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Offline DweebFire

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« on: September 11, 2007, 06:33:15 PM »
Another one just for fun.

Which aircraft do YOU find most dangerous:
- during a random dogfight
- during a duel
- during no particular time
- during a cap at an adjacent field
- or the ever so popular 'not the plane but the pilot?'

Are they ackstars? Spits? Lalas? Hogs? Name 'em!

I personally find the guy who's flying the same aircraft as me the most difficult to fight, that is, if he's of equal or superior skill.

Offline whiteman

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« Reply #1 on: September 11, 2007, 06:45:23 PM »
Hog or Niki or anyone higher than me

Offline Vulcan

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« Reply #2 on: September 11, 2007, 06:49:00 PM »
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- or the ever so popular 'not the plane but the pilot?'
 


Good example, fight hthide in his P-40.

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« Reply #3 on: September 11, 2007, 06:50:33 PM »
I fear no plane as a single foe, I live for the 1 vs1, win or loose.  In groups I'd have to say spits, and LAs. Could be because thats when you see them most times.... as groups

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« Reply #4 on: September 11, 2007, 07:04:57 PM »
I personally hate 109s and f4us as they are a handful to fight vs a 38.
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« Reply #5 on: September 11, 2007, 07:15:35 PM »
I'm starting to find Spitfires trouble for my F4U-1A again... especially the rarely good Mk.IX pilots.

Seems like I'm getting real rusty, but being a freeloader, I'm going to have to wait for my paycheck and see if I can budget in the MA heheh.
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« Reply #6 on: September 11, 2007, 08:04:15 PM »
i fear nothing 1 on 1, but in a furball id have to say a high hurri2c
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« Reply #7 on: September 11, 2007, 08:06:40 PM »
I fear spits - a great leveler, and in the hands of someone who knows what they're doing ... ouch.

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« Reply #8 on: September 11, 2007, 08:10:14 PM »
You should fear me in a Tempest with alt....  Not exactly fair, but you did imply some lopsided affair.

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« Reply #9 on: September 11, 2007, 08:12:07 PM »
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You should fear me in a Tempest with alt....  Not exactly fair, but you did imply some lopsided affair.



i dont and never will:cool:
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« Reply #10 on: September 11, 2007, 08:30:00 PM »
From a bomber sticks view? The 262 in the hands of someone who knows what hes doing is murder. Even worse is the 163. Luckily tho you will only meet up with them attacking certain types of targets, usually next to airfields of high elevation.

                          An airplane like the P-38, the 110, and a Jabo like the Mossie are very dangerous if in the hands of a skilled stick. The 38s and Mossies Ive run into have always been flown by guys who understand how to take out bombers. If they get energy on you and come at you at bad angles they are murder. "Most" of the ones who fly 110s, I think, dont understand the aircraft. They just like seeing piles of guns on things.

                      The Mossies can soak up a ton of lead, as can the P-47s. The 109s can be a problem. I try not to let anything with cannon to get within 600 yrds. If they come up my 6 I will start shooting a cannon equipped fighter at 1000. Most of all if in B-26s cause the rear guns have 1,600 rnds, and, the mission in them is probably fairly short to begin with.

                  So I'd proabably rate the 109s with the 38s and 110s. The F4s with the P-51s and 47s and Spits.
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« Reply #11 on: September 11, 2007, 08:30:10 PM »
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Originally posted by DweebFire
Another one just for fun.

Which aircraft do YOU find most dangerous:
- during a random dogfight
- during a duel
- during no particular time
- during a cap at an adjacent field
- or the ever so popular 'not the plane but the pilot?'

Are they ackstars? Spits? Lalas? Hogs? Name 'em!

I personally find the guy who's flying the same aircraft as me the most difficult to fight, that is, if he's of equal or superior skill.


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« Reply #12 on: September 11, 2007, 08:52:49 PM »
Any Fast Plane / Turn-Burn Plane combo.

The fast plane keeps me from resetting the fight in case I lose position (can't extend), the turn-burn plane keeps me tied up and a sucker for the pick.

If we are talking about a single plane, none of them.  I fear pilots not planes.  A horrible La7 Pilot is much less a threat than an Ace in a P40.
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« Reply #13 on: September 11, 2007, 09:02:07 PM »
Oh don't I love being in that situation. It's all the more fun when it's extreme.

Oh, say, a P-51 and a Zeke. It's just worse when you're in a Spitfire.
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« Reply #14 on: September 11, 2007, 09:11:19 PM »
Spitfire mkV for all catagories especialy if flown by WarKat.
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