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Title: Hey who unclipped the wings?
Post by: TexMurphy on November 10, 2005, 06:43:25 PM

I thought the Spit VIII would be a wing clipped one.... whats up with that???

Tex

Title: Hey who unclipped the wings?
Post by: Bruno on November 10, 2005, 06:44:45 PM

You thought wrong, try the XVI...

Title: Hey who unclipped the wings?
Post by: TexMurphy on November 10, 2005, 06:55:48 PM

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Originally posted by Bruno
You thought wrong, try the XVI...

I knew the XVI would be clipped... but thought the VIII would be as welll...

Title: Hey who unclipped the wings?
Post by: Bruno on November 10, 2005, 07:09:19 PM

Where did anyone say the VIII would be clipped? In fact most, who cared, asked that they not be clipped...

Title: Hey who unclipped the wings?
Post by: Kurt on November 10, 2005, 07:25:28 PM

Hey, all I know is that I've got a lot of learning to do with all these new planes... Gads...  It's like christmas morning!

Title: Hey who unclipped the wings?
Post by: Enduro on November 10, 2005, 10:28:36 PM

haven't had the chance to login, yet.  are any of the new planes perked?

Title: Hey who unclipped the wings?
Post by: Kurt on November 10, 2005, 10:41:09 PM

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Originally posted by Enduro
haven't had the chance to login, yet.  are any of the new planes perked?

Nope, but I'd wager that the Spit XVI has a perk in its future.

Title: Hey who unclipped the wings?
Post by: Widewing on November 11, 2005, 12:13:52 AM

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Originally posted by Kurt
Nope, but I'd wager that the Spit XVI has a perk in its future.

Yeah, I'm sure that will be the outcome seeing as it is a true monster. Fastest climber in the game... Yeah, it out-climbs the 109K-4.

It'll be overused....

Personally, I like the Mk.VIII more.

My regards,

Widewing

Title: Hey who unclipped the wings?
Post by: Kev367th on November 11, 2005, 09:11:43 AM

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Originally posted by Widewing
Yeah, I'm sure that will be the outcome seeing as it is a true monster. Fastest climber in the game... Yeah, it out-climbs the 109K-4.

It'll be overused....

Personally, I like the Mk.VIII more.

My regards,

Widewing

Lol, you realise the VIII has exactly the same motor as the XVI in it?
Take less fuel, the VIII should climb as well as the XVI, and still turns better, slightly faster.

Title: Hey who unclipped the wings?
Post by: DipStick on November 12, 2005, 12:27:30 AM

It's no La7 but it'll be perked. :rolleyes:

Title: Hey who unclipped the wings?
Post by: Kev367th on November 12, 2005, 02:11:22 AM

Be a sad, sad day IF what is essentially a 1943 LF IXe is perked ahead of the late war stuff.
Plus it puts the RAF back to either a 1943 (debateable) Tiff, or a 1942 Spit again as their free fighter rides.

Overused - LA7 has been consistently the most used plane by on average 20% more than its closest rival (N1K), it's not perked.

Of course it's going to get used a lot, better than the IX down low were MA fights are, faster than the V (esp now the V has been neutered).

Now if the F.21 had been introduced, then yeah that would be perked, or maybe even a XII.

Don't know why people compare it to the K-4?
K-4 is a high alt plane, XVI is a down in the dirt beast.
K-4 is more properly compared to the XIV.

Title: Hey who unclipped the wings?
Post by: Karnak on November 12, 2005, 03:06:29 AM

Not that I advocate perking it, but as I understand it the Spitfire LF.Mk IXe was introduced in 1944.  The LF.Mk IX from 1943 had a universal wing.

Also the Spitfire Mk VIII is a 1943 Spitfire, not a 1942 Spitfire.

Hopefully things will cool down and it'll be ok and free.

Title: Hey who unclipped the wings?
Post by: Schutt on November 12, 2005, 03:10:20 AM

Why perk it?

109K4,190D9, LA7, N1k, Spit16,P51D,P38L... either perk all of em or none.