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Offline stat2000

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« on: February 06, 2002, 11:45:24 PM »
Anyone else noticed that it seems of late there are some strange things with the spit.  Outrunning pretty much any plane, climbing like it has RATO, single ping kills, etc etc
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Offline Karnak

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« Reply #1 on: February 06, 2002, 11:50:47 PM »
Er, no.

That's to both your suggestion and your question.

If a 1942, 321mph fighter is outrunning your 1944, 380mph wimpy assed fighter, learn better E management.
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Offline Dead Man Flying

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« Reply #2 on: February 06, 2002, 11:52:41 PM »
LOL
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Offline Xjazz

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« Reply #3 on: February 07, 2002, 12:35:01 AM »
Hi

Some of my squad mates has tell some strange storys about Speed Spits (tm) which fly faster than they P51Ds.  
Its funny how spit9 can keep up and even closing P51D in level flight. Or maybe somebody is testing a new perk Spit..


BTW
Spit IX IS very good allround plane. I fly it like 109.
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« Reply #4 on: February 07, 2002, 12:39:50 AM »
I got shot down by a Zeke in my P-38, no way he should have gotten me because I was in a better plane, so perk the Zeke.  I also got shot down by a M3 and there is no way a puny little armored car is going to shoot down my P38, so perk that too.  Hell, since I've been shot down by almost everything in here, might as well perk everything then because we all know that there is no other way I could have been shot down unless they were uber-planes.
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Re: Perk 'em all and let God sort 'em out!
« Reply #5 on: February 07, 2002, 12:55:42 AM »
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Originally posted by akak
Hell, since I've been shot down by almost everything in here, might as well perk everything then because we all know that there is no other way I could have been shot down unless they were uber-planes.


Spit come from distance and cache your clear P15D in level flight? Then HTC plane pages have wrong information. Lets perk proper information.

Only high level pilots "The Aces of aces" can open black book of secrets (True A/C specifications in AH).
202 info you can get with 10 and me262 in with 2000 perks...


Wrong stang type...P151 LOL!
« Last Edit: February 07, 2002, 01:07:17 AM by Xjazz »
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Offline Mino

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« Reply #6 on: February 07, 2002, 01:04:37 AM »
hehe

You crazy?
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Offline mrfish

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« Reply #7 on: February 07, 2002, 01:32:41 AM »
has a lot to do with acceleration too.

ive been down slow and low in a 190d-9 and been caught by all kinds of embarrassingly slow planes.

like the man said - e management...you take a chance blowin it for a kill and it could be all over.
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Offline MANDOBLE

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« Reply #8 on: February 07, 2002, 03:32:15 AM »
Spit (any model) have a tremendous acceleration at level and diving, it is also one of the best zoom climbers and divers in the AH skies. Probably the best hi-alt performer (Ta152H?? LOL). It has two "ping=some part broken  by sure" guns, and, if not enough, it is the best overal turner in the game. Surprisingly, it is unperked... IMO, it has also some kind of anti-G ultrasecret device.

Cmon, now come and tell me that I need to learn better E management...

There is a curious point here, if SpitIX were so impressive at hi alt in RL, why to develop more advanced models??

Sincerely, I have the "feeling" that something is wrong with that plane, but what exactly? If there are some clear faillures in the modeling (like exagerated roll rate, two 50" option) I'd rather preffer them fixed than just perking the spit.

I would ask HTC a clear and direct question, are there any known or unclear "black points" in the spit modeling? Several months before fixing it, HTC announced the lack of some weight with the F4U, so, I  suppose they would have no problems at all sharing with us their opinnion about our worries with the spit even if they have no intention of fixing anything in the very near future.
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Offline Angus

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« Reply #9 on: February 07, 2002, 04:31:41 AM »
I have to apply cunning E managment to be able to catch other planes in my Spitfire Mk IX. It is just a mediocre plain in terms of speed, but accelerates OK and climbs very well indeed.
Also, its good turn characteristics allow it to cut corners very nicely, and it holds E just fine. That's the whole magic.
Try to run away from a furball in a spit and you'll see there is no magic about it, - most planes will catch you.
HTC has admitted that the Spitfire is the best plane of the war by presenting this particular Spitfire to the community of AH. How so?
Well, this is a high-altitude fighter, and rarely gets the opportunity to shine in the world of AH, while the true and fast UBER LF Spits with either merlin or Griffon are kept away. Imagine the Whining Perk posts we'll get here when the LF version finally arrives, hehe:D
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« Reply #10 on: February 07, 2002, 04:37:15 AM »
I read earlier that the Spit 9 is undermodelled in AH. Too slow currently I think...

If i recall correctly the Spit9 was developed to counter FW190A model. It sure does this in AH:

Tour 24 Stat
FW190A5 kills ~5 000
FW190D9 kills ~7 900
Spit9   kills ~26 300



:eek: :D ;)

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Offline Kweassa

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« Reply #11 on: February 07, 2002, 07:17:10 AM »
"Dweeb planes"
 "Schmuckfires"
 "Shitfires"

 whatever one calls them, undeniable they are well made planes.
 For a 1942 plane, it is pretty good, that's undeniable, too.

 Whilst other planes, the  ones  we call "BnZ" planes,  have  to
 take all sort of precautions to shoot Spitfires  down, the  Spits,
 on  the other hand, can just go 'point and fire'. In the worst
 case of being low and slow, just pull on the stick and begin "ok,
 I'm dead anyway" tight turns..  and an unexperienced guy in a
 BnZ plane can't shoot it down... more like make mistakes in
 chasing down a Spit that does nothing but turn and get killed.
 On the other hand, even the most unexperienced person can
 shoot a low and slow BnZ plane. Just "point-and-fire".

 This, is probably the reason why people are pissed off. It
 hurts the pride :) and.. to some extent, they are correct that
 the sheer ability of the plane stands up a lot for even the most
 underskilled, inexperienced pilots.

 but that's hardly a reason to perk a 1942 plane.
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« Reply #12 on: February 07, 2002, 07:50:46 AM »
'Pretty good for a -42 plane...' I can imagine what effect mark 14 would have on the arena. My quess for a mark14 kill count in one tour: 40k+?

But anyway, it sure gives me some extra kicks if I manage to kill a good spitty pilot in my 109 or 190. If I get killed by one.. well, I'm not too surprised.

To my own confusion I do like Spit5, though...

:confused: :eek: :D

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Offline Sikboy

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« Reply #13 on: February 07, 2002, 07:52:44 AM »
I agree with Kweassa and add this:

Not only do BnZer's complain when they get killed by spits, but How many times have you heard someone on Channel one saying "Hey Runstang, why don't you turn and fight!?!?" Everyone wants to get the other guy to fight his fight and not vice versa. I don't get killed by spits too often, but when I do, I know that it has more to do with my flying in a dweeby mannor than with the Spit being ubber and needing Perkification.

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« Reply #14 on: February 07, 2002, 07:54:52 AM »
If i recall correctly the Spit9 was developed to counter FW190A model. It sure does this in AH:

Tour 24 Stat
FW190A5 kills ~5 000
FW190D9 kills ~7 900
Spit9 kills ~26 300
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Yep that`s right,,,but how many spit  versus 190 pilot are their,
you see far more spit`s than fw.
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