Check out the Merch Store: growling-sidewinder.creator-spring.com Check out Thrustmaster: bit.ly/tmpromogs I had a lot of fun in this one, big thank you Skimatic for helping out with this video. I thought we had to show the Spitfire some love since we kind of wrecked it with the F-22 a few videos ago, Thanks for watching guys, Much Love.

@skullzz1968

Жыл бұрын

I wonder what wouuld happen if you did the same with the bf 109

@anastasiosanastasopoulos5736

Жыл бұрын

IMO, the first generation Miata is the closest you can get to a spitfire in relatively modern cars.

@Anarchy_420

Жыл бұрын

F-22 Raptor VS Ten North Korean MIG-29's BVR

@flyingcactus1953

Жыл бұрын

bro, do Mig-31 vs F-35 pleaseeeee

@garryaeric6589

Жыл бұрын

F-35 VS Mig-31 in BVR sound like fun

"Can you imagine a spitfire with sidewinders on it?" Well, you got a kill with a sidewinder, after all...

@skaldlouiscyphre2453

Жыл бұрын

I've been saying they need 'upgraded' warbirds for awhile now.

@digisuboob

Жыл бұрын

@@skaldlouiscyphre2453 since 1950s?

@skaldlouiscyphre2453

Жыл бұрын

@@digisuboob No, but only because I'm not that old. 😅

@kristofnagy5829

Жыл бұрын

Why carry a sidewinder, when the enemy carries it for you XD

@NathanPa-xo3zj

Жыл бұрын

Lol the thought of Spitfire being remade and implemented with modern stuff really good idea. BVR and guided bomb lmao

Did not expect to see a Spitfire kill an F-16 with a Fox-2 today.

@LCol718

Жыл бұрын

Underrated comment, get this person more likes!

@fatitankeris6327

Жыл бұрын

Now we know that we need older fighters to fight 5th gen in dogfights.

@christianespinosa9999

Жыл бұрын

That took me way to long to understand

@losvikingos6767

Жыл бұрын

@@christianespinosa9999 it’s just for fun…..in reality, modern jet fighters do not engage in up close “guns range” dogfights…like EXCEPTIONALLY rare….in a close in one circle turn fight, next to nothing would be better than a Spitfire…. In reality, any of those fighters downs the Spitfire from BVR with a Fox-3…..as soon as it’s a turn fight, it’s all over for the jets unless the Spit pilot makes a mistake

@davidbaron8330

Жыл бұрын

@@fatitankeris6327 Iron Eagle . . . what? 4? 5? A Rag tag squadron of Spits and Mustangs hands some Su-57s their asses!

So, what did we learn today? Every plane in existence is obsolete and the spitfire is the best aircraft for dogfighting.

@delissamurphy9007

Жыл бұрын

Not really because the raptor is able compete with the spitfire but for props yes the spitfire is the best dogfighter who can say this maverick sayed it all comes down to the pilot in box.

@RM-el3gw

Жыл бұрын

@@delissamurphy9007 Well the Spitfire is the second best thing to the F-22. Good enough for me!

@fuge74

Жыл бұрын

@Essinse no the problem is speed, a jet aircraft would snipe a spitfire with AA missiles or just use speed to evade until an air to air solution is available. no reason to dogfight a fighter with only guns and a prop. it makes more sense with something like an A-6,A-10,Su-25, or god forbid a F-117

@alexparker4244

Жыл бұрын

Reformer noises intensify

@Frille512

Жыл бұрын

Draken can kill it

The Spitfire, 6th gen air superiority fighter

@christosangelopoulos7694

Жыл бұрын

Truly the best fighter aircraft.

@parsafarjammusic28

Жыл бұрын

The F/A-XX is actually gonna turn out to be the Spitfire

I can just imagine the RAF watching this, taking notes and putting back Spitfires back in action

@listeed1995

Жыл бұрын

The RAF ironically removed the Mauser cannons on their Typhoons for a period of time (can’t remember if they were reinstalled) citing they were useless in modern dogfights.

@panzerfaustv8935

Жыл бұрын

The home guard be like:

@Piemasta9000

Жыл бұрын

@@listeed1995 I believe the f4 phantom didn't have cannons as well

@beaconblaster33

Жыл бұрын

@@Piemasta9000 and now the F-35 also don't have cannons

@listeed1995

Жыл бұрын

@@Piemasta9000 Only the F-4C.

Everyone give a round of applause for Skimatic for being the punching bag today. Have a great weekend and safe Fourth of July!

@TurboHappyCar

Жыл бұрын

👏 Thanks for helping with a hilarious video.

@dryaldibread2327

Жыл бұрын

Bruh the 4th is over 2 days

@TimberwolfCY

Жыл бұрын

@@dryaldibread2327 I bet you're fun at the parties, lol

@baomao7243

Жыл бұрын

@@TimberwolfCY Accountant?

the fact that you can detonate a sidewinder is a small detail that id never think id see but its insanely cool that ED has modeled this. i keep getting amazed by this sim

@wurfyy

Жыл бұрын

Tbh I doubt that's what happened. If the sidewinder had exploded, there would have been a much bigger, y'know, explosion. I think there was probably just some kind of desync or whatever.

@hopper9291

Жыл бұрын

It's not modeled he just shot the wing

@CakePrincessCelestia

Жыл бұрын

I guess that will be possible when the damage model comes to the jets though.

@Iceman259

Жыл бұрын

@@wurfyy Not necessarily - the motor could probably detonate without setting off the warhead.

@darkest_eclipse8271

Жыл бұрын

@@wurfyy the warhead on the sidewinders isn’t very big, they would have to be pretty close to do damage. That said what usually does the damage versus aircraft is the shrapnel produced and not the explosion. It definitely seems like the sidewinder exploded.

I'm half expecting an outtake when one guy BVR kills the Spitfire.

@calneigbauer7542

Жыл бұрын

That would be dope a little blooper real at the end

@viktor_v-ughnda_vaudville_476

Жыл бұрын

That would be perfect just a rage shot

@air-headedaviator1805

Жыл бұрын

Chooses Mig-31

@viktor_v-ughnda_vaudville_476

Жыл бұрын

@@air-headedaviator1805 hahahahahahha perfect!!!!

@reidmortensen2629

Жыл бұрын

SW is right about to go into his lead-in… And like two seconds in …sreeEEOOOOOOMMM *KILLED IN ACTION*

Spitfire has always been the aircraft that I wanted to own like a car, and fly every day. such subtle curves, a classic beauty!

@erics8192

Жыл бұрын

It's like sports cars from the 60s and early 70s that were designed to look good because looking good was all that mattered.

@keithhoss4990

Жыл бұрын

@@erics8192 How does that equate to one of the better fighters in WWII?

@reboundrides8132

Жыл бұрын

It is a truly beautiful aircraft

@SNIFFMYBADGER

Жыл бұрын

It's like an E-type Jag of the skies

@jean-leondupuy-goldsworthy5439

Жыл бұрын

@@erics8192 that’s one of the dumbest things I’ve heard about any WWII fighter plane.

2:24 who knew spitfire had fox-2 capability

@baomao7243

Жыл бұрын

I can’t prove it but … …based on this shot, i now think GS shot JFK.

My dad and oldest brother were in the air force, my best friend growing up, his dad was from Britain. We went to so many air shows in the 90s when I was a kid where they had p51's or spitfires there. Such a legendary plane.

"Can you imagine a Spitfire with sidewinders?" Somebody, please, make this a thing 😬

@mashedxpotats

Жыл бұрын

Iron Eagle III intensifies.

@hidude9919

Жыл бұрын

With 9x’s it would be unstoppable!

@getehrwolf6111

Жыл бұрын

They would hit the propeller anytime

@AirShark95

Жыл бұрын

so... a Super Tucano?

@shivammathur1583

Жыл бұрын

@@AirShark95 yeah and we all know how powerful it is lol 😂

Pierre Spey would see this and be like "see, we don't need radar in planes"

I was totally expecting to see an F-22 as his final attempt to win against the Spitfire

The sidewinder kill was epic

"Only the spirit of attack, born in a brave heart, will bring success to any fighter aircraft, no matter how highly developed it may be." - Adolf Galland, 104 victories "The quality of the crate matters little. Success depends upon the man who sits in it." - Manfred von Richthofen, 80 victories

@purplecowgaming6882

Жыл бұрын

My bro Manfred really said 'It's Not The Plane It's The Pilot'

@npc6817

Жыл бұрын

Manfred von "never stopped flexing on them betas" Richtofen

@skull1161

Жыл бұрын

until its an F-22 pilot that just needs to press a button to launch a fox 3 against a 4th gen that hasn't even spotted him. Skill and training is definitely relevant but there is a point where an advantage becomes so much that your skill is irrelevant.

Bro defeated all 4 gen fighters with just a spitfire

Back in the early 1980s I spent some of my apprenticeship rebuilding a flyable Spitfire Mk VIII and a static Spitfire Mk XIV. The Spitfire Mk VIII is currently at Temora NSW Australia and the Spitfire Mk XIV was sold and built into the RR232 city of Exeter Spitfire in the UK.

There is something timeless about the Spit. SUCH a good looking aircraft. Those wings... mmmm MM!!

Being British I absolutely love how well the spitfire has performed in these fights!! It's a beautiful aircraft!

@ripoutyourintestines5099

Жыл бұрын

Technically in a proper tail chasing dogfight the Spitfire beats literally any fighter on earth, the only thing that gets close would be Eurofighters because of how manoeuvrable they are.

@daveyboy6985

Жыл бұрын

@@ripoutyourintestines5099 it would have to be a jet with better low speed maneuverability Like the raptor. The Euro fighter is more high speed agility.

2:35 breaking news: Spitfire shoots F-16 down with an air-to-air missile

Did he deploy the flares like a smokescreen? 6:10 That could be a neat trick

@GrowlingSidewinder

Жыл бұрын

I think that is correct that’s what he was trying to do, so I couldn’t see thru the smoke and flares and stuff

@ecoop20

Жыл бұрын

Also, spinning

@TurboHappyCar

Жыл бұрын

It's like racing and turning on your windshield washer. 😂

@woody40000

Жыл бұрын

@@GrowlingSidewinder it seemed to make it harder to see your own tracers and use them to adjust your aim?

@mrcpblair

Жыл бұрын

@@GrowlingSidewinder Worked like a charm.

Hit the sidewinder... bet the F16 pilot was thinking " WHA? Son-of-a-........!!! Lol. Your new name is `Lucky shot'...

I was surprised the A-10 didn't make an appearance. Would have been my choice.

@rayg.2431

Жыл бұрын

I was waiting and waiting for an A-10 :-(

@noscopesallowed8128

Жыл бұрын

Or the Apache.

@Sweedster

Жыл бұрын

Saw a video of someone pitting an A-10 against a P51, didn’t end well for the hog

So I guess if the enemy ever runs out of air-to-air missiles, bring out the Spitfires...

Had no idea you could ignite missiles that way. Pretty cool!

@BlyGuy

Жыл бұрын

Pretty sure missiles aren't armed until being fired or just prior to being fired, just in case it falls off the pylon or the plane is shot down. So I am not sure the missile exploded there, but it was super cool nonetheless

@flightsimjunkie5053

Жыл бұрын

@@BlyGuy Guess the round could ignite something.

@saschakruger3576

Жыл бұрын

@@BlyGuy Well there are explosive's in it. The fuse is not sharp, but if you shoot it with an explosive 20mm grenade, you will bring your own sharp fuse.

@bradcogan8588

Жыл бұрын

@@BlyGuy full of low explosive propellant though. That would definitely go off with a bang if hit.

Never seen an F-15 hit with so many rounds in one pass. Surprised both wings, tail unit, cockpit and a pair of engines didn't all fall to earth in separate lumps.

I think that was easily one of the more entertaining bandit unknown fights I've seen.

If the jets took the hit and run tactics It may have been a different outcome. They have the power and speed to extend and escape, go high, and do high speed dives at the spit.

@ukkomies100

Жыл бұрын

Was just about to comment this

@danielmolinar8669

10 ай бұрын

They could just go vertical and stay going up until the spitfire stalls out. But this video is just for goofs.

I don’t play DCS and yet I can’t get enough of your videos Man, very entertaining & informative! Cheers 🍻

@973poupou

Жыл бұрын

Same for me!

"Don't want to pull too hard....ooops, pulled too hard". Yup. Did that on the backside of a loop in an SNJ about 15 years ago and it did exactly what your Spit did. Hard 90 Deg snap to the right. Scared the crap out of me. Proof positive that you can stall an airplane in any attitude and any airspeed. A lesson I never forgot. Great video!

8-min in when you splash that F-15 I laughed so hard I almost pee''d myself...EPIC!

Freaking amazing. I am still waiting to see you flying an F4-U Corsair!

I would love to hear the other pilot in communications to hear their reaction to some of the crazy things that happen in dogfights!

Arguably the first AIM-9 Sidewinder kill by a Spitfire

I live in the south of England, Boultbee operate their fleet of Spitfires offering joy flights from an airfield less than 2 minutes drive from my house. In the summer I get to sit in the back garden and watch Spitfires fly over several times a day and the sound, the silhouette, and the nostalgia the whole affair induces is something I can't describe in words - it's just something that you can only experience in the flesh. It's nearly US$4,000 for a 30 minute joy ride so I'm squirrelling away a little each week to save up for a flight in a Spit for myself. I've flown in a Hornet, Hawk mk127, Pitts, Chipmunk, Winjeel, Long-EZ, the list is endless, but the Spitfire by far is the aircraft I'm most excited about. I'll try to remember to send you a video of the flight when it happens! Thanks for this video GS, was very entertaining to watch.

Can't recall where I heard it from, but I always remember, "the faster plane, when flown right, will never *lose* a well-fought fight."

Can you imagine a Spitfire with a Sidewinder "IN" it? You just saw one...

Imagine rolling up in the sky with the most advanced near black magic shit you can get and then you get dunked on by a peasant fidget spinner with wings.

@neighbor-j-4737

Жыл бұрын

And that is why you never get into a knife fight... because you have no idea how good some of the peasants are at high aspect deflection.

@HerrWayne45

Жыл бұрын

@@neighbor-j-4737 ye true that as we clearly saw lol Im not dunking on the warbirds though thats the content I'm subbed to GS for I just love the WW2 and WW1 stuff.

I'm genuinely impressed. Would be cool to see the contra rotating hotrod version of the Spitfire in DCS.

Never bring a hornet to a chess fight.

You did better than these Zero's pilots in "The Final Countdown" movie :)

@zachboyd4749

Жыл бұрын

To be fair, GS knew he was going to fight jets and knew exactly what tactics to employ to beat them. I doubt those poor Japanese pilots were expecting to face F-14s!

@Marcin79W

Жыл бұрын

@@zachboyd4749 They probably didn’t (lol).

@bwc1976

Жыл бұрын

I was humming that soundtrack the whole time! One of my favorite movies ever.

Looked like the 303 hit the sidewinder.. what a shot

I appreciate the Sky Lawnmower v ??? videos. Very entertaining.

Reminds of the line from the British pilot in the movie Iron Eagle 3 where he said if there was only a clear sky the Spitfire could out-fly anything in the air.

A great video because it highlights that the single most important factor in a dogfight is pilot skill and experience.

@Growling Sidewinder I suspect the Spitfire fuel tank capacity vs its consumption gives it massively more playtime than the jet. So even if its strategy is simply to stay alive, the jet winds up being the first to run home. 👍

@theorangeninja6486

Жыл бұрын

Spitfires were actually notoriously short range in their day, it probably has shorter flight time than anything else it fought in this video depending on afterburner use

@dsdy1205

Жыл бұрын

I mean, leaving aside the fact that it would probably receive a Sidewinder to the face 5 miles before the merge

@baomao7243

Жыл бұрын

@@dsdy1205 Let’s not quibble over minutia… 😉

How gratifying that must have been; prop plane eating jet planes.

Literally one of your best videos! Great fun and really interesting!!

the spitfire is one of the most underrated planes in DCS at least. (no one knew about it till GS decided to have fun) love how many videos you are putting out! they are the highlight of my day.

@yaseen157

Жыл бұрын

I sincerely hope you mean in the context of DCS, at the least

@BadAtWarThunder2006

Жыл бұрын

@@yaseen157 pleeeeease let this be the case

@yaseen157

Жыл бұрын

thank you for the clarification haha, I agree - I had no idea the spitfire had such a turn circle advantage until GS started showing it

@keithhoss4990

Жыл бұрын

The Spitfire could beat the F-22 in a real dogfight - GSW watcher

@yaseen157

Жыл бұрын

@@keithhoss4990 I don't remember anyone saying that... Besides I think we all know that realistically, the spitfire will never make it to a merge versus radar wielding aircraft

honestly, I don't even play DCS, but your dogfight videos got me hooked for 4 hours straight. Love the chill vibe and love your comments. Subscribed

When he fired at 1:56 I literally said out loud, "Oh come on, you're not gonna hit it from there." Seconds later I was eating my hat.

@GrowlingSidewinder

Жыл бұрын

Haha ya well I had some luck on my side there

Watching the underside of the F15 hit by .303 like hail...and at first have no effect...reminds me of .303 during WWII....lots of lead, but not much lethal power. Imagine Battle of Britain with ALL Hurricanes and Spits equipped with 4 20mm cannons instead of 8 .303s

@pieterpretorius1014

Жыл бұрын

they would tear those Messerschmitt's and Focke wolfs to absolute scraps

We need more spitfire content

Spitfire with Sidewinders? Good idea

This was hilarious, but goes to show what a proper dogfighter the spitfire was.

Looked like the .303s blew up the sidewinder on the F-16. That's kinda nuts.

@sugarnads

Жыл бұрын

303 is the dominant air to air weapon in 2 world wars.

@squidwardo7074

Жыл бұрын

those are hispano 20mm cannons not 7mm's tho

spitfire with sidewinders = spitwinder

Mom, grandpa is have flashbacks again and now he’s *outside fighting modern aircraft in his Spitfire with a modified fox 2*

Since the 40s and later on, pilots had hard lessons on why you don't dogfight a prop fighter in a jet. Mustangs killed 262s, Corsair killed MiG 15s and Skyraiders killed MiG 17s.

Honestly dude - your vids are srsly entertaining. Love each and every one. Thx.

@GrowlingSidewinder

Жыл бұрын

I appreciate it thank you

Ur accuracy and flying on just about every plane is very imressive. Id love to do this with a d-13 dora, or a d-9. Minengeschoss shells will tear jets apart.

F-16 pilot: "a spitfire? better bring missiles just in case" GSW: *shoots the fucking sidewinder*

That F-15 kill was brutal, had my literally laughing out loud the whole time you were laying into him xD

And the Spit did this with recoil 20mm cannons. Imagine if it had the same firing rate as a vulcan 20mm

@baomao7243

Жыл бұрын

20mm good. GAU-8? Better. 😉

@anthonyortiz6189

Жыл бұрын

@@baomao7243 naw the Vulcan is faster, and the rounds won't drop as much making the Vulcan a better air to air gun.

@baomao7243

Жыл бұрын

@@anthonyortiz6189 i’ve heard it both ways 😉

@squidwardo7074

Жыл бұрын

@@anthonyortiz6189 not sure abt that heavier bullets drop less generally. ofc without taking the ballistic coefficient into account

OMG, These are great entertainment with the warbirds. Who would’ve ever thought they would stand a chance against modern jet fighters in a dog fight! These videos are the reason I am more focused on WWII dog fighting in DCS than anything else, loving all of these!!👍👍👍

GS DUUUDE, that was a REAL interesting and fun vid, more of this OLS VS NEW stuff, just AWSOME, THANKYOU

Whenever you fly over the Northern Marianas Islands, I watch the scenery more than the opponent, look for landmarks, and get a little homesick! ;-)

In a world without BVR and AIM-9X, these WWII aircraft would rule the skies!

@brothergunns5055

Жыл бұрын

actually no, a real pilot would never turnfight a piston prop.

@deathcharge811

Жыл бұрын

nah. you just need some discipline and go for some boom and zoom tactics on prop planes. energy is life and these spitfires dont got a lot of life in em compared to the younger aircraft we have

@Asghaad

Жыл бұрын

so care to explain whole F86 Sabre vs MiG-15 that was kinda a thing back in a day ? ...no missiles there ... just guns

@squidwardo7074

Жыл бұрын

@@deathcharge811 yup... whoever flew the jet was either throwing or didnt know what they were doing

Absolutely awesome gunnery skills... Five out of five .. You were on🔥 Impressive!

That's Growling. That's how flies, growling. You get bored, frustrated, do something stupid and he's got ya.

Just recently subbed. Very enjoyable content. Loving all the ww2 vs modern aircraft. Keep it up!

Spitfire: when science goes too far.

As was once stated - "It is not the plane, it is the pilot"... Good video GS!! Great stuff.

Spitfire vs. Everybody. Tell your friends, tell your neighbours, tell Randy Gonzales, the Spit's coming.

spitfire was absolutely crushing it! Great video as always GS! Man...woulda loved to see the SF with sidewinders LOL! prob one of my favorite videos, really love these Bandit unknown series they are amazing!!!

To sum this episode up in four words: why you bully me 😂

incredible - the Spitfire is a legendary plane and an object of beauty, but the way it crushes modern planes in dogfights is hard to believe!

really loved this video! The thing i enjoyed most is the slow-mo playbacks of kills

Ok!......that sidewinder shot was next level!!! Insane GS!!! You are on another level sir and I solute you!

Lockheed Martin disliked this video

Also a spitfire with sidewinders? Sounds like an Iron Eagle movie waiting to happen.

@gromm93

Жыл бұрын

Hah. That was literally the plot of Iron Eagle 3.

Great video, I worked on a spitfire when I was in my early 20's, did corrosion repairs on a bird that had been dragged out of a swamp in Europe and brought to New Zealand

@gromm93

Жыл бұрын

You win the internets *forever*, sir.

Reminds me of the Venezuela coup videos where they had f16s trying to take out incredibly slow moving recon planes. One video an f16 has to basically come to stall speeds to even get a shot.

tbh I was expecting a 5-0 score but, like, the other way around...

I freakin love these fun videos you do. The P51 vs Raptor was just as cool. For someone like me that loves all military aviation both old and new it’s gives a rare look at the best of both worlds. Keep it up brotha man! Long time fan!

Unironically a great Canada day gift, a lot of spitfires were built close to my home town in Windsor ON

That was 1 in what a billion shot on the F-16 to hit that sidewinder

Hey GS great vid. All Hail Spitfire! Several mentions about BVR & missiles having different result. Wonder if you considered Mosquito v modern jet missile test? I read the wooden Mosquito was hard to pick up on radar, be interested to see if plane/missile finds maintaining lock difficult... 🤔

Big fun in the Spitfire I wonder why he didn't come for you with something with Supermaneuverability?

All these prop fights (and the WWI IL-2 ones!) are just the best. Would love to see more.

7:40 the red Baron is not happy with you

So I guess we can cut the defense budget and just manufacture a bunch of WW2 fighters.

Dunno man, I think the Spitfire might just be the most beautiful thing you’ll ever see in the sky … man made obviously

@Ganiscol

Жыл бұрын

I can think of two better looking planes: SR-71 and the B-1

@Saltfly

Жыл бұрын

P51 is hard to beat

@jamesmmusic5806

Жыл бұрын

@@Ganiscol meh. Spitfire wins

@deaddropholiday

Жыл бұрын

@@Saltfly It's a good looking plane. But the air intake destroys its lines.

@Fricasso79

Жыл бұрын

I'd go with Concorde myself.

Should’ve downloaded a BF-109 and took him into the vertical

Definitely loving the recent variety in content! Keep it up

Damn that F-16 shot was brutal

You should totally make a series of this with WW2 planes! I’d watch every single episode

These are so fun to watch, and your laugh when you splash them is great