why do most people despise spits?
Reading comprehension?
We don't hate Spits. In fact, many of us would like to see the XIV unperked and the XVI take its place.
For what its worth, I think the ability of the Spits in AHII to pull Gs with so little E loss relative other planes must be a little over-blown.
We had so many debates about this at argo's warbirds page it would make you vomit.
Basically, the Spitfire has fairly low wingloading and the wing is thin, which makes for very little induced drag at low/medium speeds. That means that the Spitfire can turn at a very high rate without pulling a lot of AoA (high AoA means drag, you slow down). On the flip side, Spitfires are a bit slower than, e.g. 109s with similar horsepower because their low wingloading becomes a parasite drag liability at high speed.
