Well after my daliance attempting to fly and land the Walfishe my pilot finally surrendered to the fates and got into a fight with a French ace who shot me to bits and as I was over some very hilly terrain my luck finally left the plane augered in after stalling...
So after some thought I went back to what I know... The old trusty Sopwith Strutter in my opinion is one of the most underrated planes... So back to RNAS-5 to cause trouble by the sea... Take off easy landing easy shooting down an Ennie 63 shots from the Vickers up front and job complete getting bounced shortly afterwards byhis 3 mates was great fun I was dancing all over the sky putting shots into them all, my wingmen where nowhere to be seen, dragged the fight over some flak and the Ennies gave up and went home 2 smoking... Comparing the Strutter to the Rolland CII...
The Strutter doesnt have the speed but it climbs better and does to me turn better also it doesnt have problems down near stall speed. Take off and landings for me are also easier in the Strutter I can just firewall the throttle and away we go the Roland needs more care.
Of the 2 planes the Strutter is the easier to fly the Roland though has the advantage of speed which means you can force the engagement and dive away when required the Strutter though doesn't have this advantage but it does move better and is great fun for doing stall turns...
For the beginner the Strutter is the plane and even though I have flown it many many times and love it dearly it still returns me home well most times and no fear on the landings... I will return to the Roland once I have built up more experience in flying again though...