I'm a dunce cause I like the f4f as any idiot can fly its forgiving stall, indifference to compression, gun bloated, Kevlar skinned sneakiness to good effect. It never hurts to get shot down in as I can delude myself that its because its such an old plane and not really my skill that's at fault and if any body wanders into my bullet stream it makes me feel fantastic.
I just started using the 109f, and not being familiar with any of the line my first expletives involved the canopy eyepatches and this thing with the ground when trying to shoot ack. I was feeling smug about how long I was lasting against a nik but then I had to go look up the performance comparison on what's his names site and felt a little crushed. Still it gives off a glow of competence even if undeserved, (all plane no fighter? (As in all hat no cattle.))
Now put me up in a d-9 la7 -4 tempest or, god forbid, a 262 and I'm dead in seconds for sure, plummeting with tears in my eyes and mocking laughter ringing in my ears to a crater of futily consumed perk points or just plane old shame and embarrassment.
