DCS Bf-109 K-4 is coming soon

[GScholz]

In the works. So coming some day.

Cool! Didn't know that. The Spit IX could be a worthy opponent to the K-4 and 51D if it's a late-war version like our Spit16.

[Karnak]

Cool! Didn't know that. The Spit IX could be a worthy opponent to the K-4 and 51D if it's a late-war version like our Spit16.

We'll see.  Like as not it will be a 1942 Merlin 61 version.  It is what most games do.  It is why I focus on the Mk XIV in these things, it takes the 1942 option off the table.  That and the Mk XIV simply looks better, much more aggressive.

Spit V is pointless given the 1944/45 stuff they have added.

[Gman]

Spit V is pointless given the 1944/45 stuff they have added.

Agreed, unless they add some earlier other stuff as well.  From what I've read they plan to have dozens of a/c in the WW2 module.  We'll see I guess. 

[GScholz]

Agreed, unless they add some earlier other stuff as well.  From what I've read they plan to have dozens of a/c in the WW2 module.  We'll see I guess. 

+1

[MiloMorai]

Cool! Didn't know that. The Spit IX could be a worthy opponent to the K-4 and 51D if it's a late-war version like our Spit16.

It won't be getting 100/150 fuel, as of now.

Will have to wait and see how an early '44 P-51 does against the late '44 K-4.

[GScholz]

The AH Spit16 doesn't have 100/150 avgas either, but is is a match for the 109K. The Spit16 trades a bit of speed for better maneuverability with its bigger wings, but otherwise the two aircraft are nearly identical in performance.

[MiloMorai]

I think you had better look up the performance numbers for the 2 a/c.

A Spit XVI was just a Spit IX with a Packard-Merlin engine.

[GScholz]

I know exactly what a Spit16 is, and it is very closely matched to the 109K-4 in AH. Both weigh about 7400 lbs and both have about 1750 hp engines. The Spit trades ~20 mph of speed (at SL) for a lower wing loading, otherwise the performance of the two planes is almost identical.

[Kazan_HB]

If it's russian made we must boycot it unfortunately.

[Lusche]

If it's russian made we must boycot it unfortunately.

By such standards I never should have signed up with AH either

[GScholz]

By such standards I never should have signed up with AH either

Heh

[GScholz]

If only they had the Hellcat vs the Zeke.  Or the Thunderbolt to blow up trains.  (drool)

The Spit IX they're working on...



And badum tish! ... The P-47D! 

[GScholz]

They're also working on a MiG-15Bis to give the Sabre something to do, and an F/A-18C, Su-27, Hawk, C-101 and L-39C.

[Scherf]

The Spit IX they're working on...

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1943 vintage? Uh-oh...

[GScholz]

MH434 (Old Flying Company) is a 1943 model LF.IX with Merlin 66, so its performance is on par with the Spit XVI in AH. The Spit16's Packard Merlin 266 is an American license produced Merlin 66 with only minor differences. The Spit IX in AH is a 1942 model.