Couple of goofs I made and didn't catch. The Fw-190 D9 is equipped with a Junkers Jumo 213 inverted V-12, not the Daimler Benz 605 that one would find in the Bf-109 (thank you @PaddyPatrone!). Also, I meant to say 8 kilometers, and not 8,000 kilometers for the critical altitude of the Bf-109's supercharger. Easy mistake to make when you are used to feet and not the metric system. If anyone could get a Bf-109 to climb to 8,000 kilometers, I would be very impressed!

14:20 I gave ED my recordings. So the exterior sound is made from actual DB605 sound recordings.

Something else to consider for those that are into PVP, 99% of the time the Allies outnumber the Axis bij 2:1, 3:1.. so if you like team balance and don't want to be chasing friendlies or gang up on people 3 vs 1, pick an Axis module :D. I myself bought the 109 and the P51, but have not touched the P51 yet because of the team balance and I much prefer to be on the low player side (team balance, and more action)

I'm 56yrs old. What are the odds EDs "big plans" are 20% done before I'm too old to get out of bed?

Great run down of the warbirds in DCS. Thanks for putting this together.

Great video man, TIL the actual difference between the clipped wing vs regular spitfire. The WW2 focus for DCS is giving me hope. The P51, spitfire, and 109 could all use refreshes. Fingers crossed!

My favorite is the P-51 so far. I recently purchased the P-47 and the Mosquito. Will learn them once I feel more comfortable in the P-51 which is to say once I can confidently land it which I think is surprisingly hard 😂. I will say that I flew the Mosquito in Free Flight on the Channel map a few times already and have to say that I totally love it. The cockpit is roomy and it looks like I'm actually sitting in the cockpit of the real thing - simply amazing. I love that when I look around, there are what seem like a million buttons and I love the room for the navigator. On top of everything else, the sound of the twin engines in my ears is wonderfully soothing. Warbirds are super fun, especially with the new N2 map and on the Channel map on Christmas day 🎄 with snow all around. I don't need to be engaged in a fight of any sort, just flying around in a Warbird makes me feel like I'm back in 1944, especially when I have my DCS WW2 playlist running through my headphones along with the aircraft sounds. The fact that we can catapult ourselves back in time like this, or really into any aircraft scenario each of us most enjoy is simply amazing.

The BIG problem with DCS warbirds is... there's not enough of them.

Wow this was an incredibly informative video, appreciate the time you took making it! Phenomenal

For a history nut like me the answer to this question is: "all of them." Though to be honest the top three I always fly are the Spit, Mossie, and Jug.

10:07 The D9 had a Jumo213 engine, not DB605

Enjoyable video. Nice to see and hear all the warbirds in one video.

P-51 Mustang is my fav warbird by far. Very forgiving AC with multi-role capability. Tons of great skins and missions available to play let alone the campaigns. It grabs most of my log book for flight hours. Looking forward to the Corsair for some carrier ops.

I’m a 2 years old VR pilot, a non-gamer in overall, I fly a couple of days a week. I do have formal education in aviation as a military avionics guy. My first love is the P-51D, the 109 kicks my butt during takeoff and landings but in the air is so well behaved and competent, a total beast, you really feel like a hunter when flying for the germans, the Anton is so fun too, so acrobatic white ridiculous fire power, a little under powered compared to the enemies, but really dangerous and resilient.

Wonderful video! My all time excitment would be seeing the P-40 show up

excellent video, you make very nice and good videos in which you show everything nicely and explain what it is for and how it is used, which plane has good and bad flaws, its range, flight characteristics, engine and you explained everything nicely in videos that are not complicated how it should be on your list so it's hard to find them, I've been watching DCS footage for 6-7 years and I've been playing for 5-6 and I decided to buy a mustang P-51D on steam with today's 50% discount, I plan to buy a burst from western planes when Su-30 and if there is ever an F-35 are also on offer 🤗🤗👌👌👍👍🛩🛩🙋‍♂🙋‍♂

I just got the Normandy map, so of course I had to get the WWII Asset pack and the warbird I chose was the P-47. It was not an easy choice. The Mustang was strongly considered as well as the 109 and the Spitfire. From what all of the general buyers guides have said, the Jug is a good way into the warbird life. Stable, powerful, easier to get under your fingers and into the air. So far that's not my experience. Takeoff is still a challenging proposition. Landing is even worse (for me). But, like anything in DCS, I will master it like I have all the other modules. Just takes time, patients and tutorial videos from all the awesome KZfaq virtual pilots. The Normandy map is just stunning. I spent the first week just tooling around in a Jeep looking at all the scenery. It really does make you feel like you went back in time. And they've left room for expansion. Lot's of space to be developed. Liked and subbed

I've got the P51, Spit, P47, 190 Dora and the mosquito. Of all of them, the P51 and the Dora are the most beginner friendly, and the Spit and P47 the most satisfying. Still learning the Mosquito, which is going to be a favourite. Having great fun in the project overlord server with them

I love the DCS war birds and I'm lucky as I own most of them, all but one. The I-16 even though it looks and sounds great, I could get on with it. But the rest are all wonderful with my favourites being the Mosquito and BF109 followed by the Spit, 190-a Anton, P-47 Thunderbolt, Mustang and Dora.😮 I am looking forward to the F4U Cosair, Hellcat and A1 sky raider. But if I am just messing around in DCS and just wanting to fly, without combat and just explore. Then I always fall back on one of the warbirds to do this with.

I'm coming over to DCS warbirds from IL2 GB and I've been totally won over by the proper engine modeling and high fidelity cockpits. I started out with the spitfire which is still my favorite to fly, and recently picked up the 109K4 along with the new Normandy map during the sale. I really enjoy both, but I mainly fly the spit as I like to build my skills up one plane at a time, and I just love the crazy maneuvers you can pull in the spit. Hopefully I'll have given the K4 the love it's due by the time the F4U comes out, because I won't be able to help myself diving into my favorite fighter from the pacific theater! A quick point on the clipped wing spit, my understanding is that the reduced wing area hurts the turning performance as well as its climbing due to decreased lift, but improved roll rate and speed because of the lower moment of inertia and reduced drag respectively. I could be wrong about the turning though, as I can't recall my source, and some lazy googling isn't yielding much that says anything about the turn rates directly. It just seems like in theory taking wing away could only hurt turn rate rather than help it.

the problem I have with the DCS warbirds is the lack of Japanese aircraft. I mean the corsair is coming, but I've not heard of any Japanese aircraft. So unless you are making fictional missions, the Marianas map is only useful as a standin. And the Corsair found little use in the European Theater

Nice video! They really need the Hurricane for the new Normandy map.

One important thing is that the Anton is made to work as a ground pounder, while the Dora works better as a fighter.

man i really wanna get into DCS ww2, its just so sad that basically nobody plays it and there are no populated servers

14:34 wow a service ceiling of 8000km is pretty impressive! 😁

For me Spitfire is the ideal pick. It has currently the best cockpit textures (newest cockpit build) Behave exactly like it should and if you apply Echo19 sound mod for it (And tweak it quite a bit) it can sound really good too. Other modules are dated quite a bit or hard handling for a begginer

I think a really important factor in deciding which aircraft to purchase is what content is available for it, which you didn't really touch on. The I-16 could be the best modeled and most fun to fly aircraft in DCS, but I see no reason to buy it when it doesn't fit in with any of the maps we have, has no contemporary opponents to fight, and has 0 campaigns on the dcs store.

Great video! I thought I was a Spitfire guy, turns out I am a P-47D guy. Based on the information in this video, I am going to have to give the Anton another try. Thanks.

If it was WW2 I was a pilot......Number #1 The Tempest Mk V .....A hotshot Pilot with something to prove...Mosquito "TSE TSE" with the 57mm Auto cannon Working for the Baddies : The TA-152 was a great German fighter plane at higher alts And at the start of them showing up Confused the allied forces

BF109’s engine control is actually easier than FW190’s. In BF109 with MW50 you can pretty much full power 24/7 without engine failing. In FW190, engine is easier to fail if are not careful with it

Describing the Spitfire ground handling as "unique" is hilarious.

Can't wait for the Corsair. Meanwhile, the Mosquito and P-51 are a joy to fly. However, my lack of rudder pedals, and the drift in the Z axis of my Hotas is really detrimental..

I love Mag3 and every module they’ve made. I simply don’t see the F4U coming out this year. Don’t ask why if you don’t already understand lol

Bf109 and Spitfire

Tried the P-47 on free trial and instantly fell in love with it. There’s something addicting about letting all those 50 cals rip. Such a great module, you can almost smell that cockpit and the flight characteristics are quite forgiving. Own the Mossie as well and it’s an awesome module but since getting the P-47 it has remained on the ground.

Speed is a main factor for me so my warbird set is/going to be: P51D, Bf 109K4, F4U Corsair.

Which version of the A6M? The 3 or 5 maybe? Both so the F6F can have some fun too would be a dream come true. The FWs seem to under perform in DCS from what Ive always expected. They call it the Butcher Bird, lol. It very could be the way I fly it though. I doubt low and turning is what it was intended for ;) I like the way IL2 handles the different model versions by making them options in the plane setup. I understand its not perfect when going from extreme ranges of models but within a smaller range it would be a great way to make the game more playable.

nice vid! very informative for a newb like me

I wonder when we'll see the P-38 arrive in DCS :D

FW A8 and P47 are both tough beasts.

The only ones I don't have are the I-16, the Anton, and the Mosquito.

Nice 👍👍

Hey diesel! Couple of things, the fw190-D9 used 13mm guns in the nose not 12.7 The Germans didn't use 12.7 machine guns they used 7.62 generally. The Anton uses 7.62 in the nose and the 109 does as well The Germans preferred it because of the faster fire rate and it kept things lighter.

If its a late A model FW190 why is the Ata pressure low as was the case of the very early ones. Correct Ata pressure would increase the performance of the aircraft.

I play the hell out of warbirds in DCS. However, I feel like they really need to add many more ai aircraft. It's seems like the it's only half done. As far as a ww2 flight sim.

I dated a warbird once.... but that is a different video entirely.

No P-38 Lightning among the upcoming... sadly.

out of curiosity which fw190 has the zero skin bc I would rather get the one which can be used in the pacific theater

'Course, I went and got 'em ALL didn't I??!!! 😉

There are some nice Japanese mods out there for WWII. Two planes and some ships.

is there multiplayer in this game with warbirds??? I have the basic game , what is needed to play the 109? The Normandy map and the 109 DC both ???

I think you really have to go PvP for warbirds right now in DCS as the AI is super bad, omniscient and cheats like crazy. It's a shame they picked random warbirds from all over the war, with that focus on late war for the American and German birds, where the allies really have some serious advantages. It's going to be even worse in the pacific. In a way I'm sad that we get a mid war Spitfire vs late war 109's, gives people the wrong idea in some ways but it wouldn't be fun PvP seal clubbing in a MkXIV.

The I-16 is great.. but feels very lonely.

When I fly warbirds I prefer il-2

What really bugs me is that there are 2 U.S Warbirds, and 2 German, 2 British, a Russian, but no Zero from Japan... WTF There might be more Warbirds than that it's just all I can remember off the top of my head. P51 P47, Spitfire and that two engine thing, FW and BF, I something.

I think the A6M (whatever variant) is a poor matchup for the F4U or the F6F. They'd be better off including the Ki-84 Hayate for that. Of, if they are hell bent on including an A6M, include the F4F or something.

Well.........I own the P-47, the Spitfire, And the Dora (as well as the obvious TF-51)...........can't fly any of em worth a damn 🤣

26:00 "cook the bearings" what exactly do yo mean by this?

my mate, just for information: soviet airplanes got a name not being single letters. so it's not pronounced "ell ae" but "Luh". that's the case for every soviet aircraft.

WW2 planes are much easy to fly and pvp than modern planes? i wana buy a module and would be nice start with something easy.

Did they confirm the corsair this year?

A: Yes...

we better get the toilet bomb for the A-1H

WE NEED AXIS AIRCRAFTS

Always the Mosquito. 🤙

The Christen eagle 🦅

fw 190 D-9 dora was made for a high altitude bomber interceptor......... not good at low alt......

14:35 8,000km?

No hand hold.

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Just fly IL2.

YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO THE LA-7 IS COMING!?!??! MY MONEY'S UP INFRONT!

a year later and no sign of any new content

I own them all. I prefer the FW190 A8 and the ME109. I-16 is fun. because its different. I dont bother to convert the cockpits to English. If its Russian.. I fly in Russian.. If its German I fly in German, if its French... Find the white flag dispenser its all you need.