Best Prop Plane??????

[Karnak]

Originally posted by SgtPappy
Like Sax said, don't hop into a Corsair and assume you'll kick arse because, with all likeliness, you won't. It takes some time getting used to the flight model and then flying the aircraft correctly.

This is wrong.

The F4Us are the easiest fighters in the game to do well in.  Every time I have tried one  I am surprised again how easy it is compared to, say, a Spitfire.

[Lusche]

Originally posted by Karnak
This is wrong.

The F4Us are the easiest fighters in the game to do well in.  Every time I have tried one  I am surprised again how easy it is compared to, say, a Spitfire.

I think it has more to do with your own skill level vs the average Spit driver skill level.

F4U are far from being the easiest fighters in the game. They require a more experienced hand and a knowledge about their strenghts and weaknesses  than the "point-n-shoot" planes.
Once adapted to them, they all are very capable, but no easy rides for a beginner.

[Krusty]

I'd have to agree with Karnak on this one. Ever since the airflow recoding, the F4us have been one of the easiest planes to fly. No vices. They outrun much of the planeset, outturn almost all of it, dive with the best, have a standard (fairly good) weapons package, and are tough as iron.

It's no longer the "status" plane it used to be. Before the airflow recode flying the corsair was like flying the mossie nowadays. It took skill. You knew this and so did the folks you shot down. Now? Any yahoo can land 5 kills easy (hell, I proved that many times! )


One thing I'd like to point out: Some of you seem to be under the impression that fastest = best. Bzzzzt, wrong! He was looking for the best package deal.

For the best package deal there are too many to choose from. I'd say narrow down your tastes a bit more. Do you have a favorite nationality? A favorite weapon (50cal vs 20mm)? Do you like a plane in history, but aren't sure what is similar-but-still-competitive? Too many variables to answer, because many planes are good in many areas.

If you like the corsair, might I also suggest the F6F? Good turn, climb, dive, speed, weapons, great durability, is a CV plane, can carry bombs/rockets/DTs.

[Saxman]

Sorry, but I have to continue to disagree with Karnak and Krusty. If I run into someone in a Hog who doesn't know how to handle her it's VERY obvious. Either they don't push enough and end up flying very flat, or try to push TOO hard, bleed themselves out of E and and get picked apart, or lose control and spin out giving up a free kill (I've been flying her almost exclusively and still have her get out from under me at times).

[mensa180]

Originally posted by Masherbrum
The P-38G*

[AKDogg]

I agree with sax.  The only way a corsair will work for a beginner or even a average pilot is to BnZ with it.  If they don't know how to use the flaps in it when they get 240 or slower, they will constantly wingflop/wingdrop it and will get there butt handed to them.  Spit/la7 and a few others are very forgiving unlike the corsair.  The Corsair is a better then average- expert/ace pilot plane in order to use the full potential of all the tools that the corsair has to offer.  Spit/la7 u basically fly on rails and doesn't stall out as easily as the Hogs in a knife fight.

[Sikboy]

I think the best Prop plane in the game has to be the Yak-9T, because it's the only plane that is wrapped around the NS-37.

-Sik

[PanzerIV]

The last thnig i worry about when choosing my plane is armement unless intercepting bombers then i usually grab a 9T.

[Sikboy]

Originally posted by PanzerIV
The last thnig i worry about when choosing my plane is armement unless intercepting bombers then i usually grab a 9T.

For intercepting Bombers, I'd rather have a Tampoon.

-Sik

[Pannono]

i use 190A8 mostly for anti bomber duty
1 pass i killed 2 B24s

[AKDogg]

I killed a formation of b26's in 1 pass with my f4u-1.  Came from the high 1:00 clock postion and shot right in the cockpit.  Killed all 3 bombers instantly by pilot wound because when u killed 1 bomber, the other warp right where the lead bomber was but the bullets were still flying at him,lol.

[Sketch]

Originally posted by AKDogg
I killed a formation of b26's in 1 pass with my f4u-1.  Came from the high 1:00 clock postion and shot right in the cockpit.  Killed all 3 bombers instantly by pilot wound because when u killed 1 bomber, the other warp right where the lead bomber was but the bullets were still flying at him,lol.

Was there and it was one of the funniest things I have seen in the game to this day...

[SgtPappy]

Krusty does make a very good point in terms of choosing an aircraft based on what YOU like.

Too many a time have I seen people hop into a plane because 'their friends said so' or because they heard that 'it was the best' yet they're really not having fun. Take a moment to choose what you like, not based on the game members' opinions but YOURS and yours alone. If you like it, stick with it, and don't give up.

[FX1]

What i did back when i first started in the game was to fly the hole plane set. Start at the top with the zeke land two kills in it and move down. In some planes it was a task. If i remember correctly the p40b gave me all kinds of problems, landing two kills in that pos.

Once every 6 months i do the hole set but today landing two kills is not much of a task like it was back when i first started. The p40b is still a pos..

[Red Tail 444]

Originally posted by AKDogg
It spanks all spits at any alt If flown right.

Sure does.

As for the perk cost, if you pay attention and are smart enough to extend, or rtb when the time's right, you don't need to worry about perk cost. I have no truk landing safely and not seeing my name "in lights"