OK pick you favourite aircraft 109 vs Spit

[mondo]

I'm personally more interested in flying the Beaufighter and some of the other aircraft.

[mazex]

My decision is purely emotional...

Three reasons for the Spit during BoB:

Is there a more beautiful plane EVER than the Spitfire?

I like playing the under dog - and during BoB that further strengthens my choice...

Emil is too crude, Fredrich is too weak. Gustav - now we talk!

/Mazex

[Lodestone]

Originally Posted by mazex

Three reasons for the Spit during BoB:

Is there a more beautiful plane EVER than the Spitfire?

I like playing the under dog - and during BoB that further strengthens my choice...

Emil is too crude, Fredrich is too weak. Gustav - now we talk!

1) no, never has been and likely never will be (opinion of course)

2) I agree here too, being the underdog is more fun

3) Friedrich too weak? Maybe the MG 151/15 is weak, but not Friedrich! 109-F is in my opinion the best of all 109's when compared to its adversaries. Nothing in 1941 can touch the F-4 (with MG 151/20 especially)

Also, are we going to fight over England? If so, I want a Spit so I can fight for longer than 10 minutes. If we are going to fight over France then I will happilly fly Emil

Final answer.......SPITTY!

[mazex]

Originally Posted by Lodestone

3) Friedrich too weak? Maybe the MG 151/15 is weak, but not Friedrich! 109-F is in my opinion the best of all 109's when compared to its adversaries. Nothing in 1941 can touch the F-4 (with MG 151/20 especially)

You´re right - I do specifically mean the F2 with the 15mm MG 151. I'm like Galland - who refused to fly the F series until the F4 was introduced... Anyway - I do like the added firepower that was introduced in the G6 when they dropped the MG17 for the MG 131. In the F2 you have two 7.92mm and one 15mm. That's not enough for a 1940 fighter in my opinion...

EDIT: Speaking about looks (that the Spit has in excess) - subjective soft/undefinable stuff also makes me think of the Friedrich as "weak". It looks so clean an nimble compared to the other me:s. The E is blocky and looks mean. The G and K have their bumps and stuff that also gives them a brute look in some way... An Me is never beautiful to me - but it can look like a menacing war machine, accept the F

[Sturm_Williger]

Originally Posted by mazex

My decision is purely emotional...

Three reasons for the Spit during BoB:

Is there a more beautiful plane EVER than the Spitfire?

....
/Mazex

Speaking personally, I find the Me far more beautiful. It's a bit like a Dolphin ( Spit ) vs Shark ( Me ).

The Me looks like the superb killing machine it is.

[mazex]

Originally Posted by Sturm_Williger

Speaking personally, I find the Me far more beautiful. It's a bit like a Dolphin ( Spit ) vs Shark ( Me ).

The Me looks like the superb killing machine it is.

I hear what you say, and agree with it in many ways. The Spit looks a bit to "nice" but there is something about that elliptical wing I guess... It's in some aspects considered the "perfect wing" - on the drawing board. The backside is naturally that it's very expensive and complicated to do - and has nasty stall characteristics if done "all out" as the whole wings stalls at the same time...

/Mazex