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Offline B@tfinkV

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« Reply #45 on: November 29, 2007, 07:47:12 AM »
[hijack]hey snap, im going to DA for a bit if youre up for some 109e :)
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« Reply #46 on: November 29, 2007, 07:53:51 AM »
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with the guns in the nose... why 250-275?


well the standard gun have the trajectory of a blowgun !
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Offline Yeager

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« Reply #47 on: November 29, 2007, 08:41:49 AM »
I would like to use the LAs more but I cant stand the butt ugly cockpits.

Sure wish HTC could find the time to update more of the 90s era looking cockpit art.  I know, they are bz working on tour of duty or whatever its called.
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« Reply #48 on: November 29, 2007, 09:55:39 AM »
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[hijack]hey snap, im going to DA for a bit if youre up for some 109e :)


Would love to but is workday for me, also have a showing for house....

If your on for the snapshot maybe we can hook up after...
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Offline SteveBailey

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« Reply #49 on: November 29, 2007, 10:14:40 AM »
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When I have 2 kills I'm looking for a way out. If I get 3 I'm pushing hard to get back home.  



Hmmm.
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Offline hubsonfire

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« Reply #50 on: November 29, 2007, 10:30:10 AM »
Obviously, the strategy for effective flying is get 2 kills and run like a *****.
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« Reply #51 on: November 29, 2007, 10:53:34 AM »
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well the standard gun have the trajectory of a blowgun !


They have the same ballistics as the German MG 151/20 and pretty much the same damage too. 3 Russian cannons equal about 2.5 German ones in effectiveness.
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Offline DamnedRen

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« Reply #52 on: November 29, 2007, 11:06:40 AM »
Ok, watch yer gas. It disappears just about the time you decide its time to go land yer 6 kills.
Shoot everyone at 200 yds. One, one second burst will take em apart.
Use your energy to your advantage while forcing them to bleed theirs. Simple but very effective. "sides you have lotsa E.
Kill the top guy first, don't bypass any high guy for a lower, seemingly easier target.
Always fight "up".
When the guy in front of you breaks, fly to a point you will "meet" and kill him. Don't just follow on his 6.
Take a slice outa that pie and meet him at the point of his demise. When you get there don't forget to shoot him. If you miss just bleed his E a lil more and repeat.
An LA turn fight = he turns, you fight, he dies.

Wait! This almost sounds like flying a runstang again! :noid
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« Reply #53 on: November 29, 2007, 11:27:39 AM »
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They have the same ballistics as the German MG 151/20 and pretty much the same damage too. 3 Russian cannons equal about 2.5 German ones in effectiveness.


Are you sure on that?

I'm not an expert by any means but the La cannons seem to have far more drop than the German cannons.

I could certainly be wrong- I'm not good with either, but the Russian guns seem much more droppy to me.
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Offline BaldEagl

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« Reply #54 on: November 29, 2007, 01:04:39 PM »
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Are you sure on that?

I'm not an expert by any means but the La cannons seem to have far more drop than the German cannons.

I could certainly be wrong- I'm not good with either, but the Russian guns seem much more droppy to me.


I agree.  The ballistics on the German 20mm's seem better than the Russian 20mm's.  In fact, I have an easier time hitting with the German 30mm's than the Russian 20s although it may have as much to do with rate of fire than with actual ballistics.
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« Reply #55 on: November 29, 2007, 02:31:03 PM »
Ki-84 > La7

much more satisfying to kill something with a much lower ENY
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« Reply #56 on: November 29, 2007, 10:18:49 PM »
Strangely enough i've out turned La-7's in P-38's and killed them. The 38 was actually out knife fighting the la's in that instance. Now they might have been bad pilots, probably were. The last i remember was Waffle although i don't know if Waffle is an La-7 afficianado.

It just suprised  me the 38 was able to hang in a knife fight with an La-7 even with a bad pilot. A number of the kills were augers when they spun out in a flat turning fight on the deck. That says to me that some of them were noobs.
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« Reply #57 on: November 30, 2007, 12:13:29 AM »
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Wait! This almost sounds like flying a runstang again! :noid


Often, when someone rides along in my pony, they comment that planes tend to fly right in front of me, as if begging to be shot. I explain to them that all the ACM in the world is nice, but not that necessary if you simply point your nose at where the enemy is going to be... .then pull the trigger to cause the bullets to meet him there. This may oversimplify things a tad but it's really all one needs to do to shoot down bad guys.

The one weakness that many, many players of this game have is that they repeat their evasives. I may miss the first time.. the second time I'll be ahead of them.  :aok
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Offline Karnak

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« Reply #58 on: November 30, 2007, 02:01:49 AM »
I out turned and killed an La-7 while flying a Mossie actually.

Mind you, I was on fumes and out of 20mm ammo.  I killed him with the four .303s.

Based on how he was flying at the start and how he was flying near the end, I think the whole thing was frightfully unexpected to him.  It took quite a long time to down him.
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« Reply #59 on: November 30, 2007, 02:06:53 AM »
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I agree.  The ballistics on the German 20mm's seem better than the Russian 20mm's.  In fact, I have an easier time hitting with the German 30mm's than the Russian 20s although it may have as much to do with rate of fire than with actual ballistics.


Your right, russian 20s were more of spray and pray weapon, not sure why they didnt work on a better 20mm the entire war.
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