Two kinds of planes

[cardboard_killer]

I feel like there are two kinds of planes--the first is the killing machine. The others just give me a great feeling of accomplishment getting into the air and landing successfully.

[Finkeren]

I've seen the first kind in the air from time to time, mostly flown by an opponent. 

 

I've only ever flown the second kind myself tho... 

[Lusekofte]

1 hour ago, cardboard_killer said:

I feel like there are two kinds of planes--the first is the killing machine. The others just give me a great feeling of accomplishment getting into the air and landing successfully.

You are right. Unfortunately like @Finkeren all planes I fly is latter. 
But in GB , clod, and DCS heavy things is what I gravitate towards. I tend to adopt the most ugly clumsy plane around and give it a bit of love. Before we gravitate in a ball of flame into mother earth together. 

Edited August 6, 2020 by 216th_LuseKofte

[[DBS]Browning]

I also think there are two kinds of planes, or at least a spectrum of planes with two ends.

 

Firstly, there are the planes well suited to novice pilots. They have stable and predictable handling, even when flown close to their limits. They have effective weapons that can be fired in long bursts. All the novice pilot must do to have some success is to bank and pull back on the stick as hard as is needed to point at the enemy.

Example aircraft might include the Albatross D.V, the Yak7/9/3, Spitfires and Zeros.

 

Secondly, there are planes that only achieve their potential when flown by more experienced pilots. They tend to have unpredictable handling and unusual quirks.

Sometimes, but not always, they are heavier than usual for the time and do not perform well in sustained turns, but tend to be fast.

These aircraft require tactics beyond simply pointing at the enemy all the time to reliably win fights.

Examples might include the SPAD, FW190s, P47, Wildcats and the Me262.

 

If two novice pilots meet in a P47 and an A6M2 Zero, the pilot in Zero is more likely to win.

If two veteran pilots meet in a P47 and an A6M2 Zero, the pilot in P47 is more likely to win.

 

 

 

 

 

[cardboard_killer]

1 hour ago, [DBS]Browning said:

 

If two novice pilots meet in a P47 and an A6M2 Zero, the pilot in Zero is more likely to win.

If two veteran pilots meet in a P47 and an A6M2 Zero, the pilot in P47 is more likely to win.

 

That's the long way of saying newbies are meat on the table in any plane.