Talking cockpits Spit vs Bf109

[von Pilsner]

Originally Posted by Plt Off JRB Meaker

I came across these two vids on YouTube and thought they may evoke some interest,basically the guy who's discussing the two pits is evaluating one against the other,anyway have a look.

Pretty interesting, I had not seen those before.

[JG52Uther]

An interesting video.Seen it before but still interesting.
I find the 109 instruments much easier to read,and I assume its the same IRL.Always found the British instruments very cluttered.
As for the lack of rear view visibility, the LW fighter pilots never thought anone would be behind them,so it wasn't important...

[Bryan21cag]

Originally Posted by JG52Uther

I find the 109 instruments much easier to read,and I assume its the same IRL.Always found the British instruments very cluttered.

The guy in the video agreed with you completely

Originally Posted by JG52Uther

As for the lack of rear view visibility, the LW fighter pilots never thought anone would be behind them,so it wasn't important...

lol and correct me if im wrong but didn't the 109 with an experienced pilot on stick have a catlike ability to shake an aggressor at the first sign of tracer fire? i would think there confidence in their ability to shake your tail clear would maybe make up for a little bit of early warning. Just my guess

[Sternjaeger II]

lol I got pretty inflamed on this one when it came out, if you really care about the topic and the reason why we think he's a tool do a forum search.

Uh and another thing: did u really think that these two videos would have gone unnoticed to a bunch of nerds like us lot?

[Bryan21cag]

Originally Posted by Sternjaeger II

lol I got pretty inflamed on this one when it came out, if you really care about the topic and the reason why we think he's a tool do a forum search.

Uh and another thing: did u really think that these two videos would have gone unnoticed to a bunch of nerds like us lot?

well it went unnoticed to me until now (have not achieved full nerd status yet i guess )

lol well i guess i can not speak for his other reviews if he gave any but in this case (trying to be objective as i can) i believe that even though he favored the spit cockpit over the ME one he really had likes and dislikes with both. His exasperation when he sat in the ME pit was a bit over dramatic i think lol but maybe he was just legitimately surprised at how small it was. Any way I still enjoyed the vids

[Bryan21cag]

Originally Posted by Sternjaeger II

lol I got pretty inflamed on this one when it came out, if you really care about the topic and the reason why we think he's a tool do a forum search.

hmm now you have perked my curiosity.... should i search for keyword "tool"?

[Sternjaeger II]

Originally Posted by Bryan21cag

hmm now you have perked my curiosity.... should i search for keyword "tool"?

lol I was gonna say "Try: 'Sternjaeger' and 'tool' ", bet that many would agree

http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showthr...=charlie+brown

[Bryan21cag]

Originally Posted by Sternjaeger II

lol I was gonna say "Try: 'Sternjaeger' and 'tool' ", bet that many would agree

http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showthr...=charlie+brown

lol thanks.

I thought you meant that he had other reviews on this forum that you were basing your decision on it seems this argument has been made before but I still feel that except for a few over dramatizations his review on just the cockpits were not a biased just my opinion really

the other thread had arguments being made that he was a tool for not mentioning its good flight characteristics compared to the spit but he wasn't reviewing flight, it seemed to me that he was just reviewing the cockpits only

I am going to try and search youtube for the whole show it seems to be just two clips of a longer show maybe that will give me more incite into his credentials.

[Lololopoulos]

I liked this pair of videos and i've watched them many times. What variant of bf109 is it in the video? And the 109 cockpit does seem unbelievably small. i would assume Luftwaffe had some height restriction on pilot cadets during WWII?