War Thunder SIM | Dogfights over the Channel

Flying the Spitfire F Mk XIVc fighting Bf109's and Fw190's over the English channel in War Thunder Simulator Battles.

[@jonkingaround9485]

One way I've found to easily determine whether or not an aircraft is AI or not is to see if the wing vortices come up in a tight turn. If they do they are a player and if they don't its an AI.

[@involuntarycommander8804]

Good call! I guess the AI tend to fly more energy efficient.

[@crlourenco88]

@@involuntarycommander8804 10 years ago AI would climb to 10km in biplanes. Was funny as hell XD

[@involuntarycommander8804]

@crlourenco88 haha what really. Glad they fixed that. Would be annoying as hell to go up there just to find out its an AI

[@crlourenco88]

@@involuntarycommander8804 hahaha I had a SS where shoji and ryo were turnfighting at 10km at prestall speed. I they removed from the fórum hahaha. But the worst was the way they flyed was só stupud hahaha

[@naradhipatiandaru5078]

the mic quality takes me back to 2010s. love it

[@joematt-tk9ob]

This is very fun to watch. Superb flying! What is your setup by the way?

[@involuntarycommander8804]

Thanks man! :) I use a TrackIR and HOTAS

[@flivverj7934]

the pilot

[@AndreasNK]

Like because you fly the spitfire so good. Man i am jealous i cant fly that airplane. All the time that i must turn rate fight i go into flatspin. Its the only airplane that gives me so much hard time. Question do you use sense of flight and if yes how much?

[@involuntarycommander8804]

It is a tricky aircraft to learn. But when you know how to control it properly, it is deadly. I can give you a tip, adjust your pitch sensitivity so that you cannot flatspin in that particular plane and save the setting. Good luck to you. Also, I'm releasing a new video on the spitfire soon!

[@AndreasNK]

@@involuntarycommander8804 Ma dude you are right...i increase a bit the deadzone and reduced a lot from what i had the pitch sensetivity and now it is like im flying a new airplane. Still it is different from the US planes im used to fly but you right the moment you get behind them these 2 20cannons are no joke. I cant wait for your new video with the spitfire.

[@involuntarycommander8804]

@@AndreasNK I'm glad it helped! :)

[@mariusz5938]

you are dogfighting with 30 minutes of fuel?? o.0

[@involuntarycommander8804]

Yes ^^ It's a pretty big map and I'm to lazy to go back and refuel all the time :)

[@mariusz5938]

@@involuntarycommander8804 Me to honestly but I found dogfights with full fuel tank to hard when I'm facing Japanese planes. I'm using Plagis Spit. I can see even a difference between a dogfight with 15 min of fuel vs a dogfight with 5 min of fuel in maneuverability. Still, it requires one to be extremely cautious when deciding on where to fly and how to manage power in a plane and sometimes can end in finishing a dogfight with 00:30 sec of fuel left -.-

[@involuntarycommander8804]

@mariusz5938 yeah I guess I have had to many close calls with fuel time. Kinda stresses me out :) Also in the spitfire you kinda get to choose if you want to dogfight a zero or not since you can outrun them in my experience. Another factor is the skill of the opponents. If I know an enemy is very skilled I might reduce the fuel I bring just to give myself the best chances :) if less skilled opponents I might increase fueltime in order to kill more opponents in one single flight. Interesting question, ty :)

[@RafaelVieira-d3f]

Awesome

[@PilotGery1]

whats gun convergence u use usually and d u use vertical targeting ?

[@involuntarycommander8804]

I use 400m to be able to take shots from further away for aircraft with wing mounted guns. I don't remember what vertical targeting is, could you remind me? :)

[@PilotGery1]

@@involuntarycommander8804 its that option that does something to that weapon thingy 😬

[@involuntarycommander8804]

I don't think I use it :)

[@nicolaiandersen1402]

Please make more war thunder sim videos! I enjoy them a lot! A quick question though. Have you done anything specific with your graphics settings to be able to spot people easier? I find it impossible to spot and keep track of people, especially if Im up high.

[@involuntarycommander8804]

Hey man, I appreciate it! Now I got encouraged to make more. Thanks! Sadly, I have no special settings to help with spotting. I only use the highest quality settings. Don't know if that helps. Spotting from up high is tricky on "land maps" where low flying aircraft can blend in amongst the trees. I look for tracers and close to ground targets and always fly to capture A point if I want action. 😀

[@nicolaiandersen1402]

@@involuntarycommander8804 Ok I gotcha. I dont know, maybe I just need glasses I guess😄

[@anttitheinternetguy3213]

Spitfires seem so fun, i fly SIM with P-51's and P-38's mainly and i do pretty well with them, with those planes dogfights a good idea only in very certain circumstances. Nice flying!

[@involuntarycommander8804]

I agree that the p51 and p38 require you to choose which fight to pick. They are nice planes. I am a bit scared of not being able to recover from a dive in the p38 though ^^ takes practise I guess.

[@anttitheinternetguy3213]

@@involuntarycommander8804 lol yeah, i Have crashed because of The P-38 compression like once or twice and i Have played The game For 7 years now. But that feeling when you realise you cannot recover anymore still haunts me haha Usually 720km/h redline is fast enough For most situations And with good manouvering i seldom find myself Limited For it. And i loooove The P-38's guns, i snipe bombers far away

[@involuntarycommander8804]

@anttitheinternetguy3213 shallow dives from now on for me hehe. Yeah, the nose mounted armaments are perfect for bomber hunting ^^

[@apolakigamingandmore6376]

I love how it took him minutes to identify they're not an AI...

[@vitsobotka6268]

the new wing effects are glorious

[@involuntarycommander8804]

Yeah, they look awesome and help with spotting enemies!

[@deexiless9226]

Hi Commander, i really like your video, keep it up the good work, you are awesome! Just wondering can you please upload a profile/configuration for your trackIR? Yours feels so much better and more natural than mine, and i don't really know how to properly adjust my own figure...

[@involuntarycommander8804]

Thanks man! Since you asked so nicely, I just made a video about it today. It's gonna go up this evening:)

[@r.c.a.f_lynx9992]

I guess the flight models of Spitfires is only screwed up if I fly them. I took out the Mk XVIIIe the other day and it was completely uncontrollable.

[@involuntarycommander8804]

The contols for the Spitfire need to be restrained a bit to be managed I've noticed. But when set properly the spitfire is hard to beat in a dogfight! Totally worthwhile to learn!

[@Alexandros11]

Set non-linearity to 1.7 and they fly fine

[@FOX-3]

bro the spitfires for me feel too floaty in the air like they just feel mushy in sims

[@involuntarycommander8804]

Yeah, it takes a bit of getting used to them. Really sensitive elevator.

[@ModernMozart1104]

@InvolunaryCommander Wonderig if you use joystick or mouse aim?

[@involuntarycommander8804]

I use a joystick and throttle.

[@Alexandros11]

Nice flying man!

[@TheCrayonCrusaderOG]

How do you turn so hard without loosing control of your plane, every time I try to turn hard I loose control

[@involuntarycommander8804]

Try to reduce the pitch sensitivity a bit. Use test flight to set the sensitivity so that you can apply full pitch without loosing control. Remember that this might affect your ability to recover from a steep dive. Also it's some muscle memory involved and you can feel the aircraft shake when it is about to stall. I hope this answer helps you in taming the spitfire;)

[@TheCrayonCrusaderOG]

@@involuntarycommander8804 thank you! Still playing with mouse and keyboard but I’m starting to get the hang of it

[@involuntarycommander8804]

@@TheCrayonCrusaderOG you'll get the hang of it in no time :)

[@apolakigamingandmore6376]

2:35 I agree, fuel makes you heavy, Spitfire should be out-turning those 109s in a Dogfight.

[@heinzbeans2117]

How I miss the Old gun sounds

[@most_sane_piano_enthusiast]

What are your stick settings?

[@ttv.De_Sgusting]

That is so impressive

[@MrCarterwars6]

What set up do you use for sim? What joystick? Are you playing with VR or track IR?

[@involuntarycommander8804]

I fluy with Saitek/logitech x55 Hotas and TrackIR :)

[@Allwin-lz6yj]

Damn I found the spitfires difficult to fly In sim I was using mouse and keyboard tho

[@involuntarycommander8804]

It's all about the trim and control setup! Maybe I should make a video on this...

[@Syd.Stha98]

@@involuntarycommander8804 Yeah please help

[@deeznutz57]

@@involuntarycommander8804 im the same idk why but it feels like alot of wind is pushing really hard on the nose of spits and make it feel unstable in flight a little, other planes dont do that spits feel horrible idk why

[@Perseus4k]

what trim?

[@involuntarycommander8804]

-9 elevator

[@The-Lonely-Nexus]

Are you using headtracking?

[@involuntarycommander8804]

Yes. TrackIR

[@The-Lonely-Nexus]

@@involuntarycommander8804 what is that? the name of the device?

[@involuntarycommander8804]

@Arthur Black & Red yes. It is the name of the head tracking device. I've had mine for years and it works really well. I will probably buy a VR headset within a year or two or when I know they're good.