He's saying he'd rather have an uprated 14 than an uprated 16, if I'm not mistaken.
I did some research.The Spitfires Mk IX was able to achieve 25lbs of boost using 150 octane fuel. "The first Spitfire IX was first cleared for testing use of +25 boost with 150 octane fuel in March of 1944. By May of 1944, all Air Defence Great Britain Spitfires were being converted to +25 boost.There were some problems with the Packard Merlin 266 engines in Spitfire XVI's, they did not tolerate the boost as well as the Rolls Royce Merlin 66's in the Spit IX's, and these Spit XVI's were reduced back to +18.No Spit IX Squadrons had to discontinue use of 150 octane and +25 boost."Search for the 150 octane threads that have been had before. It's all been said edit: I've been looking at the performance increase that comes with the 150 octane fuel and coooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ooooor!
You keep ignoring the incredible fragility of Spitfires in AH as well. They are possibly less able to take damage and keep flying than A6Ms as their wings pop off at almost the slightest hit.
This would be a solid point but for the fact that the spit16 dodges as well as anything in the game.No offense intended, but what are you guys smoking here? The spitfire is the epitome of easy. The whole gamut of the planeset is centered around it. Damn right, it's better than the chog.
Considering the P-38 is an easymode fighter, not sure how that works out.
Compared to actually hard to use fighters the P-38L is easymode. Is it as easy as a Spit XVI? No. It is certainly easier than an Fw190 though, or a Ki-61, or a P-40, or a P-47, or a F4F, or a Mosquito, or a Bf109G-6, or a Yak-9U....
Easier at what?
Well this 38G driver got his first flight of the tour in and was having a blast fighting Spits although not a single 16 did I see. 7 Spits down, 3 VIIIs, 2 IXs and 2 Seafires., died to em 3 times. More then once it was taking on 3 at a time. Great fun!
No, not really, but we don't need another perked Spitfire and doing that would lose us our pre-mid-1944 Spitfire LF.Mk IXe stand in. Better is to leave it unperked as nobody has offered any valid reason for perking it yet, but raise the Spitfire Mk XIV's boost to +21lbs and make it actually worth the perks.
I also don't understand how making one of the best climbing and accelerating aircraft in the game even better at climbing and accelerating will make it perk worthy when it is not now.
Because there's more than judging a plane than pure climbrate and acceleration. The 14 is hampered by it's weak wings (like any 14) and particulary by it's bad handling. It's acceleration and climbrate are very good indeed but not that far ahead of the competition to offset the handling handicaps in regards to perk status. Keep in mind the K-4 is actually much faster and, all in all even a better climber... and still it's not perked
I did some research.The Spitfires Mk IX was able to achieve 25lbs of boost using 150 octane fuel. "The first Spitfire IX was first cleared for testing use of +25 boost with 150 octane fuel in March of 1944. By May of 1944, all Air Defence Great Britain Spitfires were being converted to +25 boost.There were some problems with the Packard Merlin 266 engines in Spitfire XVI's, they did not tolerate the boost as well as the Rolls Royce Merlin 66's in the Spit IX's, and these Spit XVI's were reduced back to +18.No Spit IX Squadrons had to discontinue use of 150 octane and +25 boost."edit: I've been looking at the performance increase that comes with the 150 octane fuel and coooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ooooor!
