Answer to spit, La7 Hordes.....

[straffo]

Originally posted by Zazen13
it was a huge shock to the British and was considered the best fighter in Europe until the P51 Mustang came along.

Look like you're stuck in 1942.

[Sikboy]

I wonder why this topic has never come up before?



-Sik

[Sway]

Well.. I have a decent story to go along with this cherry picking crap.
 
The other night, I was doing my thing, flying around and killing nOObs.  Well, I killed one guy on many occasions, probably 10 or more.  He says I am a turn and burn dweeb, and that I suck for using flaps to turn.  Keep in mind I'm in a P38.

So, I was fighting low and slow on the deck, and he ups a Tempest and takes 10K dive passes on me, about 15 times in a row, and never gets close to landing a shot on me.  Then he has the balls to say... "This is how your supposed to fly, and you suck for not flying your 38 the way its supposed to."

Is it just me, or is his mentally challenged for saying this?

[gofaster]

Originally posted by Furious
Got proof?

The only proof you need is the knowledge that they took the howitzer-armed Frisbee away from him.

[gofaster]

The proper answer to the Spit and LA-7 hordes is a P-51/Mustang Mk I with 4 Hispanos.  Too bad we don't have one.

With the passage of Lend-Lease, 150 more Mustangs were ordered by the US Army, all of which were intended for delivery to Britain. These were designated Mustang Mark IA by the RAF and NA-91 by the factory. The Mustang IA differed from earlier versions in having the machine guns replaced by four 20-mm wing-mounted Hispano cannon, with most of the long barrels protruding well ahead of the wing. For contractual purposes, these aircraft were given the US designation of P-51 and assigned the USAAF serials 41-37320/37469. The RAF serial numbers assigned to this lot were FD418/FD567. The Allison V-1710-F3R engine was given the US Army designation V-1710-39. Throughout 1941, the Army referred to these aircraft under the name Apache, but this was changed to Mustang at about the time the deliveries began in mid-1942.

The British did not get all of these NA-91s. Since the RAF deliveries took place after Pearl Harbor, many were repossessed by the Army before they reached England. These included RAF Mustang IA serials FD418/FD437, FD450/FD464, FD466/FD469, and FD510/FD527. The Army planes were armed with four 0.50-inch machine guns rather than the 20-mm cannon and were fitted with two K-24 cameras in the fuselage. Most retained their RAF camouflage and serial numbers, although some were indeed painted with their equivalent USAAF serials. These were designated as tactical reconnaissance aircraft and were designated F-6A, but this designation was soon changed to P-51.

[Tilt]

Given that the Yak 3 was a bit faster, climbed quicker low down and accelerated better than the Yak9U, I think you would find this amongst the hordes if introduced.

[Zazen13]

Originally posted by Tilt
I always rem Zazen as  pony pilot in AW........... must be fading.

AW Ki84 had this super high speed instantanious turn with 1 notch of flap, lousy roll rate (at speed) and you could break the wings.

Interestingly AH's N1K2 FM is closer to AW's Ki84 FM than AW's N1K2 fm.

I think we were supposed to note the cut and paste job on the graphic.................thats an AH terrain isn't it?

I pretty much exclusively flew Fw190-A8 in AWFR.

Zazen

[Manedew]

Originally posted by Sikboy
I wonder why this topic has never come up before?



-Sik

bah, Mitsu's been wanting it for years

[Sikboy]

Originally posted by Manedew
bah, Mitsu's been wanting it for years

Yeah I was being Sarcastic

I was all set to write my feelings on the Frank, when I remembered that I'd already posted them:

Here

and

Here

And

here

and

Here

and finally

here

I suppose it bears repeating over and over again, but I thought it would be easier to just link to the posts

-Sik

[Ack-Ack]

Originally posted by Sway
Well.. I have a decent story to go along with this cherry picking crap.
 
The other night, I was doing my thing, flying around and killing nOObs.  Well, I killed one guy on many occasions, probably 10 or more.  He says I am a turn and burn dweeb, and that I suck for using flaps to turn.  Keep in mind I'm in a P38.

So, I was fighting low and slow on the deck, and he ups a Tempest and takes 10K dive passes on me, about 15 times in a row, and never gets close to landing a shot on me.  Then he has the balls to say... "This is how your supposed to fly, and you suck for not flying your 38 the way its supposed to."

Is it just me, or is his mentally challenged for saying this?

I had some guy call me clueless because I would angles fight instead of going for the HO.  According to this uber virtual jockey, it takes more balls to HO than to turn fight.  It sounds like you ran into the same guy I did.

ack-ack

[save]

Warbirds representation of ki84 is no uberplane.

it is a good plane with good guns , but it locks up by compression in dives and sucks at altitude and has weak armor.

[weaselsan]

Originally posted by save
Warbirds representation of ki84 is no uberplane.

it is a good plane with good guns , but it locks up by compression in dives and sucks at altitude and has weak armor.

  The same thing in AW3.

[GODO]

Originally posted by Tilt
Given that the Yak 3 was a bit faster, climbed quicker low down and accelerated better than the Yak9U, I think you would find this amongst the hordes if introduced.

And had it also unlimited wep time?

[Tilt]

Originally posted by GODO
And had it also unlimited wep time?

Compared to the Yak9T yes............

Yak3 had the VK105 PF2 the 2 designating that the level of boost for both 1st and 2nd stage of supercharge had been lifted from 1050mm to 1100 mm at which the engine was continuously rated.

The VK107 of the yak9U was actually a more powerful engine but the Yak 3 was considerably lighter.

[Sway]

Yeah AKAK, hes a real idiot.