The Bf109 and Fw190 in the game are just pathetic compared to the top allied fighters, especially the Spitfire and Tempest.  Those British fighters literally run rings around the German ones.  Flying a British plane against the German ones isn't even a challenge.  As a German plane, all you can do is try to get within 400 yards, and get enough hits to slow the British ones down.  I'm using late-model German planes too (i.e., Bf-110G-10).

I don't see how such a disparity could have existed in real life.  There would hardly have been a single Allied fighter shot down, because all they woulda needed to do was open the throttle all the way and fly off, leaving the German fighters in the proverbial dust.

An FW190 is one of the few AC's
that could out fly a later model
ZERO!! Fact!!

X

Then I don't get it.  The AI pilots immediately take a Spitfire into a climbing turn.  If I try to follow in a Fw-190, I just stall all over the place.  They run rings around me.  I just did some more testing, and the game's Bf-109 isn't bad, but the Fw-190 is just horrible!  It stalls nearly 100 mph faster than any other pane!  That's the main thing. It cannot come close to matching the Spitfire, or P-51, or anything else.  I don't see how this is realistic.
And it's not just me.  AI pilots flying any other plane rip the 190's to shreds.

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maybe 'the plane doesn't like yeah what is your relism settings? are u doing the em war injection on the FW? full throttle? are the flaps DOWN? j/k well tell me what you are doing.

Cheers, Daniel

Personally, I find the issue to be a combination of things.
  One, I don't find the planes to be all that realistic. I think Microsoft has tailored the flight models for a wider market.  Either that, or I'm the worlds greatest ace with over 500 kills without being shot down on my longest quick mission win streak...lol  Not all in one sitting of course.
Two, I tend to agree with those who say they've noticed superior performance from AI aircraft, though there are tricks to counter, such as not following the AI up sometimes. It quite often comes back down on its own in the same manuver.
  Three, all though i find it true in a sense that good planes take good pilots, I also find that good planes also sometimes make bad pilots look good. Some would argue that the making of the adverage ace has something to do with the luck of a pilot in his marriage to a particular plane that compliments his abilities and techniqe, and vise versa, with the classic all round any plane ace being a rare gem.   Without knowing anything of your personal abilities, whiskey, perhaps your skills and techniqe are more suited to allied planes.
  I personally excell in the Bf-109 myself, much prefering having my guns clustered in front of me rather than spread out upon my wings, and though i do well in planes such has the tempest, I acheive most of my kills through a higher accuracy rate in a 109.
  That's my two cents.......

i kick butt in the 109
the 190 aint for dogfighting she is for bomber killing and ground support. i always start to climb towards enemy then run back to the deck. then stay near the ground
i love topedoe in ships. but that tempest is a beast wow what a kiling machine

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in that case i'll hop into my sopwith camel and intercept a f/a-18 8)

j/ks

I just spotted this. Regarding the comments on the Fw 190. This was considered one of the best fighters in the European theatre in WW2.
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I don't have CFS3 installed but copied this from the CFS3 Insider site. The A-5 & A-8 variants featured in CFS3 were commonly used as fighter-bombers.

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PS. Whitey. Stalling (conventional stall) has everything to do with airspeed. The high-speed stall, which I think you're referring to, is usually caused by pulling too much G in a turn.