Author Topic: Mosquito Buffs! Your help needed! (Read 2291 times)

Reynolds · « **Reply #15 on:** December 27, 2006, 06:34:13 PM »

I just discovered, through practice, the Mossies rockets are easier for me to aim than any other rockets...

Krusty · « **Reply #16 on:** December 27, 2006, 07:49:17 PM »

As to it being a useful bomber interceptor:

Nah. Tried that a long time back. It's a pilot wound creating machine. Almost impossible to get much done and survive against bombers.

Also it's got 4 hizzos with lots of ammo, but they fire VERY fast, so you spend more time controlling your bursts to save ammo than you would in (say, for example) a 190a8. I've used half my 20mm in one with a single attack run on a single bomber. P.S. I didn't even kill said bomber! Right after my pass (still doing 400+MPH) I got a pilot wound and never made it home. It's a terrible bomber hunter because of all its weaknesses. If you don't get a PW you'll surely get a trailing fireball coming out of your fuselage.

Reynolds · « **Reply #17 on:** December 27, 2006, 07:57:14 PM »

I am using it for fast attack on fields. That seems to work, only the auto ack is a *****.

Krusty · « **Reply #18 on:** December 27, 2006, 08:01:15 PM »

Indeed. If you want to survive in the ack it means you need lots of wingmen. That splits the ack up. However SOME poor sod gets the shaft, as 90% of the ack will invariably target the same plane (Murphy made a law about this, I'm sure). That means 1 less target. Then 1 less. Then 1 less. Then it's just you, and chances are you'll get shot to crap before taking down all the ack at a field.

On the plus side, you've got 2 engines. On the negative side, you take PWs very easily and catch on fire even more easily. I'd suggest 110Gs for deacking. They seem to survive way more damage.

Reynolds · « **Reply #19 on:** December 27, 2006, 08:41:29 PM »

Actually, I fly at about 3k AGL, then just as the field comes into view, I hug the deck, fire off my rockets, hugging the ground so tight the ammo bunkers' roofs are above me, keep my head down and shoot out the other end until im out of range of ack, then do it again. It seems to work! The ack can barely touch me at those speeds ad altitude. You have a point about PW though. Its like a magnet! But I like the mossie more than the 110.

MOSQ · « **Reply #20 on:** December 28, 2006, 12:32:17 AM »

I loved the Mosquito in AW. I thought I would love it here, hence my handle.

Not so. It sucks up pilot wounds like a Kirby vacuum after Tim the Toolman has modified it.

The wings light up like 6 month old Christmas tree in a fireplace.

And the CG problem is pathetic.

Still I fly it every now and then. Can't remember the last time I landed one without blacking out though.

I have this hanging right above my monitor, autographed by five RCAF Mossie crewmen.

bozon · « **Reply #21 on:** December 28, 2006, 12:38:02 AM »

If not for the vulnerability, it would have been a great plane for de-acking. With the nose mounted cannons, all you need to do is align the gun sight with the target then fire a short burst while pulling a little up to point slightly beyond the target. The hits on the ground will form a line over the ack gun and kill it.

Since there is no convergence issue, it can be done from a great range, just as the acks start shooting. Don't wait to see the gun destroyed! you can start aiming at a second gun before the shells hit the 1st one, or get quickly out of their range.

What spoils it is the "fish tailing" tendency of the mosquito. The left-right pendulum swing spoils the aim.

Some of the "coolness factor":

Krusty · « **Reply #22 on:** December 28, 2006, 12:56:41 AM »

This "coolness factor" you speak of... I'm not seeing it...

bozon · « **Reply #23 on:** December 28, 2006, 01:24:56 AM »

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Originally posted by Krusty
This "coolness factor" you speak of... I'm not seeing it...

Its the blond girl standing next to the hangar in the picture. Motion blur makes it hard to notice.

Kev367th · « **Reply #24 on:** December 28, 2006, 02:14:52 PM »

2 fixes for it -

1) Get the C of G in right place.
2) Remove the flame dampers. Our version (batch 2 onwards, batch 1 never had rocket options) were never delivered with the flame dampers fitted. As they were only used for night stuff and we haven't got any night, ditch them. Gives up to a 10-15mph increase in speed.

The low level raids they are famous for were usually carried out by a combination of FB VI and B IV.

Krusty · « **Reply #25 on:** December 28, 2006, 02:18:04 PM »

Bozon: Is she scantily clad?

Kev: What's with that CoG? If they could have, they would have fixed it by now. Either they CAN'T fix it (bug) or they have info that shows this is how it should be and they WON'T fix it. I don't recall the specifics in BBS threads of yore, but maybe you do.

OOZ662 · « **Reply #26 on:** December 28, 2006, 02:30:42 PM »

IIRC, I've seen them claim it's wrong. However, I seem to be making up a lot of "They said ____" these days. Sorry about that.

rogerdee · « **Reply #27 on:** December 28, 2006, 02:42:17 PM »

the mossie we got now doesnt handel like it should.if it was such a dog in real it wouldnt have been flown like it was by the guys that flew it.

ig HTC ever get it right with the COG so the bugger dont flop around or flat spin like it does then it will become the monseter it should be.

And they didnt burn to 1 ping like they do i this game

Krusty · « **Reply #28 on:** December 28, 2006, 02:49:38 PM »

It was never a "monster"... It was a multirole plane with good qualities, but it was never one to dogfight 109s and 190s and come out on top like the spitfires and p51s and hurricanes did. It could defend itself, and it was a formidable firing platform, but hell it was no P-38.

I agree that maybe something is wrong with the CoG. But for the most part I don't think that changing it will make it any more of a killer than the 110G is right now.

Karnak · « **Reply #29 on:** December 28, 2006, 04:03:02 PM »

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Originally posted by Krusty
Kev: What's with that CoG? If they could have, they would have fixed it by now. Either they CAN'T fix it (bug) or they have info that shows this is how it should be and they WON'T fix it. I don't recall the specifics in BBS threads of yore, but maybe you do.

Pyro told me in a phone conversation that the CoG on the Mossie is off and is a known bug that will be fixed when the Mossie is redone to AH2 standards.