Author Topic: fav plane to fly and kill... (Read 1387 times)

Connery · « **Reply #30 on:** December 27, 2007, 01:46:31 PM »

Well I don't know about looking for a specific plane but if you fly any of the following - you may as well have a target on your butt:

a20
b25
p-38
Mosquito
110
Jug

These planes seem to attract the largest conga lines

Of course I am talkin about lower altitudes here. It's a different story high up

SFCHONDO · « **Reply #31 on:** December 27, 2007, 01:57:57 PM »

Well maybe, but if you really want a target on your butt (in LW arena) fly an SBD or TBM or any early year ride and watch the enemy really drool and go nuts to come after you. Will amaze you how many will disregard a threat right by them to try and score a kill on one of these planes.

Gixer · « **Reply #32 on:** December 27, 2007, 03:13:26 PM »

Any perk or top tier rides.

~~...-Gixer~~

VansCrew1 · « **Reply #33 on:** December 27, 2007, 05:41:01 PM »

Any plane that starts on my 6 and ends up with me shooting him down.It's not really the plane,it's more of the pilot.You cant blame a plane for not doing somthing,you should blame the pilot behind the yoke.

Spit's LA's nik's are all fine and dandy to shoot down but people that are flying them are even more fun to shoot.

SFCHONDO · « **Reply #34 on:** December 28, 2007, 01:24:33 AM »

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Originally posted by VansCrew1
Any plane that starts on my 6 and ends up with me shooting him down.

LOL...Yeah; like that ever happens

WWhiskey · « **Reply #35 on:** December 29, 2007, 09:32:37 PM »

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Originally posted by SFCHONDO
How do you get the Mossy is the easiest trgt. You killed 4 this tour, died by them twice, last tour you had no kills of Mossies and died by them twice? Tour 93 you killed 1 and died twice. So in 3 tours the mossie has killed you 1 more time then you have killed them. Can't see where you have fought them enough to know, plus the mossy is 1 up on ya for past 3 tours. Not picking on you, just curious how you come up with this deduction is all.

well i didnt go back to look when i first started flyin the fm-2,but i do remember i found them to be the easy to kill or at least light up and watch burn. also might have been a lot of assist's ! might have been a while further back than that! since i mainly fly mid war now i dont see many mossies, even tho they are available. without the numbers (i didnt look them up i mean)i guess you might say it was just how i felt about the mossy.
i am also not saying im that good or anything! just my opinion, maybe i dreamed it all, my wife say's i fly in my sleep now,probably shot her down in an fm-2 a few times as well!
FYI my k/d ratio aint all that, in anything so you should probably ignore my post's all together!!

WWhiskey · « **Reply #36 on:** December 29, 2007, 09:49:11 PM »

thanx SFCHONDO for making me go and look up those stats , ill learn all the kool stuff this place has to offer one of these days! i have been flying the FM-2 longer that 3 tours tho, still it was enteresting to see the actual numbers!

LilMak · « **Reply #37 on:** December 29, 2007, 11:28:49 PM »

I'll target the plane that represents the biggest threat to me. This is usually the highest con in a furball. But, altitude being equal, I still target the plane that I assume is the most dangerous. I base my assumptions, not on the aircraft itself, but on the type of pilot I typically find flying these planes.

If I ran into the following four planes, I would attack in this order...

YAK - I find that the people who fly these planes are generally above average sticks who got tired of the typical "dweeb" planes.

P-38 - This guy is either the best pilot in this group or the worst. I can tell he's good if he starts to engage. Otherwise, he's just flying a light bomber.

Spit - Skills run the full spectrum here. But, because this plane is the easiest to learn, most of the pilots who fly them aren't much of a challenge.

LA-7 - I encounter the worst pilots in these planes. They're used as a crutch plane and most pilots can't do anything but HO/run. I would say 1 in 20 might have an ounce of skill.

All that being said. Certain planes consistantly give me fits...

KI-84s - When I see one, I'm instantly fearfull.

Temps - The dern things are so fast that I usully don't see them diving on me till it's too late.

109-F - By the time I learn that it's not the K4, he's glued to my six peppering the crap out of me.

Just my 2 pennies.

OSU · « **Reply #38 on:** December 30, 2007, 11:36:20 PM »

I like to shoot down Spitfires, because I fly the Spit 16 myself. I also like to slaughter any P-47 stupid enough to get into a turning fight with me.

sgt203 · « **Reply #39 on:** December 31, 2007, 08:05:21 AM »

Been trying out the P40E alot this tour. When in the 40 I love to look for any LW plane to kill.

However, I do try and steer away from the Zero's and F4F's unless I have a distinct E advantage as I have very hard time getting into a low and slow turn fight with those planes.

Fun thread to read JD..

splitatom · « **Reply #40 on:** December 31, 2007, 08:25:26 AM »

lala spits zeeks/zeros
in my yak i look for planes that are very fragile i also look for people that are doing stupid things aka they are new i only do that in my yak because of the limited ammo suplie

Overlag · « **Reply #41 on:** December 31, 2007, 02:28:56 PM »

190a5 i love finding spits and p51s and killing them
190a8/ta152 finding bombers... but i do love a good dogfight in a ta152... can supprise most people with it. Meet a good pilot though, and im stuffed in a the ta152 cos it aint a TnB'er lol

but to be honest, anything red is a target. I hate fighting Spit 16s though., sure most of them are new, but even then they aint easy kills for someone in a 190a5/a8/ta152 or 109g6.

captkaos · « **Reply #42 on:** December 31, 2007, 02:32:30 PM »

When I up in a fighter, it is almost always a C.205, and I love to hunt all those people in their uber planes. LaLa's, P-51's, Nikis, etc. But if you want a specific target, I love to go bomber hunting.