LA-7 gets no love?? :( i see it as one of the best planes to go against the XVI :o

no disrespect to ANYONE that has posted in here, thats the last thing i want so before you read my reply, please dont take it to heart as it is NOT a personnal attack on anyone what so ever and its not meant to sound as if it is......



To the poster -

do not listen to what you are told about which is the best plane to use, as you have been told to use the 109 which is superb at boom and zoom and the guy who told you may very well be excellent at this tactic, YOU on the other hand may not be so good.

You have ben told by our local ruski enthusiast who adores anything dirty and ruski (like that? lol) to use the various ruski planes because they are good for what HE does. You may struggle with them and stall or spin etc.

At the end of the day its about what YOU feel comfortable with. Keep flying, try different planes and techniques out and as time goes on you'll find a particular aircraft you prefer to others because "it just feels right to fly for you"

much like the ruski likes his ruski crates because he knows how to use them and he feels comfortable with them, he is one with the plane,

same as the guy who likes the 109.... the boom and zoom works for him, he's got his angle of attack and his plane to fly the way he likes. He's also comfortable with it.

Its upto you to find the best one to suit your needs and yor style of play :) it wont take long at all i can assure you.

Good luck in finding it :D

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One of the first times I chose a LA7 I sucked with it and got owned by a spit. Next match I went back to my spit and owned the same guy with the plane he had previously beat me with.

I for one don't care for the reticule of the Russian planes the lines are to thick and when you get your crosshairs over the target the reticule blots out their plane. My favorite reticule is the spitfire IX but I still love to fly the yak3.

FOZ is right, some planes are better than others in some aspects, but what makes a plane 'the best', is you.

soviet says the yak-3 is the best, well I fly spit and I never have any trouble against them.
Mattman says the 109 is the best, I think they are easy meat.

It is all about the pilot, you can only say 'this plane is better than that one' if you tried them both, and it is only true for you.

I have not seen many people calling the spit 'the best', but for me it is. why? because im at my best in a spit.

i second that. The spit is also the best for me, because i know how to fly her and i feel safe in her :) the IX or the XVI, depends on what im up against but 9 times out of 10 its the spit i will take, but not because its the best plane (i have no idea which is or how you could tell) but because i know how to fly it :D

HAHAHAHA.
Sorry, I apologise for my first impression of this post. It is, in fact, ridiculous. The best (and almost only) way of being able to kill people, is to be shot at. If you just ignore it, it can hardly do a thing.
I know it's hard to believe, but I do mean this without offense: Being killed by an IL-2, or any other bomber for that matter, is 90% of the time your own stupid fault.

Back to topic: I love both the Spit IX and the La-7. Have flown the Yak-3, but didn't really like it for some reason.. But, as earlier comments stated, experiment, try everything (with different elev. sensitivities!) and make your own choice. This will give the best results. All the different answers you got are just the evidence to prove this statement.

should just follow Hartmann tactics, get in close, open fire at a very close range, normally, my tactics is just to get in behind them from below, till like .40-.30 then let loose the guns, its best to fire when you feel confident that you will hit the guy, dont fire wastefully. atleast thats what i do for Sim flight lol.

my favourites r the LA7 and spit ix i love tnb fighters

A little off topic here but can you guys tell me about any differences you may have noticed between the Spit mkII and IX? I got the game late and haven't had much time to play so I'm wondering if I should focus on my fave the 109 line (although I REALLY need a cockpit!!!) or the Spit line, the mkII seems nice so far but how does it stack up against its younger brother?

The Spit IX is my plane of choice but I also like the rear visibility you get in the LA 7. Each to their own, fly which ever you feel most comfortable in.