Originally posted by easymo:
I have a tip for karnak. Fly the spit IX like it was a 109. Just because it can turn dosent mean your supposed to. The reason it is easy to kill, is they always seem to be turning, and thereby offering a platform shot to the guy behind them. If there ever was a plane that could cause an overshoot it is the spit.
Just my point,easymo...SpitfireIX is one of the best E-fighters in this sim, with its E retention and good acceleration at all altitudes.
The fact is-all spitfire drivers turnfight with it,die, all spitfire drivers who E-fight in it, live-. Look at Mitsu.
Zigrat, there was no insult for karnak in my post. I know he has not much time to fly, still when I knew way less about planes and tactics and ACM than him, I raised a 1-1 K/D in spitfire while I had a 0.5 in all the rest.
(he reads ,like me,the Forum boards, where I learned all that, so he now knows much more than I did in January)
Karnak, what you are telling me is that you havent enough SA to keep yourself alive in anything that cant run. You say you have landed a sortie in a 190A5, still you have no kills on it,and many people says that is an easy plane to kill with, but hard to rtb because its low speed.
Planes are for fighting and for earning kills. If you are more aware of saving your skin than burning other's ,then for sure G10 is the best plane, with the mustang,to do it.But if you fly it to FIGHT all the time, then G10 ISNT the best plane to do it.
I fly G10. I CLOSE fight with it. I have saved 3-1 odds with it in CLOSE fights with NO extending from my side ,killing 2 cons and landing after saluting the last (A zero) because I had no fuel.
Still with SPitfires I can hold my own against 3 enemies and with a bit of luck, bring all 3 down. The fact that you cant run with it as with G10 doesnt make G10 an EZplane, the fact that you can do awesome moves and ACMs with it, DOES make Spitfire an EZmode plane.
It is very a forgiving plane in its handling. Go and tell a newbie to up in a g10 in his first fight, and see where he ends,and how many time he spends in the air (if he ever gets there).
Karnak, the time I killed you when you got 3 Kills you were in a N1K2,at deck level, turnfighting with some 7 of us over you. You stayed fighting because you had no choice, as in N1K2 you cant run. In a SpitIX you'd have done exactly the same ,as N1K2 and Spit are comparable Turnfighters. In a G10 you WONT have had a single kill and I'd have killed you anyway while trying to extend (on the deck and surrounded by higher cons, if was not me it would have been other of us).
What I mean is that when you are in a turnfight you seem to have a defect: not knowing when to leave. When you realize you are surrounded, its too late, while in G10 can be still a hope of you escaping. is your SA, karnak, NOT the plane.
Karnak if you want a friend's reccomendation, return to spitfire, climb to 20K and E-fight. Keep your SA up and chose the moment to disengage. Keep a hard deck of 7K to dive if needed, and keep close to friends, so when you disengage they can help you. Develop some personal defensive tactics (I have mines in Fw190A5 and A8) and dont let flying your favorite plane because "they kill you a lot" in it. When I was flying Fw190A8, still with no rudder pedals, how many times do you think I RTB-ed? Still I sticked with my favorite brick...errr...plane, and learned it all I could.
Do the same in the spit, and you'll end loving it. E-fight in it, dont turnfight, and you'll see that your K/D improves and you land your sorties. And dont fly a plane that you dont like. I wont put myself in a spit now, as I dont like it a bit. It must be very boring to go up in a plane you dont like.
[This message has been edited by RAM (edited 08-22-2000).]
