Theres an Elephant in this room.
The plain fact is this
The Mk1a should have the rotol prop
Instead spitty flyers have to put up with that godawful 1st gear/ 5th gear prop.
Or fly the Hurricane
As present FM the Mk1a is 30mph slower and doesnt climb as well as the rotol Hurricane
But the Hurricane roll rate is terrible 360* roll takes 2 secs longer than the spitfire,and the spitfire rolls slower than the me109 anyway.
So with slower top speed, poorer climb,slower dive, inferior roll rate, poorer guns, lots less amunition and that infernal neg g cutout combined with the 109`s easier controlability in turns is it any surprise red players want to fly the Mk1I on the servers ? Especially since the blueboys have some new toys.
But the MkII is 60 mph faster than the Mk1a.
So what is really needed is a MK1a with a rotol prop.
The speeds I quote are from a very quick test in mission. straight and level @ 6500 ft
Mk1a 230mph
Rotol Hurri 260mph
MkII 290mph.
This admittedly quick test is obviously not entirely accurate, but feel about right from my time playing online.
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