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    Does anybody know the general pilot's opinions on the late war 109s, were they highly regarded as they were at the start of the war?
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    IBTK

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    I have to say i don't understand any of that but it appears negative about someting :?
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    dont be sad. i dont understand it either.
    i dont fly the late 109's
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    This game is bias because the La-7 and Spit + 25, even tho theyre made of wood, are better than the Fokker Fw-109.
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    Originally posted by ali19891989:
    Does anybody know the general pilot's opinions on the late war 109s, were they highly regarded as they were at the start of the war?
    Pilots generally said that they are satisfied with their machines... TBH I don't see why they shouldn't be, Bf-109 is a fine war machine.
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    Seriously though, as in real life, the bf-109 F is the most fun to fly.

    The other day I got one Yak-1, and three I-16s. They just seem to drift into your gunsight!

    Albeit in general the Bf-109 series seems to have a good power to weight ratio, which makes them very 'energetic' to fly.
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    Most pilots that were around long enough to have flown the early war stuff said the later models (post G2) were heavy and a bit slow because the design changed little but the added weight of the heavier engines and armament made them "feel" sluggish.
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    I renember of read in a Günther Rall interview that he sayied his preffer model was the F. he also tells about the late models that "they put one thing there and other here and the aircraft stay too heavy"

    in my experience in the sim, I don't use much the BF-109, preffer the FW-190.

    but, all the times I've flow the 109 late models, I like then.
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    MOst pilots prefered the earlier models, the F model was the big favourite IIRC, but it all depends on the actual pilots.


    Gunther Rall :-

    'And when Crete was finished we went back to Romania, and there we got a new airplane. It was the 109 F. This was my beloved aircraft. It was the first aircraft with the round wing tips, no struts in the back, 605 engine (ed. DB 601), excellent, and not too overloaded. You know, later on they put in this, and put in this, and put in this. The aircraft became heavier, but not this one. The F was my ideal aircraft.'

    http://www.virtualpilots.fi/hist/WW2...llEnglish.html


    I'm sure none of the fighter pilots of 1944 complained of the G10's extra speed or climb.
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