I got a news flash for you guys there is no such thing as easy mode whats an easy mode plane for one player is not for another it's all in the matter of perspective
Respectfully Disagree, It's not a matter of player to player.....almost all planes have a WAY to fly them Easy mode and rack up kills. Hell the P40 is a HELLUVA bnz bird so if you get a lot of alt over top a furball....the P40 becomes easy mode.
My pet peeve planes are F4U's/Brewsters....because IMO they are the easiest planes to fly in game, that's where your argument comes into play.
My limited experience flying all the "turny" bird planes....the Brew is by far the most simple. And before someone brings up the "limited" portion, I don't fly them because I don't get hardly any challenge while flying them.
Hogs are just P51s with better moves...simple as that. If I had to pick one non perk plane to DA the entire plane set...it would be a 1A, spit 16,KI84 or La7....and saying that I think if I could 1v1 myself, the 1A vs Spit 16....the hog would win, I still think the spit is an easier ride for a new player but once you understand the potential of a hogs flaps and rudder....it's amazing. KI84 would beat La7....LA7 would beat Hog....KI84 vs spit 16 would be a good fight same with Hog vs KI84 but I don't think the KI84 has enough vertical like the LA would against the hog.
If you ask "Who the best F4U pilots are in the game?" half would probably be people who fly it either in the horde or from the advantage....which is fine but that doesn't make them "Good". The people I consider the best pilots in this game normally are getting kills from the disadvantage, out numbered out gunned.