Spit 14

[badhorse]

Can someone tell me why the Spit 14 is perked?  I took one up just to see what it was all about.  A P-51 out ran it.  Guns are nothing special.  Just curious.

And yes I did run a search first,  got 40 pages.

[Spikes]

Exactly. It shouldn't be.

[Lusche]

I think they just forgot it when they unperked the Ta-152H

[Bronk]

Ask Krusty He'll be more than happy to explain it to you.  

[Platano]

You obviously havnt ran into someone that knows how to fly it at its strenths, or one at 20k for that matter.

 

[Lusche]

You obviously havnt ran into someone that knows how to fly it at its strenths
 

You can say that about many, many more planes... perk the 109K! 

[BaldEagl]

I've been flying it regularly this camp.  I've been able to run down P-51D's, La-7's and Doras and when you catch them it will out-turn and out-climb them.   What's not to love?

[Lusche]

I've been flying it regularly this camp.  I've been able to run down P-51D's, La-7's and Doras and when you catch them it will out-turn and out-climb them.   What's not to love?

Handling. Short range.
BTW, the k-4 can run down and easily out-climb the three mentioned planes too (it's faster than Spit XIV up to 25k), and outturn them all with same ease with the expection of the La7.

[Gixer]

Can someone tell me why the Spit 14 is perked?  I took one up just to see what it was all about.  A P-51 out ran it.  Guns are nothing special.  Just curious.

And yes I did run a search first,  got 40 pages.

Since when was two hispano lazers nothing special?   


<S>...-Gixer

[Fruda]

Handling. Short range.
BTW, the k-4 can run down and easily out-climb the three mentioned planes too (it's faster than Spit XIV up to 25k), and outturn them all with same ease with the expection of the La7.

However, the XIV will out-turn the K-4. It also holds E very well, and it can do vertical like a champ.

[Xasthur]

However, the XIV will out-turn the K-4. It also holds E very well, and it can do vertical like a champ.

Not by much, mate. I'd also wager that the 109's superior flaps would close that gap even further.

[Lusche]

However, the XIV will out-turn the K-4. It also holds E very well, and it can do vertical like a champ.

They are very similar in the vertical, and while the 14 does indeed turn better than the K4, the difference is not big enough to offset the very "wobbly" handling (similar to the unperked Ta 152)

During 2007, the Spit XIV managed to get only a total K/D of 0.88 vs the 109K4. That's horrible, especially when considering it's perked status prevents excessive usage by new / "unskilled" players.

And the Spit 14 did not perform much better vs the rest of the planeset either...

[Xasthur]

K4 ist der ueber? 

[Rich46yo]

The funny thing is you could un-perk the 14 and it still wouldnt get that much use.

The Spit-16 is the uber-fighter in the game.

[Gixer]

The funny thing is you could un-perk the 14 and it still wouldnt get that much use.

The Spit-16 is the uber-fighter in the game.

Exactly


<S>...-Gixer