the player choosing a plane because of its cockpit visibility than the 30km/h of more speed because of the different fuel.

Anyway I agree with th OP about the question...
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A whole generation of pilots learned to treasure the Spitfire for its delightful response to aerobatic manoeuvres and its handiness as a dogfighter. Iit is odd that they had continued to esteem these qualities over those of other fighters in spite of the fact that they were of only secondary importance tactically.Thus it is doubly ironic that the Spitfire’s reputation would habitually be established by reference to archaic, non-tactical criteria.

Last edited by 6S.Manu; 03-02-2012 at 11:59 AM.