Spitfires: The main reason people dont fly them

[Kazaa]

Nope, never a Pink XVI, mores the pity lol.

[shreck]

I must be the only player in AH that can't fly a spit, I always seem to find myself in a flat spin falling to earth whenever I fly one.  In fact once I looked at one on the tarmac and it immediately flipped upside down and crashed.

Not the only one I assure you! Flew one in FSO 2 weeks ago, felt like a sumo wrestler desperately trying to win the tap dance part in a vaudville play 



BTW  spits are for kids 

[Kazaa]

BTW Kev, what software do you use to render the skins.

[Kev367th]

BTW Kev, what software do you use to render the skins.

All done in Paint Shop Pro at full size (1024x1024x32bit colour).
Saved as a bitmap.
Then reduced to 256 colours using Brighter (does a better job than PSPro). You can get it here -
http://www.simmerspaintshop.com/forums/downloads/general/12/brighter-31/

[Kazaa]

Thank you very much Kev, I'm going build my new P.C soon, I miss creating Art in PSPPX2.

If you ever have any free time on your hands, I would love to pick your brain over vent.

[texastc316]

spits are fun for low, close furballs

[slyguy]

I'm sorry but the first post of this thread is sooooo true.  Not for every spit pilot, for some people really have an affinity for it.  I respect that.  But you all have to know that there is some truth to this topic 

[BaldEagl]

=D i feel invincible when I fly a spit.

This is exactly why I'm going to quit flying Spitfires.  Maybe I'll quit doing stupid things.

[Kazaa]

I love duelling in Spitfire Mk. XVI's, I can pull some cobraesq manoeuvres in them.

I also feel really sorry for the people who  "refuse" to fly such a beautiful and epic A/C, their loss I suppose. If the Spitfire was an American creation, I'm sure it would be a completely different story.

[Shuffler]

The main reason people won't fly a spitfire is because then you have no excuse for why you died.  There is an element of wanting 'more challenge' in there, obviously. There is also the obvious fact that not everyone likes the look of the spitfire (filthy heathens).
 Both these facts fall to the number one fact. It's pretty much just as likely that you will die in most of the spitfires, as say a P40E. If you are marked to be slaughtered in the MA, the plane does not matter much unless you can run faster than everything else. Most spitfires cannot.
 I honestly believe it is mostly that when people fly a spitfire and die quickly, they find themself lacking in any credible excuse.

 

The main reason... they are boring.

[grizz441]

I also feel really sorry for the people who  "refuse" to fly such a beautiful and epic A/C, their loss I suppose. If the Spitfire was an American creation, I'm sure it would be a completely different story.

The Spitfire series are the most popular planes in the game.  There are probably more US players flying spits than all the other world's players combined. 

As for anti spit players on the boards, I think the main reason is that they are too 'epic'.  Why break a walnut open with a sledgehammer when a nutcracker will do?

Kazaa don't you ever get tired of slaughtering every plane you come in contact with in less than two turns?  You could probably slaughter >95% of the arena in a typhoon in a turn fight instead of the comfortable 100% slaughtering rate in the Spit9/Spit16 where you currently stand.  If there's no chance of losing, I don't see the point of playing.  That's the reason I don't fly spits.

[mechanic]

  If there's no chance of losing, I don't see the point of playing.  That's the reason I don't fly spits.

Says the man who flies with quite a few exclusive 109K4 and 152 fans. Two planes that you only die in if you want to.

[Kazaa]

Grizz,

I have a huge historical attachment with Spitfire, that’s the main reason I fly them so much.

[Kazaa]

Says the man who flies with quite a few exclusive 109K4 and 152 fans. Two planes that you only die in if you want to.

I think I have a better K/D ratio in the K4 then I do in any Mk. of  Spitfire.

[mechanic]

No surprise, its a better plane than any of the spitfires we have in game.