Recent content by zuperman

Anyway, i don't understand how the Macchi's were so good in climbing and turning, as they had a very high wingloading (even the C.200 had 120-140 kg/sqm, a lot for a 1937 fighter). The Spitfire had both lower wingload and higher P/W ratio, and not by a slight margin. Just compare Spitfire Mk.V...

C.205 was just a C.202 enhanced with a better engine and a powerful armament. That's is, performances slighty better at altidute, esp 3-7,000 meters. Spitfire was improved further. The Mk.V was still a medium level fighter, but Mk.IX was an altitude fighter, a thing that MC.205 cannot be...

Ohh, 'vastly superior'? Where did you get this statement? This was not that was said about the Guidonia's test. And you are laughable in your statement as even the EARLY FW-190 butchtered the much vaunted Spitfire V, so they weren't definitively the worts of the bunch! A 1941 fighter that is...