Originally posted by lasersailor184
I can load a bunch of retards into Spit 14s and send them out against any plane and they'd get slaughtered.
The usages and stats don't mean anything. F4u4 can't outperform the Spit 14 except in Ordinance delivery.
This seems highly unlikely to me. It seems to me that this argument hinges on a "Superior people like the F4U and only crappy people like the Spit." It is an unprovable position so you take it as a refuge from the only hard data we have, which is that the F4U-4 gets used more often than does the Spitfire Mk XIV and that the Spitfire Mk XIV does not obtain as high a win/loss record as the F4U-4.
Any group of people tends to average out the extremes. This suggests your claim about the F4U-4 pilots just being better is wrong. You're claim also does not explain why people would choose to fly the F4U-4 more often than the Spitfire Mk XIV given that the hordes in AH gravitate towards that which is best.
Unless you can give some evidence beyond your wishful thinking, I am not prepared to accept your theory.
Some examples of ways in which the F4U-4 is superior to the Spitfire Mk XIV:
Faster on the deck.
Tougher.
Greater fuel endurance.
Better visibility.
Better balistics.
Better roll rate.
CV capable.
More ordnance.
Better turning capability with flaps?
Examples of Spitfire Mk XIV superiority:
Slightly better climb rate.
Better firepower.