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Offline DVDA

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« on: October 13, 2004, 08:11:53 PM »
Ok i might be stupid but heres my question....

I took a spit II (Seafire) did manueovers, shot the gun etc....

then i took a Spit 5 did the same things.....

heres my question aside from the engines how are these planes different they feel the same to me. Have same ammo load and guns as well.
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Offline Urchin

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« Reply #1 on: October 13, 2004, 08:25:17 PM »
Seafire is a couple pounds heavier due to "navalisation".. added a hook, maybe strengthened up the landing gear.  Other than that there is no difference.
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Offline GRUNHERZ

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« Reply #2 on: October 13, 2004, 08:29:32 PM »
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Seafire is a couple pounds heavier due to "navalisation".. added a hook, maybe strengthened up the landing gear.  Other than that there is no difference.


Urchin is correct, however he forgot to add that both are still very ugly. :)
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Offline Kaz

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« Reply #3 on: October 13, 2004, 09:18:45 PM »
Don't forget the WEP on the Spit V, that gives it another advantage over the Seafire.
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Offline DVDA

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« Reply #4 on: October 13, 2004, 11:43:53 PM »
Spit II has wep, i could have swarn
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Offline Arlo

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« Reply #5 on: October 13, 2004, 11:55:23 PM »
I believe they're refering to the Spit V boost being better in AH. I think. Maybe. I like the Seafire.
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« Reply #6 on: October 14, 2004, 12:21:55 AM »
someone also told me diving is different in the planes. Appartenly the Seafire doesnt hold well in a fast dive, something to that notion, can anyone confirm?
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Offline Guppy35

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« Reply #7 on: October 14, 2004, 12:30:16 AM »
Seafire II is just a navalized Spitfire Vb, which as was mentioned means it would be a bit heavier due to being navalized with a tail hook etc.

In the game the Seafire seems to me to have a slower roll rate and isn't as quick as the Spit V now seems to  be.

It rolls more like the Spit I to me.

I like em both though

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« Reply #8 on: October 14, 2004, 12:39:19 AM »
ok another completely different question....

Why if i take a Spit 5 into a turn fight and just keep turning 50 feet off the ground i can do it endlessly till the person im trying to out turn gives up.

But if i do the same thing in a Spit IX eventually the plane flips (wing buckles left, cockpit facing down towards ground) and smashes into the ground.
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« Reply #9 on: October 14, 2004, 11:48:03 AM »
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ok another completely different question....

Why if i take a Spit 5 into a turn fight and just keep turning 50 feet off the ground i can do it endlessly till the person im trying to out turn gives up.

But if i do the same thing in a Spit IX eventually the plane flips (wing buckles left, cockpit facing down towards ground) and smashes into the ground.


Probably the 1000 pound weight difference has something to do with it between the V and the IX.

The IX in AH, for lack of a better way to say it, feels like it flies heavier to me.

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« Reply #10 on: October 14, 2004, 12:19:30 PM »
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Urchin is correct, however he forgot to add that both are still very ugly. :)


like all planes with inline engine :p
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Offline Angus

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« Reply #11 on: October 14, 2004, 03:46:11 PM »
Ugly???
Look in the mirror Grun, and at the Spit V again, and its gonna be very beautiful :D
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It was very interesting to carry out the flight trials at Rechlin with the Spitfire and the Hurricane. Both types are very simple to fly compared to our aircraft, and childishly easy to take-off and land. (Werner Mölders)

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« Reply #12 on: October 14, 2004, 03:49:07 PM »
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Ugly???
Look in the mirror Grun, and at the Spit V again, and its gonna be very beautiful :D


Hideous.  



I like this one much better.. :)

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Offline Angus

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« Reply #13 on: October 14, 2004, 04:09:36 PM »
Ok, you picked the ugly ones....
And your pic?
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It was very interesting to carry out the flight trials at Rechlin with the Spitfire and the Hurricane. Both types are very simple to fly compared to our aircraft, and childishly easy to take-off and land. (Werner Mölders)

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« Reply #14 on: October 14, 2004, 04:16:24 PM »
You think that a Spit MkXVIII is ugly???

WTF is wrong with you?  :)
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