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Originally Posted by CWMV

Thanks for the quick response.
Only issue is that every single other aircraft in this sim is undermodeled, dare I say DRASTICALLY in some situations as we all know (exception being the Rotol Hurri, shes rather nice...).
Now you want to introduce the only aircraft in game that has an FM that is near accurate? For gods sake why?
At least with the other aircraft of the planeset were all undermodeled near equally!
EDIT: More on this, what great injustice were you attempting to correct for "the community as a whole" by introducing the x-wing?

Their are three outcomes of introducing the near-correctly modelled SpitIIa in this controlled way.

1. It gives reds a chance to fly an aircraft that is being denied them, even if on half-reasonable grounds, and I would certainly like the opportunity to fly it on line. That's one 'injustice' resolved.

2. Until now the 109s have had it all their own way because even with the Rotol Hurricane the 109, properly flown, is king whereas the Spitfire was actually the superior dogfighting aircraft and under the right circumstances could beat the 109 in an energy fight too. It wasn't only the 109s that could play the energy game. The reds have been denied that simply because of the 109 modelling (this is a 109 problem remember, not a Spit IIa problem). At present the currently undermodelled Spitfire Ia versus the current 109 is every bit as bad as an undermodelled 109 versus a current Spitfire IIa. How do you think it feels to know that every time you fly red you are going to lose an even-numbered match unless the 109 pilot is stupid? That's another 'injustice' resolved.

3. If, post-patch, properly modelled 109s are going to die to properly modelled Spitfires it just means that for a while, until the next patch comes out, a few are going to die a lot quicker than at present. Just for a short while the advantage will swing to the reds (who are usually outnumbered on the ATAG server anyway).

It may not be great from the blue point of view but flying the undermodelled SpitIa is very frustrating atm because compared with the undermodelled 109 it feels more undermodelled than the 109.

Anyway, given the next patch is imminent its not a big deal.

And no, I probably won't be flying it myself as our Squad majors on Hurricanes, a historical issue for us, and we work as a unit which nullifies the problem considerably.