Originally posted by Shane
I disagree. Spit XVI wins over spit VIII, you cannot simply discount the XVI's ability to roll much quicker.
I haven't discounted that, I simply haven't considered it. Anyone who is familiar with Boyd's OODA loop will understand the significance of fast transients in air combat, and know that the Spit XVI's roll is important. But that’s another topic, and not the point I was making.
For the current tour (Nov. 05)
Spit VIII has 890 kills of Spit VXI
Spit XVI has 960 kills of Spit VIII
Of course, that is exactly what you would expect of the two faster Spitfires in the MA, but if you check the start of the thread, you will see I was discussing the Spitfire for use in the DA and purely for duelling.
Personally I'm 20-12 vs Spit VIII's and only 4 of those deaths were in a Spit XVI.
To kill Spit VIII’s in the MA and get a big score with no deaths would say something about the aircraft you were flying, but it would say a great deal more about the way it was flown.
I'm sure a smattering of the kills on the VIII came from a rid elike the La-7 or P-47.
Doesn’t really matter what you fly, you could rack up big scores flying almost any early war variant against any of the Spits if you flew it smart enough.
the pilot is the ultimate variable.
Exactly, and given equal pilots, for low level duelling in the DA, the Spitfire MkV has been superseded as the plane of choice, which was the point of my original message. In the MA the situation is very different, as you know.
Badboy
