The Spitfire Mk. 24 going up to 7.0 is quite honestly insane

That is true

I personally find the RP-3s easier, same with the Hispanos I find the stealth belts are so easy to aim than the .50s and they do more damage in my experience. Depends on playstyle I guess

they are more forgiving with accuracy as they have more explosives. the M8 is just perfect for me.

I have my convergence at 400m, which is really close for most as i love very close and personal fights, i just find the velocity and forgiving nature of a higher ROF from the .50 cals to be vastly better than the thud of a single 20mm hitting

The velocity of them is nice but thats actually where I struggle the most. I ADORE Hispanos they’re my most used cannon by far so aiming stealth with them is really easy for me, but I cannot for the life of me hit my shots (skill issue), but I find the Stealth belts on the hispanos never spark. Its always a 1 - 2 burst kill.

Then again personal preference and as long as we have fun thats all that matters

I will disagree a little here. P-51D can’t do much against a half decent Spot pilot. P-51H on the other hand is a whole other story.

i found the D5 to be a very capable fighter. quite easily ran away from spits to BnZ them too.