Author Topic: Mosquito is fixed!!! (Read 4396 times)

Gianlupo · « **Reply #15 on:** August 27, 2007, 01:02:26 PM »

oh, come on... I just wanted to start a bit of bantering!

Karnak · « **Reply #16 on:** August 27, 2007, 02:53:14 PM »

I'm afraid I don't get your banter today, Squiffy. Perhaps if you gave it a bit slower.

Solar10 · « **Reply #17 on:** August 27, 2007, 03:54:48 PM »

It handles much better now and can be flow much more aggressively. I have found that I have put it in a spin more times now than before because I am being more aggressive. The spin is easy to recover now but recovery is different from the old model. Kill engine, 1 notch of flaps, get nose down and that seems to do it for me.

I still have a tendency to check for a fire when I get a few pings on me, to be surprised by the lack of flames. That’s kind of nice although I do miss the BBQs. Pilot wounds appear less frequent now as well.

It may be just me but I feel it has a tendency to be harder to pull out of a dive. I have augured a few times now which was extremely rare for me in the old model.

All in all I am finding it a much more formidable plane and glad to see many more of them in the skies. Only thing is I am expecting the ENY to be dropped in it as it becomes more formidable.

A fine fighter / attack plane.

80% of the way there, now fix the dampeners and release the true beast!

Squire · « **Reply #18 on:** August 27, 2007, 05:15:45 PM »

After logging a few more MA sessions in it, im finding the PW issue to be not that bad either, perhaps there was an improvement. At the very least you can take AAA and MG damage and not be on fire so damn often.

What I like best about the Mossie is the E retention, once you get it up to speed, it will keep up to fast fighters for quite awhile, and give LAs and 51s a nasty surprise.

Scherf · « **Reply #19 on:** August 27, 2007, 09:32:23 PM »

Yeah, did somebody turn the AA accuracy level down? I managed a couple of sorties, flew fast across a couple of enemy fields. Instead of the normal shredding, there was a couple pings and that's all.

I still can't shoot though.

Xasthur · « **Reply #20 on:** August 27, 2007, 11:22:27 PM »

Only trouble is now I find myself hurling myself out of the way of 4 x hizooka HO attacks more often.

Having said that at least it's less bloody N1ks to deal with.

Gowan · « **Reply #21 on:** August 27, 2007, 11:54:11 PM »

Im just wondering, would it be possible to make it harder to for the radar to see the mossie? the real plane actually had some stealth capabilities, even though unintentional...

XD crazy thought!

f-117 vs p51-d

duhn duhn duhn!
(the 117 would probably win by turning the 51 into a windshield splat)

Gianlupo · « **Reply #22 on:** August 28, 2007, 03:30:49 AM »

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Originally posted by Karnak
I'm afraid I don't get your banter today, Squiffy. Perhaps if you gave it a bit slower.

I'm puzzled... is that because of too many hours of prolonged ecstasy flying the new Mossie, or are you simply "special"?

bozon · « **Reply #23 on:** August 28, 2007, 07:34:59 AM »

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Originally posted by Gowan
Im just wondering, would it be possible to make it harder to for the radar to see the mossie? the real plane actually had some stealth capabilities, even though unintentional...

Until I see some numbers for the radar cross-section of the mosquito relative to other fighters, I consider this a myth.

Two engines have enough metal in them to compensate for the fabric and wood, I should think. Also, not only metal reflects radar. Even birds reflect radar.

thrila · « **Reply #24 on:** August 28, 2007, 08:18:10 AM »

I wont be home until sept 16th to try out the new mossie. I can fly by mouse i guess, but i think i'll stick to flying the odd bomber sortie. I can't wait to fly the mossie, i was only getting used to flying again when i had to go.

Karnak · « **Reply #25 on:** August 28, 2007, 09:45:58 AM »

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Originally posted by Gianlupo
I'm puzzled... is that because of too many hours of prolonged ecstasy flying the new Mossie, or are you simply "special"?

I was quoting or paraphrasing this skit based on 1) your use of the word "banter" and 2) my missing it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rKYL0tW-Ek&mode=related&search=

Treize69 · « **Reply #26 on:** August 28, 2007, 10:06:42 AM »

I dunno, I've flown it twice so far (both offline though), and the second time I went into an irrecoverable flat spin from 10K. Hit the ground perfectly flat and dropping straight down. Flipped from inverted to right side up a few times, reversed the spin a few times, but couldn't get out of it.

Felt the same to me.

Squire · « **Reply #27 on:** August 28, 2007, 10:29:34 AM »

Any of the fast fighters can avoid AAA by flying fast and low, I just think the Mossie is able to do it for the same reasons: its fast. That and it wont catch fire from a few AAA pings, so you actually end up rtb'ing. Maybe with 1 engine, but at least you make it back.

As far as being a 1 vs 1 dueller, it can fight against many of the MA single seaters, but like all those fights, is dependant on pilot abilities, and advantages at the start of the fight, in speed and/or alt. I have managed to defeat enough of them to be happy with it, but its not "uber", it certainly isnt a superfighter or anything like that, if you run into a well fllown enemy fighter, your going to have your hands full.

Like any of them you fly it to its strengths.

...was also ging to mention that with a more robust damage model, its a better low-med alt buff interceptor. Any bombers 15k or below im more than happy to make a gun pass on, assuming you have some speed to make a decent attack.

Yarbles · « **Reply #28 on:** August 28, 2007, 11:17:42 AM »

But its still not as fast as it should be and that is just unfair on a great Aeroplane:(

Treize69 · « **Reply #29 on:** August 28, 2007, 11:23:55 AM »

Part of that is the exhaust baffles. The extra drag and lack of exhaus-stack thrust hampers its performance.