The Bf109 is best in alt range of 0-5000

[Viper2000]

I think that the Spitfire and the 109 are close enough in performance that with CEM on the pilot who best manages his aeroplane will probably win.

The reality is that performance doesn't matter anything like as much as SA.

The 109 has a firepower advantage whilst its cannon last, and in many ways its cockpit is superior at this stage in the war for day VFR cruising & fighting. Ammunition counters are especially valuable. OTOH, the cockpit workload for fighting is somewhat higher, especially if you get low and slow due to the need to continually adjust prop pitch & two radiators. The poor rear view is also a handicap.

Later on, given +12 boost, the Spitfire especially will give the early 109 an extremely hard time below about 3 km, and I suspect that online there will either be a limitation of access to 100 octane for the RAF or else a reliance upon the artificial addition of large numbers of early 109F0 aeroplanes to balance things up, especially given the tendency of online fights towards relatively low altitudes.

Having said that however, I suspect that there are quite a lot of tweaks to be made to all the models yet, so it's too early to reach definitive conclusions about relative performance.

[ga_332]

Thx for your feedback gents

[skouras]

during BOB both planes had almost the same specs
EXCEPT that the Spit was a little faster than the me109 and the me109 could get higher than the Spit
Accordind from pilots of BOB they said that the main feature of the spit by far was that could make tighter turns
the best escape maneuver from Luftawwe pilots was to stick forward and dive while the Spit had to roll over to dive and follow him
so this little things makes this planes better than the other ones
Personnal i like to fly the me109

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3e-Ra...eature=related

[AnarchyZG]

COD Spits seem to be unimpresed by stick forward evasive manuever as of lately...

[skouras]

this is why some people complain about this feature

[Buzpilot]

Anyone know or have data about the different acceleration between 109 and spits?
I know 109 often used boom and zoom, maybe because it was effective against loosing speed?
It would also explain why spits excelled in turn fights, better acceleration would loose top speed, but help keeping turn speed.

[bugmenot]