Author Topic: Tour 66 “Worthless Planes” Contest, With Prize! (Read 2783 times)

StarOfAfrica2 · « **Reply #45 on:** July 22, 2005, 01:51:59 PM »

It IS an awesome plane, IMO far superior to the Spit MkI. However, I have either have some really bad luck choosing my engagements in the Hurricane, or I had really good luck choosing them in the Spitfire. I cant seem to get ahead in the Hurricane. I'm doing even worse in the zero, and worse yet in the 202. I think I'm like 1/10 in the 202. Not that it isnt capable, it is. I just cant seem to keep anything in front of me long enough to kill it with those guns. I've seen planes in front of me so lit up with hit sprites I couldnt see the skin anymore, and they just fly away. No smoke, no parts flying off, nothing. I had to almost empty the guns the other night for my only kill. I managed finally to take the stabilizers off a pony and watched him helicopter into the ground. Ah well. Wouldnt be a contest if it wasnt difficult somewhere.

Schatzi · « **Reply #46 on:** July 22, 2005, 02:57:37 PM »

Whats your convergence Star? (I have 250 and do pretty well with it)

Shoot at conv distance and concentrate the bullets in one place. Aim for wings on Spit, Yak and LA, a6m/nik/ki/moss go for fuselage, they catch fire easily. Or take cockpit shots when you can.

Go vertical a lot, dont chase anyonf (=futile lol). Swich targets in furball. Try flying somewhere wheres not too green on map.

You could always go for my special offer 10K-package

Xjazz · « **Reply #47 on:** July 22, 2005, 04:06:30 PM »

I'm very curious about final results

WTG

eskimo2 · « **Reply #48 on:** July 22, 2005, 04:17:26 PM »

I’ve found that the rifle caliber guns are worthless beyond 200 yards. At 100 yards though, I’ve managed several kills with about a one second burst. I think my rifle caliber guns on these early birds are set to 150 yards.

Man… I gotta fly; its been two weeks.

eskimo

StarOfAfrica2 · « **Reply #49 on:** July 22, 2005, 05:19:47 PM »

I set all my convergence at 200. I found I would sometimes shoot at 400, if the target was stable enough, but for twisty turny fights I wasnt hitting much that was further away than 200 anyway. The only time I'd really want to shoot longer distances is when I'm buff hunting, and I usually take a FW or a Tiffie for that, so I leave the convergence on them out to 600.

eskimo2 · « **Reply #50 on:** July 22, 2005, 05:30:25 PM »

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Originally posted by StarOfAfrica2
I set all my convergence at 200. I found I would sometimes shoot at 400, if the target was stable enough, but for twisty turny fights I wasnt hitting much that was further away than 200 anyway. .

In what planes?

StarOfAfrica2 · « **Reply #51 on:** July 25, 2005, 03:59:41 AM »

In pretty much everything.

StarOfAfrica2 · « **Reply #52 on:** July 25, 2005, 04:04:16 AM »

Still have to finish of the C.202 (ugh) and the Hurri MkI. 1 more each in the P-40 and the Spit.

A6M2 15/15
Bf 109E-4 10/11
C.202 1/5
Hurri MkI 4/8
P-40B 9/10
Spit MkI 9/3

Siaf__csf · « **Reply #53 on:** July 25, 2005, 04:54:26 AM »

Heh a week ago I landed a 5-kill sortie on P40B. Last kill was manouver killing RuAml in his LA7 while limping home without a flap and a gun. P40B goes totally out of balance when a flap gets blown off, needs a lot of stick compensation to fly straight after that.

Dunno how I landed that one but it sure was challenging and fun.

eskimo2 · « **Reply #54 on:** July 25, 2005, 06:38:10 AM »

Me so far:

A6M2 15/7
C.202 9/0
Hurri MkI 5/1
Spit MkI 5/4
P-40B 3/3
Bf 109E-4 3/3

Total 40/18
25 kills to go…

eskimo

eskimo2 · « **Reply #55 on:** July 25, 2005, 07:01:20 AM »

SirLoin is still the man to beat. Here are his current stats:

109e 11k 0d
c202 20k 3d
p40b 14k 2d
spit1 10k 6d
Hurri1 13k 11d
a6m2 19k 17 d

Total 87/39
k/d = 2.23 x 87 kills = score of 194

Note that he has landed 21 kills with only 2 deaths since he posted his score.

Schutt · « **Reply #56 on:** July 25, 2005, 04:13:56 PM »

Ok, i made the kills.

I want to run for the last place, worst contender, red latern whatever. Tryed to use my best skills in getting vulched, augering next to enemys, collecting assist, putting holes in the air and target fixating tail baiting.

A6m2 10/16
109E4 10/14
C202 11/24
Hurricane mk 1 10/8
P40B 10/17
Spitfire mk1 12/14

Total of 63/103

0.612 x 63 = 38.556

Score of 38.556

eskimo2 · « **Reply #57 on:** July 25, 2005, 05:41:48 PM »

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Originally posted by Schutt
Ok, i made the kills.

I want to run for the last place, worst contender, red latern whatever. Tryed to use my best skills in getting vulched, augering next to enemys, collecting assist, putting holes in the air and target fixating tail baiting.

A6m2 10/16
109E4 10/14
C202 11/24
Hurricane mk 1 10/8
P40B 10/17
Spitfire mk1 12/14

Total of 63/103

0.612 x 63 = 38.556

Score of 38.556

That’s really a very respectable K/D and score when you keep in mind how crappy these planes are. Their area wide K/Ds are typically in the 0.2 to less than 0.5 . You may end up with the lowest score in this contest, but the majority of AHers could not do nearly as well.

eskimo

OOZ662 · « **Reply #58 on:** July 25, 2005, 06:01:41 PM »

I have 10 fighter kills this tour...total. Well then...

StarOfAfrica2 · « **Reply #59 on:** July 25, 2005, 06:49:35 PM »

Get out of the AA guns and start flying. You might get more.