Thanks to Pipz I give my advice on the A8, and comparison vs the A5
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A5
It's faster - wrong, the A8 is faster at the deck ,spit16 have same speed as A5, A8 is faster
It's lighter - yes
It turns tighter -yes, its biggest advantage, also a more abrupt snap-roll in stall than the A8.
It climbs faster - yes, not by much though
It flies higher - both planes are dead ducks above 21k
It hits as hard (just not as long) -dead wrong
It dives as fast -correct
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It get's pilot wounds from front and rear - A8 don't get anything of those compared, much armor
It lose speed slower - A8 can use that to its advantage, curving inside with slower speed.
It's much worse buffkiller - not only does it take eons to down a b17, also very vulnerable to counter-fire
It has worse range, and with etc mounted a yak3/spit16 catches it, A8 not, A8 has aux tank for extra endurance in its airframe.
A5 best feature is it's sexy winter camouflage skin.
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Kovel's and my way of flying differs mostly from gunnery range and arnament.
I shoot at range, Kovel close in and chew them up with 30mms, both use high closure rate.
fighter to fighter snapshots is easier with 4*20mm, buff-hunting is easy with the 30mm on board.