*Cheering and cries of joy begin, as Soviet Ace steps into the thread to give his two cents*
I can see what your all saying, that the I-153 has an advantage over turning with other planes, but what you have to understand. Is that ANY mono-plane, that would try and turn with a bi-plane would fail miserably in a turning fight. The reason why, is because the bi-plane is slower and since it's slower can turn faster. If they had put a Italian Fiat CR42, into the game or even a British Gloster Gladiator; then the I-153 would have less of an advantage since both of those planes are bi-planes, and can equally turn with an I-153 depending on the situation and place.
Now for the game, the I-153 is not cheating or cheap in anyway. I agree, that a lot of noobs fly it; which should be actually the complete opposite. Most noobs should be getting shot down and ruined because the I-153 and I-16 were both unstable at times, and many new pilots flying them died. It was the veterans and pro's who flew; which accomplished the scores that many of them had.
Anyway, we all know that the Russian planes (all of them) seem to have an advantage, over all the other planes in the game. So there's really no point in complaining about whether the I-153 is cheating or cheap because it's just how they modeled it.
It really doesn't matter, if the I-153 Chaika or the other two bi-planes I mentioned before have an advantage over the other planes; which in real life they would have because any bi-plane can out turn a mono-plane. The point is, if your flying an I-153 or someone else is flying it. Just BnZ the damn thing. It may not be as fun, but it is YOUR (and their) fault for trying to turn and get into it's turning radius. Don't blame the plane, just because you've been smart or dumb enough to take advantage of 1-2 tactics, the I-153 has over all the others. (The second advantage, would be rolling
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