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Offline Saxman

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Have I mentioned I HATE Spitfires?
« on: February 01, 2006, 02:40:24 AM »
So I'm flying in the MA, single Spit V with me and another guy tangling with him. Spit is in a shallow climb on a course that has him passing across my guns (not quite 90-degrees of deflection but fairly close). I'm close enough I can be pretty sure of a hit, so I time the shot and squeeze the trigger.

At the EXACT same moment I fire, the Spit STOPS, and I mean he LITERALLY stops, and pulls into a full vertical climb--not jinks, or rolls, or dips, or pops up over my shot but LITERALLY shoots into a total vertical climb--RIGHT as my tracers pass through where he should've been.

I HATE Spitfires!
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Offline Schatzi

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« Reply #1 on: February 01, 2006, 03:29:08 AM »
:lol


I feel with you!
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Offline SlapShot

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« Reply #2 on: February 01, 2006, 09:06:33 AM »
I have seen 109s and 190s do the same.
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Offline Dead Man Flying

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« Reply #3 on: February 01, 2006, 09:09:37 AM »
It's a trick of the eyes related to angles and relative speeds.

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Offline Morpheus

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« Reply #4 on: February 01, 2006, 09:33:15 AM »
zOMFG alien ufoz
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Offline mars01

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« Reply #5 on: February 01, 2006, 09:35:01 AM »
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It's a trick of the eyes related to angles and relative speeds.
This is not the spitfire you are looking for...
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Offline Iceman24

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Have I mentioned I HATE Spitfires?
« Reply #6 on: February 01, 2006, 11:43:14 AM »
the spit pilot was obviously smart and was watching your tracers, he was waiting for you to fire before he started his maneuver, turn your tracers off and they'll have no clue when you firing until they get smacked
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Offline gofaster

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« Reply #7 on: February 01, 2006, 12:01:45 PM »
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Originally posted by mars01
This is not the spitfire you are looking for...


:lol
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Offline TheThang

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« Reply #8 on: February 01, 2006, 02:22:36 PM »
:noid evil spits.......
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Offline Saxman

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« Reply #9 on: February 01, 2006, 03:18:26 PM »
The point isn't that he DID maneuver, it's HOW he maneuvered. Why are tracers an option, anyway? I can't remember hearing any accounts of pilots IRL flying without them.
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Offline Karnak

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« Reply #10 on: February 01, 2006, 03:47:50 PM »
Kinda hate to say this, but, did you film it?

It is hard to comment on an event like this with only one biased viewpoint.
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Offline Slash27

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« Reply #11 on: February 01, 2006, 03:51:05 PM »
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Originally posted by mars01
This is not the spitfire you are looking for...


This isnt this Spit we're looking for. Move along.
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Offline Kaw1000

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Spits???
« Reply #12 on: February 01, 2006, 04:12:56 PM »
I refer to them as spitoons!!:O
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« Reply #13 on: February 01, 2006, 04:47:55 PM »
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tracers an option, anyway? I can't remember hearing any accounts of pilots IRL flying without them.


Hit the books some more... it did happen.

The amazing thing is when they did it in WWII the amount of kills rose dramtically, the same result within AH.
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« Reply #14 on: February 01, 2006, 05:46:49 PM »
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This is not the spitfire you are looking for...

Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good Spitfire at your side...
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