Basically, you need to learn to fly your plane.
Even in the days of the uber 109, skilled red fighters could take one out, and as much as I'm sure there are a few 109 fliers that would like to BnZ under-performing planes forever, there are a lot more that appreciate the fact that the FM's now are more historically correct and there is a challenge to be had when your opponent can fight back.
I'm out-climbed by 109's all the time. I can keep with them for a while but then airspeed gets too low and I stall out.
If the Spitfire or Hurricane can out turn you, what the hell are you doing in a turn fight with them?
I can shred parts from Spitfires in a dive at the same rate that I can shred parts from a 109.
I Black/Red out many more times in a Spitfire or Hurricane than 109, because I BnZ in a 109, and turn fight in a red fighter.
Since the new patches everything has been evened out, I've seen 109's flying high, and swooping down to BnZ approaching enemies. Red fighters out-turning 109's that are stupid enough to play with them in beehives. and G.50's doing some crazy aerobatics and coming out on the tail of Red fighters.
Remember: In 3 months & 3 weeks in 1940, the few in mainly Hurricanes and a few Spitfires, faced and took down the mighty Luftwaffe in the summer skies over Southern England. History speaks for itself, if their planes were so crap, the outcome would have been totally different.
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