it truly shouldn't be the plane that scares ya, it should be the pilot, a great 38 stick can make you look silly in a zero, planes cant do anything with out the pilot, now i know that there are better planes, and some planes are just better at doing one thing or another, but the point remains the plane can do nothing, it is the stick controlling that LA7 that just out turned your spit.
that being said
the planes, and pilots i worry about, are the ones i seek out, those are the ones that you can learn from, i relish a good 1vs 1 with AKdogg, in his f4 the guy is a wizard in that plane,
or wingzero in his N1k, again he knows that plane so well, it does not matter what you are flying, you will know he is great, and Lazer he is another one,
so i hope i offended no one, but it truly is the stick to worry about not the plane
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