[Cuccos19]

Don't get me wrong,I'm not saying that Lightning is a bad airplane.

I say Lightning is (one of) the best, because you can use it for everything and any way. I mean you can choose between tactics which is the suitable in the current situation. I can't outturn a Ki-43-I 1st serie Oscar but I can a Ki-61 Tony, or even a Zero! Of course, in that speed ranges, where the Zeros ailerons are heavy and it can't really use them so efficient. Lightnings main draw back the heavy elevator at high speed. But with dive breaks the problem was absolutely solved.

But considering that fact, that it is a 109 thread, I would like to ask for some tactics. In most of the cases I fly with full thorttle during the battle (I know that in Lightning I have the luxury not to use full throttle) :o . In 109s I usually do that. But over the 109G-6 late (G-6/AS, G-10, G-14 maybe, and K series) they have some different engines. I know that for Germany started hard times when the strategic bombing was begining. Their industry began to fall. For example the german bolt action rifle K98 Mauser are significantly worse from '44 because of the worse materials. My sport shooter friends always look after Mausers made before '44. They hadn't got any time to make quality. Steel heat treating, etc. So the aircraft engines were stornger in horsepower, but less durable. After 15-20 minutes of intensive battle I can feel - and hear, too! - that my engine is tired. Awfull! I personally don't affraid in F-2, F-4, G-2 and G-6 (I never fly the G-6 late because I'm Hungarian and G-6 have, but G-6 late haven't got basically generated hungarian skin :x ). In the real life G-6 late have Erla haube or what (lighter and better vison canopy) but have wooden tail structure which was heavier than the standard aluminium one. I don't realized that in the game. The difference between G-6 and G-6 late in flight characteristics. Back to their engines, they have the strength in time. I mean they don't get tired. Maybe the G-6 is a little bit heavier construction than its predecessors, but have 13mm heavy machine guns, and opcionally have 30mm Mk108 cannon if you want it (I prefer the 20mm MG151/20 because more than enough for fighters, and can be good for 4engined bomber, too, and have 2times more ammo). So what can I do in later 109s which were made during the "bombing season" :?: If I fly about 80-90% of power, they are too heavy to catch even a Yak-9, which is a very average fighter, IMHO. So I edited the "planesHuF.dat" file in the DGen library of the game, not to generate any higher subtype of 109 than G-6 (basic, not the late). I start the Hungarian campaign with F-2 (not F-4, because the F-2 have, F-4 haven't got Hungarian skin basically) and continue with G-6 till the end of the war. But in many-many air battles I cried and cry back the agility of my "Fr