I Want my 4.09 Spit FM's back.........

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Originally Posted by Sven

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I can make a quote if you want, If I remember right this is what a spitfire pilot said in an interview: "The spitfire could be flown by any idiot."
In that point of view IL2 got it spot on, the plane is meant for idiots.

I doubt that pilot meant it in the way you have interpreted. For sure, there will be testing times for Spitty/Hurricane pilots in CoD with a/c that have inferior firepower and requires utmost concentration when engaging the Bf's. A wise pilot will not try and follow it in a dive and neither will he be able to match it in a climb. He will certainly need to manage his energy trade off in T&B and deal with the carburretor float problem - these facets alone require the pilot to have the necessary awareness and skills that an 'idiot' would hardly posses. We will see in March - hopefully........