The new gunnery, big fighters and choosing a replacement for my big fighter

[B17Skull12]

the A5 is on steroids compared to the AH1 imo.


i haven't tried the 109G2 in AH2, but my god that thing was one of the best fighter planes i ever flew in AH1.  in 1 week alone in the CT i got 22 kills with like 10 deaths.

[Sable]

I've found that the Dora is really a nice plane in this version.  It's one big disadvantage I saw in AH1 was that it couldn't make deflection shots, or long range shots with much sucess.  Well now nothing else can either.  If you take full fuel and a drop tank you get about as much endurance as a P-51D gets with no drop tanks.  Also the lower numbers of LA-7s and the fact that they can't chase you long without running out of fuel really helps.  

I'm really surprised by the Spit XIV.  Now that the gangbangers can't pick you off from 1000 yards and every other plane isn't an LA-7 it's quite effective.  With both of these planes I've been using a drop tank and just WEP climbing until I get some good altitude under me ... then I'm left with full internal fuel to fight on and I've landed 5 kill sorties in both without having to rearm.

If you want a lot of speed, and don't like US or Soviet aircraft, these are your best bet I would say (or the Tempest if you can stand ponying up for one every sortie).

[Wilbus]

All 190's are a bit better in AH2, they all accelerate slightly better and zoom better.

Karnak, I don't think getting used to 190's may be a good thing as Pyro have said in another thread that he wants to redo the intire 190 series sometimes soon.

That is also one reason I don't fly the 190 as much as I used to, I'm just afraid I will get used to what it is now and then have to readjust to something intierly different.

Try a 109 G10 if you're looking for a nimble fast fighter that still takes alot of skill to master. If you want less speed try other 109's. The F4 turns like the devil.

P51's are exelent aswell + it's got 50 cal guns.

One last recomendation... the 205! One of the most underestimated planes in AH, good armament in close (where you more or less have to shoot in AH2), very good diving capebilities aswell as good turn and good climb rate. Alot of ammo. Few people fly it = more status

Try it, give it a few flights, very very nice plane.

As for having a harder time hitting snapshots, yes... try the single 30mm on the 109

[Tilt]

Well as an La7 and La5 pilit and one whose gunnery generally sucks.......... and sucks even more now in AH2..........

There seems to me to be a significant difference between the effectiveness of 3 cannon and 2 cannon load out on Lavochkins..............

Panning shots (at 400) across 38's etc are assured of a kill from the 3 cannon set up where as from the La5 I have yet to obtain any kill from a single burst.

You have to balance this against my present apparantly deplorable gunnery.............

Breaking off having gradually emptied a whole La5 clip at 200 to 400 without apparantly hitting anything is now a regular occurance that has me now studying film to understand why my gunnery is so bad.............

[Kweassa]

Cripes you're a hard guy to satisfy Karnak.

 .. no Soviet stuff, no P-51s.. don't like P-47s...

 ..but still an aircraft competitive enough for MA conditions, with interesting characteristics and not in the "top class" so as to give some challenge...

 Okay, that'll leave the Spitfires, Bf109s and Fw190D-9 out, too....


 ...

 Yeah, it comes down to either the Fw190A series or the C.205.

 Or, even if you are not particularly intrigued about the US stuff, how about trying out the F4U-1? It's a very interesting aircraft to fly.

[gofaster]

Try:

Yak 9T

109G6

Ki-61

C.205

[Dead Man Flying]

I think the 205 would work pretty well for you, Karnak.  You should give it a try for the next week or two.

-- Todd/Leviathn

[SKurj]

I flew the 110 G last night for one sortie and was amazed how many hits I took before my demise.   Several hits from AA as well as fighters.


SKurj

[Adogg]

I've heard the P51 called a dweeb plane ... I know I know, fly what you like.

But does that apply just to the D or does it include the B?

I like the B it's not a great climber but its a pretty decent ride all round.

Thoughts?

[eh]

Breaking off having gradually emptied a whole La5 clip at 200 to 400 without apparantly hitting anything is now a regular occurance that has me now studying film to understand why my gunnery is so bad.............

 It may not be your gunnery. Weren't the SHVAK cannon in the La5 low velocity so they dispersed quickly, requiring close in shots? I think the La7 had higher velocity cannon so you can get hits at D400, but still, the La7 is best in close. If all of this is true, then the modelling of the Lavochkin guns is very good.

[Wilbus]

La5 and LA7 uses the same guns if you chose the 2 gun option in the LA7.

The 3 gun option in the LA7 are improved guns, they weight less, not sure about velocity though.

[J_A_B]

"But does that apply just to the D or does it include the B? "

It would only apply to the -D.   Traditionally in air combat games, "dweeb plane" is more or less synonomous with "popular".  


Karnak--

If you're giving up the Mosquito and still want to fly something British, might as well go with the Typhoon.   It is not entirely unlike the Mosquito in terms of combat handling which would make the transition easier


J_A_B

[Karnak]

Well, I'll probably either stick with the Mossie (as frusterating as it is now) or switch to the Fw190A-5.  The Fw190A-5 seems pretty manuverable and is reasonably fast, has a lot of ammo and gobs of WEP.

Maybe the Ki-84-I-Ko will be released in 2.01.


As to the Mossie's fighter capability in AH1, well, if somebody as bad as I am could get a 31 kill streak in it, it can't be that bad.  Bf110s are much poorer in my experience.  Maybe AH2 has changed that.  Certainly historical reputations would suggest that the Mossie should be the better fighter of the two.

J_A_B,

The Typhoon is crippled by a lack of fuel.  I don't think any of the truely short legged aircraft are usable in AH2 as anything other than point defense fighters.


As for the Spit XIV, well, sure La-7s are a bit rarer, but all it takes is one La-7, P-51D, Bf109G-10, Fw190D-9 or Typhoon and the Spit XIV is toast as it is forced to manuver and the horde arrives to tear it down.  The Bf109G-10 and Fw190D-9 with their ten minutes of WEP are a particularly large threat.

[Urchin]

Two words.... throttle back.  

109E has an endurance of like 2 hours on cruise.  Planes don't get more shortlegged than the 109E.  My car probably has a bigger gas tank.

[Karnak]

Throttling back is stupid when you have hordes of P-51Ds running around at full MIL, except when they want WEP on.  It puts you at an immediate disadvantage.