British FM killing the fun of the game for allied pilots.

[Untamo]

Originally Posted by Robo.

The red triangle is around +4.5lbs if I recall correctly and it's just as eye candy in the sim.......but then you are even worse off with your performance and it's gonna show when you meet any good 109 pilot trust me

Oh ok .. Well, I flew the Spit like a 109 .. So mainly B&Z. In a 109 I never trust it to perform better than the opponent plane, so I always tend to try to gain alt. advantage before engaging anything... So if I am not tangling, I'm climbing

[Osprey]

That's sensible enough, and most of the reds here do the same. Your real test comes when you meet somebody like you in a 109 where you have no advantage, or they find you first. I'm not suggesting that you will lose, but you're going to find it vary hard to stay and fight - a lot harder than the other guy.

[Robo.]

Originally Posted by Untamo

Oh ok .. Well, I flew the Spit like a 109 .. So mainly B&Z. In a 109 I never trust it to perform better than the opponent plane, so I always tend to try to gain alt. advantage before engaging anything... So if I am not tangling, I'm climbing

That's the way to do it of course, no matter what your ride happens to be

As for 109 performance, you can trust 100% that it can perform better than the opponent plane as long as it's RAF. If you can actually outfly the other guy that's completely different matter. (not like you personally but anyone).

Speaking for myself, I feel much more confident in a 109 because I know that if I do something silly I will probably get away with it. In RAF, even when I don't make obvious mistakes (other than being airborne) I still might end up dangling on the parachute. That's the way it is and it's great fun for me, I actually enjoy this in a sick way and I enjoy my victories much more. But in the back of my head I know that 'hey this has nothing to do with the so called RL performances, this is not how it was in the BoB'. And that is not good, is it?