Took you long time to figure it out ?
Now seriously, I admired 262 since I was a kid, some 15-20 yrs ago. Back in the time when I thought 190 would outturn Spitfire, P-51 would outturn both and 262 would outturn any plane of the era. That plane just has the right looks for me - mean and beautiful, all in same airframe. Much the same like F4U or P 51 is attractive for an American kid. And admit it, Rufus, it is one of the best looking planes ever built.
Even though I found a great plane in 109, I would really like to fly the 262. Why ? Not because I need an uberplane to piss everyone off (well, maybe from time to time
). In fact, 262 won't be so easy to do well in, IMO. Sure one can dive away from anything, but shooting prop planes down and survving is not that easy. However, I want to feel how it was to take an early jet against all those Allied planes 262 faced. In scenarios especially, if possible. Why this has no right to be modeled in a sim ? It certainly should have more priority than Bearcat, for example, which really just wasn't there. And it really annoys me when someone puts 262 in the same basket with Bearcat, Ta 152 or P-80.
They belong to fantasy arena, but not 262.
To be quite frank, I think 262 wouldn't fit me the way 109 does. I will surely miss that acceleration, climb and low speed handling.
Rufus, I remember you didn't get my joke of Brit planes being boring. Don't let it happen here too.
