Author Topic: Tempests give me fits! (Read 1055 times)

2stony · « **on:** March 01, 2004, 12:57:00 AM »

I have the hardest time with Tempests. They seem to kill me more than any other plane. Any tips on how to defend against them? Especially in a D-9?

Thanks in advance

Pooh21 · « **Reply #1 on:** March 01, 2004, 02:27:50 AM »

fall asleep

*wait*

hmmm go to kitchen get beer

come back

ah hes finally grown a pair here he comes

lazily evade his pathetic limp-wristed flailslapping spray.

repeat as needed

YUCCA · « **Reply #2 on:** March 01, 2004, 08:55:31 AM »

hmm if i recall you should be able to outclimb at somepoint
just engage autoclimb and watch him fall back below you then bnz him.

check the charts though im not positive

YUCCA · « **Reply #3 on:** March 01, 2004, 08:58:29 AM »

was curious and checked.... it's way too close for doing what i said lol. You just gotta know better acm

jaxxo · « **Reply #4 on:** March 01, 2004, 10:06:29 AM »

Patience is the best attribute when fighting a tempest. Its my favourite perk ride but gets boring waiting for kill opportunity. In d9 wait for him to make a few turns until your about co-e. He will then try to outdive you. You should catch him in the initial part of the dive. If your not worried about hit percentage..blaze away...1 ping and his radiator usually toast. GL

Steve · « **Reply #5 on:** March 01, 2004, 10:52:46 AM »

Stay below 15k, you'll probably never see one. If you do, it will be some nadless skippy who is running home.

MotorOil · « **Reply #6 on:** March 01, 2004, 02:34:36 PM »

Most of the time I just stay out of their gunsites.

2stony · « **Reply #7 on:** March 01, 2004, 02:53:18 PM »

Well, it looks like I'm going to avoid them for now, but will try and learn a way to beat them. My deaths by them have mostly been in 190s, so I'll run for now when driving one of those(lol).

dedalos · « **Reply #8 on:** March 01, 2004, 03:20:34 PM »

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Originally posted by 2stony
Well, it looks like I'm going to avoid them for now, but will try and learn a way to beat them. My deaths by them have mostly been in 190s, so I'll run for now when driving one of those(lol).

Use the LA7. For some reason Temps think they can out run them. You may have to chace them for a few minutes but you will kill them

2stony · « **Reply #9 on:** March 01, 2004, 03:42:23 PM »

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Use the LA7.

I do use the La7 and I don't have any problem with them while flying that model. It just seems when I up a 190 there's an "all country" message that goes out saying "Stony's upping a 190, easy kill available".

Pooh21 · « **Reply #10 on:** March 01, 2004, 05:12:40 PM »

remember in a 190 youse da man
you gotta remember that and throw that physics crap outta the window.

110s can turn with a temp if you forget about all that stalling crap and think about the Willy/Kurt force

Morpheus · « **Reply #11 on:** March 01, 2004, 10:48:20 PM »

Temps are over perked Tiffy's IMO...

Never liked them for how they are perked. I can do just as much dammage in my slow rolling Tiffy as i can in a Tempy. As far as speed goes... Well I dont see the big trade off. BnZing is fun and all but when kill someone in a turn fight in a tiffy its very rewarding.

I just dont see the advantage in the MA that the Temp has over the Tiffy for most MA conditions.

moot · « **Reply #12 on:** March 01, 2004, 11:19:17 PM »

everytime I've seen a tempest, I thought it probably looked exactly like what it'd've looked like if it'd been the real wwii.

dedalos · « **Reply #13 on:** March 02, 2004, 07:46:33 AM »

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Originally posted by 2stony
I do use the La7 and I don't have any problem with them while flying that model. It just seems when I up a 190 there's an "all country" message that goes out saying "Stony's upping a 190, easy kill available".

Lol, one time I found one killing planes on the runway. He did not even think about fighting. Chaced him for 3 sectors and killed him

Howitzer · « **Reply #14 on:** March 02, 2004, 05:41:26 PM »

If he's on your 6 diving, usually if you just turn hard once, they will go back up to the stratosphere and wait for someone else who isn't paying attention...

If he stays with you, use what the 190s do best... rolling scissors. Cut your speed and use his against him. I'm no expert on tempests, but get a tiffy slow and tell me how good you get it to maneuver. Thats really all a tempest is: a jacked up tiffy. Also, most of the time, the guys flying tempests hardly ever fly them because they are perked. They only take them out when they are looking for a little variation, so they most likely won't know how to fly um. Just watch out with the scissors, cus he's packing some major cannons, and you are going to have to pass by his gunsights on a snapshot at least once.

But in all honesty, I'd bet a dollar to a doughnut he doesn't follow you if you move out of the way.