I hate buffs above 25k

[RAM]

I liked more "Brian's life"  

[Camel]

Okay Sob,

Sorry, it looks to me as a racial slur.
 
I understand now where it is coming from.

I like the way you spelled it  

[Rock]

Just engaged a buff at 36K. In a G10 with wep on I finally caught him. Of course I was wallowing just above stall speed. The out come, just guess.

[dudedog]

I can see it now...
(said with outrageous accent)

"I blew your wing off"
"No you didn't"
"what's that then?"
"It's just a flesh wound"

etc... etc...  



[This message has been edited by dudedog (edited 08-15-2000).]

[SOB]

LOL  

[Naso]

Intercepting high alt buffers is possible, but you need a lot of patience, you cant go in a buff from low or slow when the fight alt is near 30k.
Speed up, following the buff, as you get close, pull lightly the stick and climb equalling the buff speed, when you're over 3-4k to the buff, level, speed up, then dive, try to aim the tail, stay fast, then level BEFORE reaching the buff alt, stay fast, extend and climb again, for next pass, stay fast, do a 20-30° bank turns, and stay fast.

uhmm, maybe i forget to say: "Stay fast".

Yesterday i land gliding after a 3 buff killing strike, first was at 30k, second 26k, last 20k, i climb until 35k and i found the p47 still flyable at 400mph (never gone down 300k).

The setup for those attacks was really boring, took long time to reach and overclimb those buffs, but still possible.

So if you want to intercept stratobuffs, you need to have the same patience they had to climb that alt, and climb higher.

But if Pyro will give us the two beauties, the stratobuff problem will be solved.  

Which beauties?

Me-262 and Ta-152, naturlich !!!!  

[RAM]

Me163 in AH...END OF 35K DWEEB STRATOBOMBERS  

As perk plane only of course   nobody would waste perk points on a plane that has a fuel load of 5 minutes and then has to glide towards the land...

unless there is a 30K dweeb near the field
The satisfaction you'd get with those kills would be awesome don't you think?  

SEriously I think that it is not that bad idea! the 20-25K buffers wont have the problem of the Komet because if you can go and get them with a piston engine plane with no perk points used...whats the point it losing them with a 163?

[Naso]

Yes, RAM!!!

The Me-163 !!!!

(tears in eyes)

 

whrooommmmmm

<Dweebpilot in buff> : "Well, no con, 32k, eh eh nobody can touch me, i set up the bomb run, now  "

Whooooossshhhhh, bwawawawawa, BOOOOMMMM !!!

<dweebbuff pilot hanging on chute> : "WTF!?!?  "

<Naso gliding in me-163> : "muhahahaha, 'nother dweebish stratobuff hit the dust    "


[This message has been edited by Naso (edited 08-16-2000).]

[Fishu]

 

Originally posted by Naso:
Intercepting high alt buffers is possible, but you need a lot of patience, you cant go in a buff from low or slow when the fight alt is near 30k.

In most planes, you can't afford patience because of fuel multiplier...
I did once try to reach B17 with Fw190A8 from 28k, lol.. that was someting.
Ran out of fuel just as I got last shots off and he went down.
I didn't do anything but try to reach him on that flight to test what happens.
B-17 were simply out accerlating my 190A8 and in the turns it kept its speed way more than 190, which seemed to stall in a small turn after the B17 when it turned just a bit.

Only planes that can go after high buffs with patience are those american planes like P47 and P51, others needs bit more fuel due to multiplier.

[funked]

Yep, the fuel multiplier screws things up.  The planes that historically climbed to high altitudes to hunt BUFFs can't do it.  I understand that they want the fuel multiplier to make range important, but it's affecting the altitude you can climb to, which is @#$@#$.  

[Fishu]

I can imagine Me163..
They get off the ground, at 20k they notice that they aint getting up to 36k due to fuel multiplier  
..not to talk about gliding in that thing at that altitude with small wings and almost no way to turn or then you lose altitude like mad.