Author Topic: Has the LA7 regained it's throne... (Read 6105 times)

DaddyAck · « **Reply #120 on:** January 17, 2008, 03:52:06 AM »

My friend you missed the other part of my quote that said "...and stay higher than them..." The La7 while a good plane historically at low to mid altitude as well as in AHII and IL2 was never good at great altitude. If one manages to remain and dictate that the fight occur high and the La7 pilot obliges, then it is my opinion that the La does not have the upper hand. But I digress as pilot skill is also a big factor.

FALCONWING · « **Reply #121 on:** January 17, 2008, 07:02:27 AM »

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Originally posted by TheDudeDVant
La7 will beat any spit..

La7 will catch a co-alt/E diving p51

La7s 5min full throttle center tank can last over 12mins possibly closer to 15 and still make 300 on the deck..

La7 is the best turn and burn plane in the set..

If the La7 does not seem this way to you and you fly it often, you're not flying it right.

Once again I ask you for the data on this...it appears to me that guys who never fly the La-7 seem to have the most opinions about what it can or cant do...

and anytime you want to duel (for fun) spit8 vs La-7...Ill take the spit...you or anyone else here can show me how a much better turner it is...

if your beating spits consistently in a la-7 then you are fighting poor quality spit pilots...

once again if someone (lushce maybe?) could direct me to where the airplane stats are...it would end this debate nicely...I am prepared to discover I am wrong....

jaxxo · « **Reply #122 on:** January 17, 2008, 08:02:06 AM »

so generally the idea is that the la7 helps "lesser" pilots by evening the playing field against "ubervet" sticks and thus should be done away with or perked so people can safely vulch/gang/pick without fear of getting caught or fear of an even fight for that matter.....id just as well perk the dora who never engages except to cherrypick and A:WAYS runs away after a blown attempt.

bongaroo · « **Reply #123 on:** January 17, 2008, 08:34:46 AM »

i wouldn't care one bit if people didn't just stick stir and run to the deck after they miss their first or second HO attempt. what a boring way to fly!

Joker2 tried it with some added stick stir after i reversed him in my ki84. too bad for him that he stirred or he might have gotten away

what a boring waste of our time.

The moral of this thread should be: LA-7s - usually they just run and thats boring.

wipass · « **Reply #124 on:** January 17, 2008, 09:33:37 AM »

The LA7 is great for base defence and is superb at chasing vulchers and pickers back to their own fields.

These 2 reasons should ensure that it stays unperked.

Perk the LA7 and then the clamour will be to perk the 109K and the 190D.

Above 5k the 109K and the 190D are both faster and above 7.4K the P51 is also.

wipass

Ghastly · « **Reply #125 on:** January 17, 2008, 10:46:53 AM »

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Originally posted by wipass

Perk the LA7 and then the clamour will be to perk the 109K and the 190D.

Actually, I think the clamor would probably be for HTC to perk the Spit 16, Niki and probably even the P51D first ....

Personally, I think the perk planes are "just about right". A player can play the game for a veeeery long time without ever jumping into a perk plane and not miss very much at all.

This is a good thing, in my estimation. As you perk more of the higher performance aircraft, you simply decrease the variety of aircraft flown as those who can't "afford" the perk planes migrates to whatever seems "best" out of what's left. And if you perk too much, you risk setting up a situation similar to the nonsense that drove many from WWIIOL. The n00b pile-it has to not only take on a whole arena full of veteran pilots - some of whom can measure their experience in decades -, and he has to do so while limited to flying only the mediocre equipment. Meanwhile, the veteran pilots can (and will) often be flying the very best.

Anaxogoras · « **Reply #126 on:** January 17, 2008, 11:55:15 AM »

Oh! Oh! Perk the Spit XVI? Is this where I can insert another good yet unpopular idea?

Perking an aircraft should be only determined by how often the aircraft is used. My guess is that even if the Spit XIV were unperked, it would still be flown less than the XVI.

gatt · « **Reply #127 on:** January 17, 2008, 12:07:22 PM »

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Originally posted by SuBWaYCH
Uncalled For!!!!

10 Yard penalty for the count I didn't deserve that!!!

All I was saying is that they do teach to use ACM.

Are you joking? Do you call those full-flaps, on the deck, low speed maneuvers .... ACM?

There are just a few AH2 pilots able to use Ponies and Jugs the way they should. And they are deadly. The rest are furballers exploiting the FM for UFO maneuvers

dedalos · « **Reply #128 on:** January 17, 2008, 12:40:32 PM »

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Originally posted by crockett
most of the fighting takes place at much lower alts than in real life, which is why the LA7 is kind of a "uber plane" and is disliked by so many.

Pretend it was made in the US. Looking good now doesn't it?

Stang · « **Reply #129 on:** January 17, 2008, 12:45:56 PM »

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Originally posted by gatt

There are just a few AH2 pilots able to use Ponies and Jugs the way they should. And they are deadly. The rest are furballers exploiting the FM for UFO maneuvers

VonMessa · « **Reply #130 on:** January 17, 2008, 02:06:30 PM »

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Originally posted by Lusche
But how often you see it? Depending on map layout, the sight of enemy La-7's over my own base is a quite rare one.

Probably because they found out is was YOUR base.

SlapShot · « **Reply #131 on:** January 17, 2008, 02:08:48 PM »

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Originally posted by gatt
Are you joking? Do you call those full-flaps, on the deck, low speed maneuvers .... ACM?

There are just a few AH2 pilots able to use Ponies and Jugs the way they should. And they are deadly. The rest are furballers exploiting the FM for UFO maneuvers

Dead Man Flying · « **Reply #132 on:** January 17, 2008, 02:21:50 PM »

dedalos · « **Reply #133 on:** January 17, 2008, 02:31:57 PM »

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Originally posted by Dead Man Flying

This forum is for current players only. Go away please

Dead Man Flying · « **Reply #134 on:** January 17, 2008, 02:39:22 PM »

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Originally posted by dedalos
This forum is for current players only. Go away please