<snicker>  You mean to tell me you aren't using the 1% air files?  </snicker>

Sorry - I just HAD to do it..

Don't worry, in Aces High I get wasted by <insert plane type here>

Go figure, my best success is in a Spit 1 - against P47s, Laffies, even a Tiffie!

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I had a similar nasty experiance with the 1% Spit MkXIV. There I was feeling invincible, being able to shoot down anything in my trusty stock Tempest. Hop into the Spit try to turn end up in a nasty spin and six feet under within 20 seconds.

To run the engine up on the Spit you need to advance the throttle smoothly & slowly as the tail can come up.  There is a reason the mechanics sat on the stabilizer when it was run up.

If you just punch it open bad things will happen very quickly.

http://www.avhistory.org/movies/spitflip.avi

The vid shows a slow/smooth advance to 100% followed by a fast one.

Your results will not vary  

Additionally taking off at less then 100% throttle will help you to stay straight on the runway & keep the wingtip out of the dirt till you get used to the torque.

BTW please remember the Griffon engined ones want to flip over the other way.

Forgot to add, these are all our old files, the new ones when we release them will surely stop your hearts.

BEAR

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Nah, I always found it best to blame the flight model when I crash  

Two things, our Spits/109's are a problem on the ground because of the narrow landing gear track & the FW-190's are a bit twitchy in the air till Kurt Tanks mods are applied to the later versions.

As for dogfighting against the AI remember the AI uses a simplified version ( no fuel or ammo weight for starters ) of the flight models & never makes a mistake in flying the plane.  The weak point is the AI is predictable so you should be able to get ahead of him with some practice.

EDIT - somthing we packaged with our CFS2 190's.

Flying the FW-190A3
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This is a boom and zoom aircraft. It should out climb and out roll most allied aircraft. If you get a Spitfire on your tail your only chance is to do a "flick maneuver".

How?: Say you're in a turn to the left with him on your tail. Pull into a high g tight turn. When you see the Spitfire pulling lead to take the shot. Ease the stick forward about halfway to neutral and slam it over to the right as far as it will go. At the same add about half right rudder. You will roll through level and continue rolling to the inverted.

When you are almost inverted, use full left aileron and full left rudder to stop the roll and pull the stick all the way back. So at this point you just completing a Split-S. Also, now would be a good time to over-boost the engine by injecting the methanol and increasing the rpm to 2700. Most Spitfires cannot follow you through this maneuver since their ailerons ability to roll the aircraft is greatly reduced at high AoA's.

Practice this maneuver until you can do it in your sleep if you want to live.

Landings. The 190 is very hard to slow down even with full flaps and gear down. Follow the check list and don't rush it. DO NOT do a wheels landing or you will find yourself doing a giant bounce followed by a crash. You want a near full stall landing. In fact, if the tail wheel hits first, you are more right then wrong.

BEAR

Will.F what Bear suggested I beleive is you best manouravre against a Spit on your six.

The most important thing to do as a fighter pilot is be alert and be in a situation awareness alert mode all the time.

Now your planes capabitities by knowing it strengths and weakness against a potential enemy.

The Fw190 was the best Axis Fighter plane in World war two. Their were other Axis planes that where perhaps better but for their number and impact in World war two none equal the Fw190 period.

The Ki84 and the the Ki100 plus the George where better Fighters as a whole but they came to late and in too small numbers to the significance the Fw190 had on the war.

In a contest between a Fw190 vs Spitfire you always have to take into account which Spitfire you are talking about.

If you are encountering a early Spifire, lets say a Spitfire I to VII you have the better Fighter in the Fw190. Once the Spitfire got improve engines on the Spitfire VIII to XIV your chances decrease considerably.

The Spitfire was simply the best Fighter in the Ally camp. The beauty of the Spitfire was its design flexability that allowed it to be improve throughout the whole war.

Its only real short comming was its short range and its inability to take serious punishment.

I now some will say the Fw190D was a serious opponent and a real rival capable to challenge the Spitfire for air superiority over Europe.

What People do not realize is that the Fw190D was produce in small number and its effect on the European Theater of war was negligable.

Yes the P51 is consider by some to be the best fighter in the Europear Theater. To certain extend it was the best Fighter in Europe.

I too consider it the best fighter in Europe because its performance war superior to the both the Bf109 and the Fw190 period. What makes the P51 the champion of the Western Europe skys was its range and the aggresiveness of the average American pilot.

What I meant by claiming that the Spitfire was the best fighter is solely made on performance alone. If the Spitfire would have had the range of the P51 it would have won the skies of Western Europe as well.

If you are flying the Fw190 the first thing you need alert for for your Situation Awareness. Know your altitude, heading and possible enemy encounter points.
Know your planes capabilities and your possible enemy capabilities as well.

Always have a manourable to counter for whatever possible situation you may encounter in combat.

Practice and practice as much as possible. Your trump card is your ability to roll. The Fw190 roll better than any enemy plane they would encounter in a ingagement.

The Fw190 could also absorb cosiderable damage for it size. It had a tremendous punishing power for a small plane and it was hard to hit bacause if its small frame.

Its performance unlike popular thinking was not that great abouve 20,000Ft. Its ability to dive while pretty good was not as good as the P51 and the P47.
Its ability to climb was only better than the P47 late in the war. The turning radius was mediocre by most account. It also had a unpredictable stall spin charateristic that made at times dangerouse. It had a  engine that had a rough feel to it according to some Americam test pilots.

While it was formidable opponent to the bitter end of the war, Its superiority over the enemy decreased as the Allies improve their planes at higher pace than the German could keep up.

Good luck and Good Hunting

James007

I have tor report that my quick combat tests in the 1% FW190 A5 ended in total slaughter of 2 of the opposing P47's, during which time the 3rd one ripped my starboard wing off causing a quite spectacular crash.  Oh well...

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They shouldn't have been replaced and they wern't obsolete. Both the Fw190 and Bf109 were fantastic aircraft and more than capable of giving most allied aircraft a run for their money. The only reason this isn't shown in history is because by the time the aircraft were reaching their peaks the Luftwaffe was running out of experianced pilots and aircraft.

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One thing nobody seems to have mentioned. Hold the stick hard back while running up the engine to anything like full power with brakes applied or with the wheels chocked. Most taildraggers will end up on their nose if you don't.

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Great minds eh?