Originally posted by p40love
Ok well the p-40E has been my plane for the 3 months ive played AH i just got in it and learned its every bit and bob from top to bottom and now when im in a p-40E im a force to be reckoned with. I play on latewar MA servers and land 7-8 kills in 1 hour of play easily. Tips from me would be dont join a huge furball cos you'll die. Look around at airfields to find a group of enemys in 2's or 3's and go for them. Save your WEP until you get in the fight. USE YOUR FLAPS!!!!!. Dont be scared of other planes except another p-40. And just practice. Well i have been playing AH for 3 months now subscribed and all, but since i've started the only plane i used was the p-40E. Now i still fly the p-40E and i land p-51's, spits, la-7's and all sorts that have many advantages. The reason im saying this is that if you pick a plane that has many disadvantages in the beginging you learn to control harder planes and adapt, but when you grab a pony or spit you go to a plane with more advantages which teachs you nothing in my opinion. I feel that there are no dweeb planes only dweeb pilots. My example of this is a pilot who flys a plane that is too good for him, A pilot who butts into your 1on1's when you and another enemy are having a duel or something and he comes flying in even though you dont need help and shoots the enemy, that pisses me off the most of all. so really if your new to AH grab a zero or a p-40 or a 47 and train to its learning curve so when you do fight a better plane than yours you'll have jst as much of a advantage as he does.
ok...first off, i shouldn't even be typing this as i havre sooo many errands and no time......but your post reeks of blatent stupidity.
you are right, that in the right hands the P40 is force to be reckoned with(1Duke1 comes to mind)
what you're VERY wrong about though is that you cannot learn anything by flying planes such as the spit zeke, or hurri, because in fact you CAN. in fact, you CAN learn 'SOMETHING from virtually ANY plane that you choose to fly and fight in. when i first subscribed, i immediatly jumped into the pony. big mistake.....i died a lot.....normally before i could even fire a single round. i next went to the p38....another mistake...sorta,,,,,,i got fairly good in it..as long as i was bomber hunting, or picking the cherry pickers.....but once again, in a 1-1 or a 1-2, co alt, i died generally before i could fire a round. i tried to stay outa the spits(used to hate them from the old AW3 days), but finally decided to try one. my first though......HOT DAMMM!!!!! i got a kill!!!!! so for awhile now, i've been switching off between the spit 5, 9, or 16, the hurri2c, and the zekes......these all havre an "easy button in them" BUT........guess what???? i LEARNED something in these rides. actually quite a bit. i LEARNED to put manuevers taught to me into practice, as now i could survive long enough to actually fight. i LEARNED to use my rudders more. i LEARNED some e management, as with the exception of the spits, all of these rides are kinda slow. i LEARNED to dodge the HO when i se a hurri comin at me. do ya get the point here?? in the 38, hungint buffs, i LEARNED to take quick off angle shots so the 12 50 cals didn't rip me apart. in the 38 pickin the cherry pickers, i LEARNED to judge when he was about to stall, and how to sometimes stay out of his views as i shot him. in the slow rides i LEARNED to take quick snapshots. in all of these rides i LEARNED situational awareness(very important if ur in a zeke in a furball......i've lit the sky more than my share of times as i shed parts into my enemy's prop:D ) if you wanna talk flap management, try a 38 or 51....or i hear even the f4u has good flaps. as far as the pilot thst buts into your fight..if it's an enemy, your opponent may have been slling for help....and if he kills you, hopeful;ly you LEARNED something from that.......like to keep looking around. if it's a friendly, and you seem him comming in, and you don't want the help, then ask him to stay out.....most will.....i generally ask on VOX, and if the guy says he's ok, i either go look for another fight, or i circle to see who wins...if the friendly loses, i dive in....if he wins.......well....better for him.
now, i'm finally moving onto more difficult rides again. i fly midwar, so i've been getting back in the pony B, F6F, and the 38J(i'll go for the G soon). and guess what(again)? i'm LEARNING that the lessons i've LEARNED in the easier planes are helping me. i actually out turned a spit the other day in my F6F..and it was my first time in that plane.... in the pony B, i managed to turn with a spit for 2 or 3 turns, during which time i did get one good burst into his underbelly and wing...... but then i had to disengage and rebuild speed........
my point is, that no matter what you choose to fly, you'll learn something.....if you don't then you're doing something wrong.......
to all you new guys..........don't let ANYONE tell you that you're in a dweeb plane.....fly what works for you as you learn. the curve is a bit steep.....and there are awsome trainers that're always willing to help. also, if you've got basic flying skills, there's many a player that'll help too........just ask nicely
and dude......i think you were busted on your ranting about landing kills..........
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