Why would anyone fly the mossie?

[SLO]

Dale did not give the actually speed the MOSSIE could achieve.....

its under PAR in AH, sad but true.

[Karnak]

Originally posted by SLO
its under PAR in AH, sad but true.

AH has the most favorable flight model I have ever seen on the Mossie.  Usually it is modeled as a slow, unmanverable tub that should die enmasse.  In AH it is a least mid-range in speed, can climb decnet and is ok on manuverability.

[Alpo]

Another reason to fly a mossie... a shell hitting it makes a very cool "thud" sound  

[vorticon]

Originally posted by thrila
Cons:-  
It can't turn.
It's slow.
Terrible stall characteristics.
Bleeds E like nothing else.
Acceleration is on par with a 49cc scooter with 4 bags of heavy shopping.
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those "cons" are exactly why people fly it...noone expects it to do what it can.

[DoKGonZo]

Dunno ... I'll take a Mosi over a Tiffy anyday for field attacks. I love the thing ... those .303's kind of suck, but they actually do a decent job on smaller city buildings.

[simshell]

im starting to get tired of 1 hit ACK setting it ablaze


iv realy been having a hard time with low level field strikes in the Mossie because the ack rips it apart


thats what i get  for flying a wood plane:rolleyes:

[Karnak]

Originally posted by simshell
im starting to get tired of 1 hit ACK setting it ablaze


iv realy been having a hard time with low level field strikes in the Mossie because the ack rips it apart


thats what i get  for flying a wood plane:rolleyes:

The historical documents all claim it was tougher than if it were metal.

[Zanth]

I dont remember who but someone is/was real good in a mossie with the scissors.  I never could figure out how to manuver that well slow myself.

[lasersailor184]

I've had great and crappy results with a mossie.  I've either thrown it into an unrecoverable stall or kept up with outstanding pilots.


Once I took out an Me262 (by luck though) and a yak in the same flight.  The yak had extra E too.

[thrila]

Hehehe... the reasoning behind my post was even though the mossie isn't great, i love it all the same.  It is a good plane in an arena full of great planes- despite how great i say the mossie is over ch1.  The mossie has been my main ride for many tours.:-)  I have plenty of mossie films for anyone who wishes to become a buddy mossie pilot.     However the mossie just isn't that popular.

Dok- Karnak is right, the mossie is a terribly slow plane in the MA.  It is only marginally faster than the spit IX and n1k + without any of the manouverability.  BTW i use 50% unless i'm defending the HQ or hunting buffs in which case i'll use 100%.

Bozon you're right about the acceleration in a dive- it's great!:)   I use it a lot to gain some seperation before re-engaging a con.  I rarely use it to outrun cons as the mossie tends to lose control surfaces at high speed which renders it's advantage useless.  Its level acceleration does suck though, i would put it on par with the p47 d11.  The p47 is sexy-ish.

DC- Thanks, i do love the mossie!:)

[DREDIOCK]

The mossie. like any plane here Is only as good as its pilot is in it.
Every plane here is a good plane if you spend enough time in it to get good at it

Thing is not a whole lot of people feel like spending enough time in other planes to get good in them.
they tend to go for the shortest learning curve.
Hence you see so many spits and La7's and not that many mossies or P40's

[moot]

Sounds like a 190A8 to me..

Except you actually keep control when airbraking, have an excellent fwd view, and it can turn, actually.

[DoKGonZo]

Huh ... I never thought of it as slow or lacking acceleration ... never really looked at the stats, though. Just always felt better than the Tiffy to me - especially fully loaded with ord. Probably just subjective.

[Karnak]

It does handle ord better.  All the twin engined fighters do, especially the P-38 and Mossie.  The extra weight has a lower percentage impact on their power to weight ratio.

[ghi]

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