Why Bother? Well... personally, in our arena, I wouldn't bother with anything other than the G10.
But the G10 is one of the most effective 1 v 1 aircraft in the game. It takes patience, and you have to wear the enemy down, but once you master the skills its a deadly bird.
In the main arena, its less effective due to the way fights are spread out, and you have a never ending stream of respawning dweebs.... err umm enemy

It really suffers from lack of dive speed (low compression onset), and high speed handling. But its the fastest fighter in the game, except for right down on the deck, stay above 5k and your faster.
BUT, if you learn how to how to fight conservatively, feed off the edges of larger fights, and always try to maintain an alt advantage + a cushion, the G10 can still be one of the top killers in the arena. The biggest skills it takes are patience and good SA.
My preference (and yes I know many of you luftwobbles disagree with me) is to take the G10 with a 20mm nose gun, and the 20mm gondolas. This way you have the straight line speed of a Mustang (slightly better actually), and still have better climb/acceleration than just about any plane in the arena. Just not as good as a non-gondola G10. And you have excellent firepower with a decent ammo load.
Plus never forget that the G10 has the longest WEP of any plane in the game, period. It lasts seemingly forever.
Just my opinon.
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Vermillion
**MOL**, Men of Leisure
[This message has been edited by Vermillion (edited 02-23-2001).]