I mean Willy didn't design the best plane he could have designed for performance only. He made compromises for production and serviceability. He was often criticized by his competitors, Heinkel in particular, for making a "simple" and aerodynamically inferior design. The Heinkel 112 was in fact favored by the Luftwaffe, but Willy knew that there was more to a military aircraft than performance. He also understood politics.
Oh I see your perspective. I didn't mean to imply poor English. Your English is extremely good, better than most Texan's in fact
Well, let’s be honest, Willy cheated on the design brief by violating one of the stipulations which allowed his design to match or exceed the others which the competition could not. Fully working prototype helped a lot given the time pressures. Good trick though, if you can get your client to swallow it. I think Willy was an excellent designer, forward thinking, good anticipation of changing environments and imaginative solutions. Yes very well disposed to mass production, unlike the Spitfire, especially the wings. I read somewhere at one point there were countless Spitfire fusalges waiting for their wings to be built.
Just from a purely original design perspective though I think the de Havilland Mosquito trumps both the 109 and Spitfire. A genius proposition, almost uniquely remarkable in a lot of ways. The Hornet's construction was even more advanced along the same concept.
Have you tried the DCS Bf-109? I tend to put a little more faith in their flight model, and aircraft characteristics, simply because everyone I know who has flown the actual aircraft they model has given rave reviews about how accurate it is.
In Aces High, I can make the Bf-109 dance pretty handily. In DCS, which seems to do a MUCH better job of modeling things like torque, and doesn't flatten things out, I can barely take off in the K-4, and landings are a prayer at best...
No buddy sorry. I've only played AH. Have flown a glider and an R-22 and seem to have an affinity to vehicular control in general but it's just semi-informed instinct about the Spit14. You're a real pilot aren't you? What is your opinion of the AH Spit14? Dubious longitudinal stability explainable by dodgy weight distribution? I know the Ta-152 guys discuss that reason for a similar departure.
