This should be the right forum for this, as it's about the aircraft rather than any FS.
I'm not a pilot, and I know there are a limited amount of them on these forums. (Why simulate it when you can do it?..............lol). So all I really have to go by as far as the flying (piloting) experience goes, is Simming.
I'am told that the 1% models are pretty much as close as you can get to a true representation of what each plane is like to fly, with regard to it's power, handling, responsiveness in different areas and maneuvrability as can be experienced in these simulators.
Also I am assured that the CFS1 & 2 models come as close as can be expected within the restrictions of the whole package as it is.
That said, is it just me or is/was the Bf109 really such a dog of a plane to fly when compared to say, the Spitfire, P51, Hellcat for instance.
If the representations that I have experienced in the Sims from all sources, including 1% builders, are true representations, then there is no wonder the British were able to have such inordinate success during the BoB and the P51's later over Europe.
Do others agree that it is probably one of the worst/hardest planes to maneuvre or handle when compared to it's contemporariies ie. Spitfire, Hurricane, P51, P47, P38, (these would be the main ones).
Comments please..................
P.S. Just a quickie. Can someone explain the nature of a "self-sealing tank". Did they have a rubber coating around them or something?