Author Topic: Why Shouldn't I Fly the Spit V (Read 1067 times)

WBHoncho · « **Reply #15 on:** March 20, 2002, 03:23:39 PM »

fly what you want squlech channel 1

Honch · « **Reply #16 on:** March 20, 2002, 03:25:22 PM »

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Originally posted by myelo

They are just trying to improve your historic experience in the game. The real Luftwaffe pilots in WWII didn't like the Spit V either.

LOL myelo

Wlfgng · « **Reply #17 on:** March 20, 2002, 04:02:34 PM »

fly the spit V.. it's great.

most pilots think you're in a spit IX and start turning with you.. big mistake on their part.

bozon · « **Reply #18 on:** March 20, 2002, 04:15:15 PM »

never flown the V much till the end of last tour.
once i got the taste of it i got hooked. it's now my vulch plane... that means being vulched IN plane. i roll it out of vulched fields, being shot down with gears out again and again, but if you can survive the first 2 sec after takeoff you can start fighting right off the floor.
who is a bigger dweeb? the one that flies the v or the one vulching it?

do what you like. enjoy it.
Bozon

HFMudd · « **Reply #19 on:** March 20, 2002, 05:02:11 PM »

I use this test for personal dweebery. I tell my wife I'm going back into the computer room to do bills. 10 min of bill paying and 3 hours of AH I come back out. The look I get from her more or less answers the "dweeb" question.

Love the 51D up high.
Love the SpitV down low.
Love the Zeke even lower.
Never flown an LA7.

Pongo · « **Reply #20 on:** March 20, 2002, 05:27:53 PM »

The combination of a turn rate that imposes net and video card induced misses and hispanos that can criple and kill at 900 yards and a plane that is very pointable to a make a shot make the Spit Vb and its twin the Seafire II survivable planes for a mediocre pilot when being attacked by a better pilot even with advantage on the better pilot side.
Really good pilots with solid connects and video cards that never miss a sprite can deal with them quite easily. But the frame rate challenged crowd can have quite a challenge with a low turning spit.
Some of the best pilots in the game do fly the spit v. In thier hands it can be an awsome plane. Mainly again because it can induce misses by its rapid turn rate, while punishing to outside of normal seperation range with its guns.
Such deaths lead to anger..
Anger leads to whining on channel one..
Whinning on channel one leads to the dark side.
Fly it. It will keep you alive vs mediocre pilots and sometimes allow you to frustrate better pilots. But the best will eat you up in it. Cause against a good shot with a good video card and good connect your best evasion will actually leave you vulnerable. The best defence against a good pilot is to seperate from him. And no spit we have right now can do that against most of the planes in the game. When we get one that can....it will get real interesting.

gavor · « **Reply #21 on:** March 20, 2002, 08:23:26 PM »

Fly what you like, tell whiners to *&$% off.

Blue Mako · « **Reply #22 on:** March 20, 2002, 08:29:44 PM »

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Originally posted by Fatty
Heh, it's not a spit but my new favorite is the hurricane I. On top of simply shooting them down, I take joy in the knowledge they've had to listen hundreds of 303 pings.

A while back I was in a Spit V and saddled up on a P47 that was low and slow. I took great delight in pinging him to death with a full ammo clip of .303 (even though I had a full clip of hispano's). It is a joy to behold hit sprites washing over the planform of a jug. The beauty of the .303 is that the joy lasts so much longer than with heavier guns. I had my finger on the trigger for about 10 seconds, it was sooooo beautiful I didn't want it to end. I bet he was still getting ping sounds when he was in the tower.

Tumor · « **Reply #23 on:** March 21, 2002, 02:10:59 AM »

I don't think it's the Spit V's that get "attacked" as being dweeby or uber or whatever. The discontent boils down to "ALL of the people flying ALL of the spits ALL the time".

Spits offer the widest path of least resistance, and they are great rides but FWIW, I simply "wish" there was less spitballing and more more of just about anything else.

Seeker · « **Reply #24 on:** March 21, 2002, 02:28:52 AM »

Spit IX with rockets still your standard ride, Tumour?

Gixer · « **Reply #25 on:** March 21, 2002, 02:32:31 AM »

I enjoy flying the Spit5 alot and as for the .303's I to find them very enjoyable and rather effective in close. As with the convergence set in at less then 200 yards It makes for alot of fun to sit on someones six and chew a wing right off.

~~...-Gixer~~

freeze · « **Reply #26 on:** March 21, 2002, 03:47:46 AM »

I allway have my convergence for the .303 on 600.
It squite nice when ur toy is runing and u ping him 600- 700 and he starts turning around :-)

SELECTOR · « **Reply #27 on:** March 21, 2002, 07:57:20 AM »

i pick a plane to fly each tour and i flew spit 5 exclusivley last tour
i agree its a great plane and if you like it fly it .. fly what you want its your cash..as to being called dweeb and other nasty name, well just squelch the person who calls you as they are usualy sad spitful people who think they have the right to dictate to others who are just trying to have fun..usualy their remarks accompany sayings like HO dweeb ,Ram DWeeeb,you need to check connection as your warping and thats why you shot me down.
there is no reason to put up with these taunts and i think
HTC should try and stop people upsetting other players in this sly and hurtful way...

shame on all of you who do this!:mad:

Seeker · « **Reply #28 on:** March 21, 2002, 08:06:47 AM »

Ignore Selector, he's an alt monkey.

Tumor · « **Reply #29 on:** March 21, 2002, 08:20:16 AM »

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Originally posted by Seeker
Spit IX with rockets still your standard ride, Tumour?

You BUM!!