I take the 84 up much more than the Spixteen for the simple fact that it has more ammo and won't fall apart if someone looks at it the wrong way.
And since this thread is getting a little boring I'll throw this out there:
I'd take a K4 before the Spit 16.
Why?
Views 16
Looks 16
Range 16
Dive 16
Roll 16
Turn 16
Firepower Debatable
Acceleration Even
Climb K4
Toughness K4
Climb K4
The biggest factor going for the K4 is
speed. If you are going to weight combat attributes, speed is undeniably the "heavyweight champ." This is the biggest reason a 262 carries the highest fighter perk cost. Would the Pony be 5ENY if it did 340 on the deck? Lol. Speed allows you to choose the time and place, ensuring it is to your benefit. Speed alone probably determines "cause of death" for nearly half of deaths in the MA. The K4 not only has a huge speed advantage on the Spit initially, after 5 minutes, the Spit is going to clock in at maybe 320 on the deck while the K4 is still humming along at 370 another 4 minutes! Turn is a poor sub for either speed or climb and you have to be fairly slow for it to matter. (Curve speed/sustained turn) The K4 does enough things almost as well as the Spit while doing a great deal more of the things that will get you home. K/D this month 1.46/1.15 in favor of the K4. Many would say this is mostly a function of pilot skill and they'd be right. (The D-25 is leading the way at 1.82
) But the fact is that when people look at aircraft they generally fixate on only half the equation-killing. The other side of the equation is deaths. Americans are good at only seeing half of equations. Calories in vs calories out is one that comes to mind... While it may be a little easier to kill in a Spit (IF the enemy sticks around), it is MUCH harder to kill a K4 if he doesn't want you to.
