02.03.2010, 18:53
I'm going to agree on the Tempest. That's the only Allied plane I can fly as well as my favoured Axis planes, partly because it is very good in a dive. My list would have to be the following:
1. Messerschmitt Bf.109 G-10 with C3
2. Hawker Tempest Mk. V 13lbs.
3. Curtiss P-40M
4. P-51D
5. Focke-Wulf Ta.152 H-1
Bf. 109 is in first because not only can it dive well, but it is very good at recovering. The Mustang, by contrast, has a hard time getting back up to where it started in my experience because of its high stall speed. The P-40 is a solid No. 3 because I've always been able to rely on using its dive to escape otherwise certain death by Bf. 109s and Fw. 190s, and then using its excellent manoeuverability in the vertical and horizontal axes to get into a good firing position. The Ta.152 is in a class of its own. It's at the bottom because you have to be at 8000m or you rip the long wings off due to the thicker air.
1. Messerschmitt Bf.109 G-10 with C3
2. Hawker Tempest Mk. V 13lbs.
3. Curtiss P-40M
4. P-51D
5. Focke-Wulf Ta.152 H-1
Bf. 109 is in first because not only can it dive well, but it is very good at recovering. The Mustang, by contrast, has a hard time getting back up to where it started in my experience because of its high stall speed. The P-40 is a solid No. 3 because I've always been able to rely on using its dive to escape otherwise certain death by Bf. 109s and Fw. 190s, and then using its excellent manoeuverability in the vertical and horizontal axes to get into a good firing position. The Ta.152 is in a class of its own. It's at the bottom because you have to be at 8000m or you rip the long wings off due to the thicker air.