Okay, I am now a Hog pilot.

[paulieb]

Up until a few weeks ago, I rarely, if ever, flew the Corsair variants. I'd fly a Spit9, F6F, D-30 Jug, LA-7, or a G-10, some P-38s, but NEVER a Corsair.  Lately, I've even flown the 190-D9 (with no success).

Then I discovered something; even the F4U-1 can be DEADLY with some alt under its wings to convert to speed. Lovely thing about that, as I discovered this afternoon, is that you can get 4 kills, get shot down and captured, and still have 5.48 perks with a multiplier of .98 .  It has a TON of ammo, and a pretty long range, too.

A week or two ago, I set up shop over friendly HQ in a C-Hog and just waited for the raiders. It was like shooting ducks in a barrel.

I've even gotten to like the D-hog's Jabo capability. Don't have enough points yet to fly a -4, but I can hardly wait!

The moral is this, in my opinion: don't write off early war rides. They can be the most rewarding to fly.

Just my $.02 .

[WilldCrd]

some good info here with some tactics on the hogs as well as most other AC

http://www.netaces.org/ahmain/siteframe.html#title

[ra]

The Hog is not an early war ride.

[Morpheus]

The Hog is not an early war ride

Well... The first F4U-1's were deliverd on 31 July 1942. So in comparison to many other fighters, I think we can say its an early bird...

Nice ride too...

[Octavius]

welcome to the wonderful world of CHOG!

[lasersailor184]

If you really want perks, take the P-40e up.


I can get one kill, get shot down and I'll have 8 perks in the bank.

I once got 20 for 2 kills and a landing.

[Morpheus]

funny thing is that you dont seem to get that many perks with the P40E...

Fly the FM2... Its 4x50s are like 4x20mms and its an INSANE turn fighter...  That is if you want perks and an ubber turn fghter... Tho the F4U-1 is a good turner... The FM2 will rip it to shreds in a turn fight.

[Flyboy]

Originally posted by lasersailor184
If you really want perks, take the P-40e up.


I can get one kill, get shot down and I'll have 8 perks in the bank.

I once got 20 for 2 kills and a landing.

11 kills in a c202


56 points

[Kweassa]

I don't know if any of you remember Feed, but he was perhaps the best Corsair pilot I ever knew. Was my mentor in the early days with Rraf and Taillight. He exclusively used only the F4U-1D (he absolutley hated the C-hog) among all those P-51s, 109s and La-7s and 190Ds, and still always came up something like within top 5 in the fighter pilot rank.

 One thing I've learned from him(but rarely can practice ) is, in a Hog, so much like the P-47, SA is everything. You may escape leisurely in a real-life environment fighting against slowpoke Zekes, but in a gaming environment of the MA, SA is really everything.

 He won't resist a fight at co-alt. He'd courageously enter a fight even when disadvantaged to a certain amount. The basic mode of it all is sort of like the alt-monkeying cherry-picking, but he won't refuse fights even in other cases - but one thing he never forgot, was always to leave room to escape.

 Now, that's not so hard for a bird like the La-7 or the Typhoon, but in a hog where level acceleration is near zilch and only acceleration can be attained from dive - and also in an environment where there are many planes that both out-turn and out-runs it..  it's not so easy to do!

 ..

 If you want success in a hog, I strongly recommend you receive tips from dedicated P-47 pilots. Probably they've got the most helpful advices to give out than anyone else(unless ofcourse you find a dedicated Hog driver - which, is not very common these days).

[bozon]

in AH the hog is better then the jug in every single way but range (not the f4u-1) and firepower under 15k.
but you do fly them pretty much the same.

The nice thing about the f4u is that it's pretty fast on the deck (the jug can hardly loose a spit9) and turns MUCH better the the ponies. You can safly get into slow turning with most late war birds.

Bozon

[Octavius]

Originally posted by lasersailor184
If you really want perks, take the P-40e up.


I can get one kill, get shot down and I'll have 8 perks in the bank.

I once got 20 for 2 kills and a landing.

P40E is *not* a perk farmer.  It has always had a crappy ENY of 35.  Thats putting it on par with the P51B and 109A8.  109G6 has 40 for ENY.  

2 kills for 20 points in a P40E at normal perk mult is impossible... even if they were 262s.

[Reschke]

Originally posted by Kweassa
If you want success in a hog, I strongly recommend you receive tips from dedicated P-47 pilots. Probably they've got the most helpful advices to give out than anyone else(unless ofcourse you find a dedicated Hog driver - which, is not very common these days).

Hey now...well we don't spend as much time in the MA now but VF-17 is still dedicated to preserving the traditions of flying the HAWG'S by god!!!!!

Anytime anyone needs help in a Corsair just drop us a note over at http://www.vf-17.org.

[Gixer]

"F4U-1 can be DEADLY with some alt under its wings "

Sopworth Pup is deadly with some alt under it's wings. Problem in the MA there's always someone that comes along higher then you. F4 is a nice ride and hopefully you'll stick with it and enjoy a bit more of a challange however the endless waves of faster late war planes will probably cause you to change.

Nice flying stuff that's more of a challange, what I prefer. But many don't stick with the early war rides as why bother flying anything when there are La7,190D, D Pony's etc.



...-Gixer

[paulieb]

The only reason I can think of NOT to use the F4U-1, is the views. Terrible! You absolutely cannot see behind you. Soooo, next choice: D-Hog. Too bad it doesn't have the range, but really, not bad.

I was able to catch a fleeing LA-7 with the F4U-1. Granted I had initially dove in from 10K, but even after I started bleeding speed I reeled in the LA-7 pretty quickly. One long burst at a wing root from 400yds, and BAM! No more Lala. Unfortunately, another Lala was setting me up from behind and got me on the climb out after I got his buddy. I never even saw him. Yes, I was trying to look back. Just couldn't see him.

[g00b]

With devastating results

Here's a film of my 9 lanc kills in one sortie.

http://www.easyracers.com/temp/film478.zip

KBMAN is the F4U master.

g00b