Its much simpler than that, Kieren. Right now German planes are or maneouverable,but slow (109F4,G2,G6, 190A5) or fast but unmaneouverable (Me109G10). Fw190A8 falls in the middle, is maneouverable ,but unable to stay for long in close fights, but it isnt faster enough to cope with most planes on the planeset.
I, and by extension all dedicated LW pilots, am tired of outmanouvering and outperforming P51 pilots that bounce us from 30K ,to win them the E situation in the disadvantage,to turn tables on them effectively. only to see them 0Ging and running away like little screamin' girls.
If a Fw190 pilot blews it he is likely to go down quite fast in flames. If a P51 pilot blews it, he only needs to point the nose down and say "bye bye,julai (

). It's annoying to say the least.
The Fw190D9 was an historically important plane for LW, was in numbers and was the P51's direct competitor in WWII. I always loved that plane, its looks, and its historical use.
But I can't fly it. I can't fly my favorite plane because (with no serious justification so far), it isnt in the planeset.
I dont say that HTC has a plot against LW pilots...but I am sure that most people wont accept very well a HIGHLY (I repeat: HIGHLY, DEADLY) competitive german plane in the planeset. The cries there were in 1.03 about Fw190A5 and 109G10 shows it clearly, even wehn 109G10 was one the hardest planes in the planeset, only behind Typhoon, and the A5 was one of the slowest planes in Aces High.
Go figure if we have here a Fw190A8 with the climbrate of a Fw190A5, the high altitude performance of a G10, and the speed of a P51, not to talk about MW50 boost that will give it a very good acceleration under 20K...
IT won't turn for a $h1T (if fact it should turn a bit better than A8), but it will be able to run with mustangs and MAKE THEM FIGHT. Thing that 75% of them have no idea of how to do it. And the cries of "overmodelled", "mosnter", "Uber", "D9 FM porked", etc will be nonstop.
I dont want to be in Pyro's pants if that happens, that fer sure. I have read several times in many sites that Wb's D9 was seriously undermodelled in grounds of making it "playable". I dont know if it is true or not as I rarely have flown Wb. But I don't find it too hard to believe.
I dont blame HTC for D9 not being in the planeset. I dont blame anyone. But I want it here. not because I can't fight in the current LW planes (I can, and I do decent work in Fw190s), but because is my most loved plane in history.
And I want it.
[This message has been edited by RAM (edited 09-25-2000).]