Flying the Tempest

[Flyboy]

isnt the p51 faster then the tempest at high alt?

i thought the temp was mainly a low level fighter\attacker

[Schutt]

Tempest is good at 7k and 17k, above it looses its edge.

[mechanic]

i agree with widewing, F4U-4 is the all round best performing fighter in AH.

i flew one for the first sortie in AH2 a month ago and owned, and i mean OWNED niks, lalas, 109s and FWs.

F4U-4 really is a classy beast, and SOOOOOO sexy to look at.

on the flip side i dont fancy the temp one bit.

my k/d in one i probably negative.

but ive never enjoyed smart BnZ flying, much more of a nife fighting suicide nutball really

[Monster0]

Below 7k the la7 will accelerate faster then a temp.

[MOSQ]

Originally posted by Monster0
Below 7k the la7 will accelerate faster then a temp.

The Tempest beats the LA-7 in every acceleration category, not by much, but it does.

[Manedew]

Posted a Tempest film ... might show you some idea's about how to move it around.... not the best example maybe ... i'll try to post one of temp vs high spit later.......


http://www.hitechcreations.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=140315&referrerid=2549

[Edbert1]

The Temp is an awesome steed, probably/debatably the best prop of the game. I blew almost 2,000 perkies one tour flying it like a Spit9 though. I could almost see the suprised faces of my oponents as I chopped throttle and yanked and banked with them, they were surely expecting me to run.  At speed it turns pretty well, but if you get too slow the thick wings that all the Hawker's have will haunt you. I cannot explain why they don't seem to hurt the Hurri's ability to turn though.

[MnkyMeat]

Howdy,

 Yah the Tempest is a sweet ride....   I love it... especialy beacause I fly the Typhoon almost exclusively.

  The Best way to fly the temp is to make sure that you always survive.,,, and keep your hard earned Perks.  That can be a tough thing to do. Since Right off the back once your within 5.5k of the enemy they can see your icon.  90% that do will automaticaly attack you first,,, cuz they greedy and suffer from chronic
 KPS (Kill Perk-plane Syndrome).  This is mostly a disadvantage but you can make this work for you.  All the dweebs will go for the HO on every pass.  So avoid a Ho situation.

   Anyway, the best way to survive is to stay high and fast. Also will give you the most kills without lossing your perks.  Even though temp is more of a Mid alt fighter (interceptor)  
Altitude =energy =speed!  
(I like to start high and dog fight against hi cons first and work my way down)
   The Hispanos are very powerfull, but most effective at short range.   Set convergence to within 400yards  I like to fire between 375 and 200yards.  (on a good day w/lil lag a short burst will do it)
Firing at longer ranges is effective at making the target break and lose E or to damage his control surfaces.  (shoot the flaps off of a pony or a F4U and it becomes sooo much easier.  sice you can only drop flaps under 155knots and for this big bird thats really slow)

   Turn fighting in temp can be done.  Its not easy and its nothing like a spitfire!!!  

Weights: Tempest empty 9,100lb / 13,500lb loaded.
           Hurricane2C  "       5,640lb / 8,250lb     "
               Spitfire9     "       5,610lb / 9,500lb     "
thats close to twice its weight,, not hard to figure out why its not a spit... . .   But it picks up speed in a dive like no other

   Now For turn fighting,,,,, Well Im no instructor on ECM, im not "down" with all the terms and proper names for manouvers etc.
But I can give ya 1 simple tip (for Now) Dont try chasing the target around with your gun sight,,, let him come to your sights  
and BlaaammO!   (they typhoon and Tempest are both steady gun platforms with practice percision aim can be aquired.  I haven't been doing my homework lately)

   Choping throtle will be neccasary to stay behind fighters especialy more manuverable ones... once your that slow your probably at 100% flaps  and hand on throtle all the time.
Don't jerk the stick back hard.. (ever) or you'll spin out, and that would be bad when low and slow.
Don't forget you are most likely heavier and larger than your enemy,,, so prolonged dogfights with a nimbel ememy might only be sustained for a 3 or 4 turns/reverses (depending on alt) before you have to break to extend to regain your E,,,  having some alt here Helps!

anyways,   I'm rambling, , ,  Here ya go ..
A slow speed fight with and F4U at low alt.
TEMPESTvsF4U ziped AH film
(wasn't easy trying to keep her from rolling over at 135mph)

---Oh and Don't get me started about LA7's!!!

Monkeymeat

I like the typhoon and tempest ,,, cuz they look so damn cool!
Its a Bad bellybutton looking Bird!

[MnkyMeat]

hey Bustr



check out this post in the films forum...

Tempest Duel

MonkeyMeat

[slimm50]

I die equally well in most all rides. I do tend to live longer in the P51D, though. I guess it's what you learn to fly best that matters most.