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Originally Posted by droz

Pretty sure the 109E was considerably faster than the Spits in game IRL. Spit has maneuverability, 109 had speed.

Also, 109 is Fuel Injected. Not much sputter on a startup from that. Spit/Hurri early stuff was Carburated. you will see sputter on startup with that.

Its not that I don't expect to see splutter on the Spit, but neither do I expect to see the 109 at full power with an seemingly indestructible engine.

Originally Posted by TomcatViP

funny comment but wrong.

The 109 is the nimble one here: lighter, smaller and as much powerful.

Although they were closely matched, I'd hardly call the 109 nimble if the Spitfire could out maneuver it on the best part, the Spit was only a little larger, I have no idea on the weights, but I can't imagine having a cannon in the nose would make it lighter though there is no doubt it had supreme firepower.
I've heard many times that the controls were sluggish at higher speeds, maybe this was to do with the confined cockpit.
Either-way there is no doubt they were both terrific planes, Like many others I just believe they need tweaking ingame.