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Offline lulu

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super 109x and 190x?
« on: February 28, 2010, 04:16:30 AM »
109x (not E and F model) and 190x seem to be able to out run, turn, climb, dive  any usaf plane or not???

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Offline Boozeman

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Re: super 109x and 190x?
« Reply #1 on: February 28, 2010, 05:45:21 AM »
Short answer: no.

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Re: super 109x and 190x?
« Reply #2 on: February 28, 2010, 06:27:34 AM »
109k4 can be a bit of a monster if flown correctly.
But super plane, no, in fact the opposite is true.

None of the late war 109 or 190's turn well at all.
109's will have compression issues in a dive. 190's don't turn well at all, 190's have great roll rate, but that's really about it for them. 109's have good to great climb rate, but nothing else that is really even mediocre.

Compared to something like the spit 16 that does it all well, they really take a lot more skill to fly well.
So if your dieing to them, blame it on pilot skill not plane advantage.