Author Topic: FiX THE MOSSIE! (Read 3994 times)

thndregg · « **Reply #90 on:** January 15, 2006, 09:22:04 AM »

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Originally posted by thrila
I love the mossie, i really wish i had the net back at my flat so i could fly one in AH.

I was watching old AH films this morning, in one of them i'm tangling with a spit and dadrabit is on vox saying "somebody go down and help thrila down there, he's in a mossie....oh nevermind, he got him". It made me smile.

Trust me when I say Thrila is DAMN GOOD with that plane.

HIYA THRILA!!!!!!!!

Scherf · « **Reply #91 on:** January 15, 2006, 09:44:03 PM »

Thrila's gunnery gives him the equivalent of "giant frikkin' lasers" on his mossie.

~~, ya bastard!~~

Furball · « **Reply #92 on:** January 16, 2006, 01:06:57 PM »

frilla = teh suck.

Geary420 · « **Reply #93 on:** January 16, 2006, 02:06:45 PM »

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Originally posted by Ghosth
To get out of 110 flat spin.

Drop gear, flaps if you have time. Use either aileron trim or a hard rudder kick combined with nose down to foce the nose into the spin, then down.

Once the nose is down, gain speed, pull gear/flaps up, pull nose up GENTLY

Tested this extensively one night before a squad ops where we were flying 110s.
My squadmate prefered to use trim, for me it was easier/faster to use a strong rudder kick.

Either way you had to get gear down first, then push nose over & down.

After that it was very recoverable. Its possible to do this in as little as 2500 feet.
Although 3k is easier, less scary.

Forget that, if you find yourself in a flatspin in a 110 kill the engines and push forward on the stick, as soon as the nose drops fire em back up and firewall the throttle. EZ as pie and works like a charm, I fly the 110 quite a bit and this has saved me many times, in some situations with very little alt.

Martyn · « **Reply #94 on:** January 20, 2006, 07:48:01 AM »

If the Mossie was 'more successful' than the 110 - how come we only get the one version of the mossie in AH?

thrila · « **Reply #95 on:** January 20, 2006, 09:32:47 AM »

Thanks guys! I'll be back in June hopefully.

fruby is teh p00py!

justin_g · « **Reply #96 on:** January 20, 2006, 09:35:56 AM »

The other viable marques are either dedicated nightfighters or high-alt uber-bombers(400mph+ @ 30k & 4000lb "cookie" bombload:D)

Martyn · « **Reply #97 on:** January 20, 2006, 09:41:42 AM »

The mossie is an 'uber bomber' - cool.
OK - so it should be easier to add them then, even if they're perked.

...wait a minute, if they're bombers would we get 2 drones too?

Thought - bouncing bombs for taking out FHs/Towns from very low altitudes, very fast?

Kev367th · « **Reply #98 on:** January 20, 2006, 10:35:07 AM »

The smaller verison of the bouncing bomb (Hi-Ball) for the mossie I don't think was ever used.

Martyn · « **Reply #99 on:** January 20, 2006, 11:09:19 AM »

You seem to be right. I was thinking of 'Highball'.

Scherf · « **Reply #100 on:** January 20, 2006, 03:13:10 PM »

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Originally posted by Kev367th
The smaller verison of the bouncing bomb (Hi-Ball) for the mossie I don't think was ever used.

It wasn't used, much to the frustration of the 618 Sqn. pilots. At one point a sortie to attack Tirpitz in Norway was all ready to go, then scrubbed at the last minute. Originally, the idea was to attack Tirpitz at the same time as the dams, so as to maximize surprise.

"A Most Secret Squadron" has some really good information on this. There's also some bouncing bomb video links over on the IL-2 board. One is quite spectacular, as the test weapon veers off course to port - towards the camera!