War Thunder: How To Supermarine Spitfire Mk IX 

Funny, all I could see was a spacecraft? Anybody else having this problem?

"...a chad nigel who wields excalibur as his flight stick" top kek

Somebodys about to Get Colonized.

Using Iron Maiden's "Aces High" in a video about the Spitfire is a top tier move.

No iron maiden songs where altered into a different key in the making of this video.

I was zipping around in my mark 9 and a ME 264 yeeted out the clouds and hit me with one bullet. Both my wings left the aircraft quicker than the blitzkrieg!

*SPACEFIRE*

This video states that my plane is very good therefore this video is good

I remember when the LF Mk IX was 5.0...now its 5.7 And its still competitive. Best fighter in the war

The "why on earth did i win a dogfight in a Bf 109 against this"

You could say in this video he *Spit fire facts*

It's great that you always show how to upgrade a plane. A lot of new players and even experienced players dont realise what is more important and why it should be upgraded. Great video

I love this guy, "The Near Mythical Ability of this Aircraft"

JonMan, you've done it again. I started to use the Mk. IX recently. I will use your vídeo and advices to become a better Nigel

did he just say "hold w for WEP" I had no clue anyone used w for throttle up?

I love that aces high (a song about the Battle of Britain)was playing in the background

Nobody : Strictly nobody Jon in a *flying* plane : « i have the high ground »

Excellent cover my dude!

i wasnt even listening to u talk about the plane- i was too distracted by your badass cover of aces high

Love these videos man, keep it up

Excellent video, perfect song choice.

Can't wait for more of these. I just found this and watched every one of them, and I can't stop laughing.

The intro is absolutely badass.

Love this style of vids! Subbed

The fact you used Aces High gave me a semi chub.

such a good song!!! finally a video i can listen to with good music

Lovely choice in music

\m/ - nice music

Hmm shall I mention the soviet Mk 9? Naaah ^^ Well done ^^

Excellent choice of theme.

The mark 9 series of the Supermarine Spitfire is one of the most well-known annoyances to basically every other air force in all of war thunder The near mythical ability of these pigeons in game to out-fight nearly everything the world throws and it can often overshadow some of the actual issues they can have in the heat of combat which can easily show the difference between a noob virgin pilot with a fake moustache from a veteran chad Nigel who wields Excalibur as his flight stick And in true British fashion There are several different and unique models of this particular modification in game which can be simply divided into two distinct types Their designation solely depending on what altitude that the two staged speed supercharger of the Rolls-Royce Merlin 60-series v12 inline engines were optimized to perform at Therefore We shall start getting into the nitty-gritty with the general purpose F models Equipped with the Merlin 61 engine That cranks out over 1270 horsepower under normal conditions with an additional 203 horsepower to cool on takeoff Tuned for medium-altitude combat situations The standard F9 is capable of reaching over 404 miles per hour at around 85 hundred and some odd meters Equipped with a pair of Hispano mk2 20 millimeter cannons and 4 303 browning machine guns While the rare premium tournament prize F9 C version ditches the machine guns for an additional pair of cannons for maximum colonialism Moving on We get to the low altitude tuned low-faring models Equipped with the improved Merlin 66 engine chugging 150 octane fuel which cranks out over 1609 horsepower under normal conditions and almost 2000 on takeoff With our overall top speed at 428 miles per hour at a much lower 48 hundred and some odd meters The additional horsepower gives the LF models a ridiculous increase in climb rate to over 31 meters per second However The armament is barely improved Swapping out the 303 browning machine guns for a pair of M2 50 caliber machine guns Unless you happen to have the no longer for sale John Plagis' ace premium LF 9 which has the 303 brownings instead And in the middle of all these pigeons both literally And performance wise is the odd mk16 Which is for all intents and purposes a mk9 that has clipped wings A bubble canopy and a Packard-built Merlin designated as the 266 Going into flight performance The mk9s can be considered the definition of an all-round dogfighter With overall excellent maneuverability with good energy retention for long turn fights And in the case of the LF mk9 and the mk16 Outstanding acceleration Which makes it very easy To catch opponents who have given you the high ground by either tunnel visioning or a friendly aircraft Or making the simple mistake of initiating a turn fight that they cannot win Regardless of altitude However This level of performance comes at the price of its overall durability Of which we start with the wings Which unless if you are the odd mk16 Given otherwise responsive and easy flying fighter a subpar roll rate in comparison to its contemporaries Which only gets worse the faster you go And due to the rather weak construction of the wing spars in comparison to other fighters They respond poorly to even the slightest amount of battle damage For while they are strong enough to hold together in a high speed dive from the heavens They are also very easy to lose If they are hit by basically anything While performing tight maneuvers at high speed Besides the delicate wings The Merlin engines are also an issue into themselves As not only do they suffer the usual issues of inline engine fragility But they also guzzle fuel without restraint Which combined with its small fuel load means That it is possible to run clean out of petrol If you happen to be that player who forgets to change the fuel load from minimum and holds W for war emergency power all the way to the combat zone With all of this in mind The Spitfire is an excellent all-round fighter that works best when it's able to bait the enemy into fighting on its own terms Forcing your opponent to throw away any advantage they may have in energy and speed While using your superior maneuverability and acceleration To get onto their tail And take them out to death and deliver a trigger discipline Of which the gun convergence is recommended to be no more than 500 meters And unless you happen to be fyling the 4 cannon mk9 C It is best to focus primarily on enemy fighters and light attack aircraft with minimal defensive armament As larger More heavily armed bombers can quickly dismantle your pigeon Before you can do enough meaningful damage To put it out of the skies Now it's time for the semantics of modules and crew skills In which we will breeze right through this And go with the usual while balancing the need for performance and survivability mods with getting all the weapon upgrades as quickly as possible to minimize the pain That is Stock Syndrome Then you can ponder the usefulness of carrying that small stone For it is a complete waste of the aircraft's offensive potential to go lawn mowing As you should leave that task to the extra large ground attack peasants from across the pond As for pilot skills It's the same old routine of making sure Nigel gets his roughage and exercise And then hiking him up on energy tablets and wee bit of whiskey before sending him up and into the skies for king and country And that is how you fly the mark 9 series of the Supermarine Spitfire Now Get out there And show the enemy what it really means To go aces high

Sick vid man

I like that in the beginging u played aces high. Iron maden have a spitfire on stage while playing that song

Good as ever!

Lol, Spacefire is a really good plane. Great video! Could you make one about the monstrous one that is IL-2-37?

Gorgeus sound track!

Wish there was more of the "how to" episodes they are great :)

I love the aces high part

The KING HAS RISEN !!!!!!!

This plane is fucking crazy. A few days ago, i thought the spitfire preformed goofy and wasn’t very good. But now, I figured out how to use it, and its amazing, you just out turn everything that you dog fight!

F6F Hellcat next?

DO THE KIKKA GUIDE

Perfect song for the video!!! Rock on

I would love it if they gave the Mk XVI the 150 octane someday. Would make it a much more interesting alternative to the LF mk IX: better turn and climb, or better speed and roll? If they need something to fill out the 5.0 spot, they can add a high alt variant of the spit, as we don't have any of those yet

You've chosen the correct music! 😋

You deserve way more subs man

I approve of the intro song

I've waited so long for this but I'm so glad its finally here #𝘊𝘖𝘓𝘖𝘕𝘐𝘡𝘈𝘛𝘐𝘖𝘕𝘐𝘕𝘛𝘌𝘕𝘚𝘐𝘍𝘐𝘌𝘚

The MW2 hit marker sound fx are priceless

Oh my god Aces high Some good shit man Ima go finess my Iron Maiden Wallet

Bruh i love this hit noise when he kills something

OMG it's Aces High from Iron Maiden! I love this song

its crazy how good this plane was irl

Me: Thinking the intro will never end.

Very appropriate music 😂🤘🏻

Hell yeah.... Iron Maiden!!nice dude \m/

Space, the final frontier, these are the adventures of the Spacefire Mk.9

Yes! The subermarine space ship!

I feel like enemy spits gonna get harder with this how-to-colonize-the-enemmy- tutorial

The plagis spit is amazing and still for sale on steam

Im here. I love Spitfires!!!

The reason why one of the Mk IX has clipped wings is so it does better at low altitudes

The No IX is my favorite Spitfire, and with the cannon buff its even better

quite literally best turn fighter of ww2

Ascending and turning the spitfires to face them!

All the Nigels.

Aces high!

Could you do a video like this about the Bf 109? I would really appreciate it.

Niiiiiiiiiiiiice Aces High-Iron Maiden. theyre my favorite band lol

Taking my gun convergence from 800m to 500m increased my kills per game by 2 without me doing anything else in the video, thanks for the info.

ACES HIGH!!!

More useful than gajins tutorials ON THE WIKI

I like the iron maiden for the music :)

Hey Jon man WHAT PROGRAM YOU USE TO SAY THE WORDS? I love you

IROOOONNN MAIDENNNNNNNN - ACEEEESSS HIGHHHH!!!!!!! thanks man! i love iron maiden

amazing *_*

It handles like churchill put his entire brandy collection in the back in sim now.

You know why the wing spar is weak? Cause Walpole

Aces High yaaaassss

How to fly it? Ez, climb to space and turn fight your enemies Done

Can you do a how to B17 video? I find these videos hilarious.

-Am I gay for playing Spitfire? -Uhm, yes, Nigel, thats how it works

Ace music bro

Ironically I actually play this song while flying the mk IX

Is it just me, but does the guitars pitch change when you flip the screen (I don’t know why this happens, but it’s pretty cool to have both of these pitches)

I'd love to see you tackle the P51D

If you see a spitfire your already dead. Sideclimb, drop on them, if you miss (why?) use the speed to RUN out of engagement range and get back up. It's a monster in turning battles. It will out maneuver you and claw your eyes out.

Finally a brilliant British fighter

Best way to kill spitfire = tracers U will make him go in fire and then blast him more also works either zeros and typhoons bc thier made of wood not completed but most of the fuselage

Iron maiden.... now I must sub

spit gets bad roll rate at faster speeds? me a fw 190 main: hold my beer i have an experiment to make

it would be cool if all prop aircraft got performance upgrades like improved propeller and improved fuel

Run live to fly , fly to live , do or die!!!

I am a simple man. I hear Iron Maiden (or at least a cover), I press like.

Aces high!!!!

that song tho.

Go out there and makes His Majesty King George VI proud.

Could you do one for the ho 229 to teach us how to aim

Have the next How To video about the P-47D Hitlerbolt

Props for Iron maiden