Who is suppose to be able to fly the Spit 16

[Steve]

Would anybody like to comment on the following data?

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[Kazaa]

I've always said the XVI is uber in a 1v1 situation. However, there are better planes to use when going for score.

[caldera]

caldera

Your statement about your "ability" and "knowledge" is laughable. How many WWII planes have you had the privilege to fly and master?

Please don’t pretend that we are talking about RL here…

If you don't care what anybody thinks, then why bother with the vitriolic reply?

Because it's the truth.

So you are bragging that you are far better in a video game than I could ever dream to be?  WOW!  That and $2 will get you a cup of coffee.

[Kazaa]

So you are bragging that you are far better in a video game than I could ever dream to be?  WOW!  That and $2 will get you a cup of coffee.

No I'm not bragging, just stating the truth... I like tea.

[Westy]

Every Spitfire has this on the fuselage...

[shreck]

Every Spitfire has this on the fuselage...

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[Oldman731]

Every Spitfire has this on the fuselage...

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Heh.

Anyone have a screenshot of one of Eskimo's Barbie spitfires?

- oldman

[Steve]

I've always said the XVI is uber in a 1v1 situation. However, there are better planes to use when going for score.

Ya, I think so too.   

[CAP1]

I watch post after post, thread after thread come up and it always comes down to the spit 16 being a newb ride, a dweeb ride or more experienced players shouldn't fly it. I would like to know, who do you guys feel is eligible to fly the spit 16, I never hear anyone say the spit 16 should only be used by ____________? I fly it, I'm not a newb or a dweeb, I fly it because it is one of the most versatile planes in the game. It has a good turn (not the best), it has good climb (again not the best), it has good acceleration (not the best) and it has good roll but again (not the best). And in the opinion of most players in the game the hog is the most versatile plane in the game, but you never hear anyone talk about that ride being unacceptable. I don't find it any easier to fly then any of the other spits , in fact I find that the spit 9,5 and seafire or probably a lot more forgiving and though the spit16 is faster it's not winning any races low, medium or high. So please, I'm asking, who do you guys feel should be flying this plane??   

know what's funny? i've flown the spit 5, 9, 16, the seafire, and the hurri2c. had great fights, and luck in the 5, 9, and seafire. good luck in the hurri, but only because the cannons made up for my poor fighting skills. never had a drop of good luck in the 16. i seemed to always suck in it.

[CAP1]

Yea and to say that the spit5 and 9 are more forgiving is beyond me. How is more forgiving to have 303s and half the cannons in one of them. + They are slow and you're not gonna be getting away from much. Spit 16 has decent speed and acceleration + great climbrate which can get you out of a lot of jams. If you're a decent stick you're going to be outturning pretty much everyone bar a zero/fm2/hurri. the only reason to fly a spit9 over a spit16 is the pink skin and eny. Spit5? forget about it, you might as well graduate from spitfires then because a 5 is a limited MA plane.

some pile-its don;t worry about getting away from anyone or anything. we're too busy trying to just stay in the air as very large, very important pieces are removed from our aircraft. 

[druski85]

If people want to fly spit 16s, by all means fly spit 16s.  To me, there is zero challenge in that bird, and I only up it from HEAVILY capped fields.  Now the HOing and hording XVI's I could do without...but that's the pilot not the plane.

Side note:  It really bothers me when people make the "oh its the history that I love!" argument for the Spit XVI.  This bird was deployed en masse only after the allies had almost full aerial superiority over Europe, at least within the areas where the Spitty could reach with it's wee little midget legs.  Additionally, the war was at that point HEAVILY in favor of the allies, especially on the Eastern Front.  Finally there's the fact that most of Germany's best pilots were dead or captured.  Therefore, the XVI did a fair amount of ground pounding because of this superiority and lack of range.  How many of you use it as an attack/fighter the majority of the time in game? 

You want a good historical Spit that was important to the war effort, take the I or V. 

[PFactorDave]

I'd rather an enemy was in a Spit 16 then a P51D/190/Typhie...  At least I know the Spit16 is likely to fight instead of the one pass and haul "rear end" that passes for dogfighting these days.

[Shuffler]

So you leave it in the hanger because in the right hands, according to what you guys are saying it can smoke most other planes in the MA. And flying it just because you like it, isn't fair to the other player's who like to fly there favorite rides that or inferior to it. That some how doesn't seen fair to the guys who like it just because its a spitfire and it may be there favorite plane of WW2. A well known player in this game told me one time that the plane he fly's in the game, he would fly that plane even if it was the worst plane in the game. And in his opinion, it just so happens that the plane he fly's is superior to all other plane's in the game hands down.

Again fly what you want..... I personally have very little problem if any with spixteens in a fight with my 38.

[Karnak]

If people want to fly spit 16s, by all means fly spit 16s.  To me, there is zero challenge in that bird, and I only up it from HEAVILY capped fields.  Now the HOing and hording XVI's I could do without...but that's the pilot not the plane.

Side note:  It really bothers me when people make the "oh its the history that I love!" argument for the Spit XVI.  This bird was deployed en masse only after the allies had almost full aerial superiority over Europe, at least within the areas where the Spitty could reach with it's wee little midget legs.  Additionally, the war was at that point HEAVILY in favor of the allies, especially on the Eastern Front.  Finally there's the fact that most of Germany's best pilots were dead or captured.  Therefore, the XVI did a fair amount of ground pounding because of this superiority and lack of range.  How many of you use it as an attack/fighter the majority of the time in game? 

You want a good historical Spit that was important to the war effort, take the I or V. 

You need to learn more about Spitfires, a lot more.  The Spitfire LF.Mk IX was the most common Spitfire from the end of 1943 to the end of the war, the time period most closely matching the MA.  The Spitfire Mk XVI is nothing more than a rebranded Spitfire LF.Mk IXe as it is modeled in AH.  Therefor the Spitfire Mk XVI is actually the most appropriate Spitfire for fans to use in the MA.

Personally I dislike the look of the clipped wings, so I prefer the Mk VIII for appearance and for its history when I take a Spitfire.

[Megalodon]

You are a dweeb... we are all dweebs. If you do not understand that we are all dweebs, you are a noob.

 No... but you are correct you are a dweeb!