Well I've flown the F4U a few times and I like it's characteristics...provided you can stay fast. I'm finding at low speeds I'm stalling out and crashing a lot. I suppose that's why I'm gravitating towards the Brewster. It's a very forgiving plane at low speeds on the deck.
I'm trying to transition into Spitfires but I find i still have difficulties with stalls, spins, etc. I realize this is going to take a much lighter touch with the stick and throttle than I'm used to...it's been a while since I've flown (we're talking Air Warrior, here). The cannon are also a problem. I've yet to experience taking down a con with just the cannon shots and they don't seem to do fatal damage on just a couple of hits like I've been told they do. I'm more of a spray-and-pray type at the moment, although my accuracy improved when I turned my tracers off.
Morfiend was kind enough to help me practice some merge and defensive tactics on Monday and that was very helpful.
-Muzzy