Dweeb Planes

[DaddyAck]

I believe it is the behavior of the pilot that creates the dweebery.  As stated above there are legitimate good sticks in spits and in LaLas but there are the ones whoom take them with the sole intent of flying them "dweeby" if that makes any sense.  I mean I prefer a "drag n' bag" style of play utalizing a wingman and "B n' Z".  So to some I am consitered a "picker" or "alt monkey" or some other sort of rubbish.  I think the topic of dweedery is relative to the beholder.

[Stoney74]

Most of the folks that fly the LA-7 or Spit 16 "dweeby" do so merely because they don't know any better.  And both of those planes allow you to make mistakes in spades and still come out smelling like roses.  So, for the less skilled, they're the perfect aircraft to compensate for poor skills.

Some of us get devoted to this game to the point of having some sort of treatable psychiatric condition.  We strive to learn a certain aircraft for some sort of nostalgic reason.  Others don't have or make the time to learn as others do.  They play casually, and these two planes are perfect for their style of play.  Doesn't make 'em "dweeb" rides or "dweeb" pilots.  
Just makes 'em "different" than us purist type players.

It took me a long time to get over that, but eventually I did.  So will you if you play long enough.

[Squire]

It was the chicken before the egg.

[DaddyAck]

I wonder exactly how many threads of this sort have spawned over the years? Seens to me there are quite a few of them.  But such is life.

On a positive note, since my return to AHII I have only been actively HO'ed like 2 times.  There are your accidental collisions that just happen in a close in fight, but I can say that intentional HO'ing seems to be down.  Also the Quality of fights seems to be rather healthy looking too, unless that is just because of my perception when flying with my usual wingmen.

[TheThang]

Spit16   /    LA's   /   109's   /   NIK

[splitatom]

What comes after those 2. For me its the Yak and then Nikki

you must be jokeing  a yak as a dweeb plane it is not a dweeb plane it require a lot of experence and amo conservation that most new pilots dont have
the dweebe plane and hoe wagon i know about are in this order la-7/any spits with duel 20 and duel 50/p-51 sometimes because you can run into an acual good pilot

[Yarbles]

It also occurs to me that most people are from the USA and USA planes are among the hardest to fly well and get kills in  

Its a testament to HTC that they havent bent the rules in their favour to keep the customers happy;)

[humble]

I'm amazed at what folks think are "dweeb" rides...

The 109K and hurricane would be my two choices by a wide margin...

As for best planes the 1a hog owns both the spit 16 and the La-7 IMO.

[SlapShot]

Originally posted by splitatom
you must be jokeing  a yak as a dweeb plane it is not a dweeb plane it require a lot of experence and amo conservation that most new pilots dont have
the dweebe plane and hoe wagon i know about are in this order la-7/any spits with duel 20 and duel 50/p-51 sometimes because you can run into an acual good pilot

When I read the above ... it looks like this ...

youmustbejokeingayakasadweebp laneitisnotadweebplaneitrequi realotofexperenceandamoconser vationthatmostnewpilotsdontha vethedweebeplaneandhoewagonik nowaboutareinthisorderla-7/anyspitswithduel20andduel50/p-51sometimesbecauseyoucanrunintoanacualgoodpilot

 

[Kuhn]

Originally posted by SlapShot
When I read the above ... it looks like this ...

youmustbejokeingayakasadweebp laneitisnotadweebplaneitrequi realotofexperenceandamoconser vationthatmostnewpilotsdontha vethedweebeplaneandhoewagonik nowaboutareinthisorderla-7/anyspitswithduel20andduel50/p-51sometimesbecauseyoucanrunintoanacualgoodpilot

 

I wonder if he'll ever get it.  

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[CAP1]

Originally posted by Stoney74
If I grew up in Russia, I'd want to fly the LA-7.

If I grew up in England, I'd want to fly the Spit 16 or Tempest

If I grew up in Japan, I'd want to fly the Niki

Growing up in the U.S., I dreamed about flying P-51's, P-47's and P-38's.  Since, I don't enjoy flying bombers that much, I quit flying the P-38.  I don't appologize for flying the Pony to its strengths, and you can call me a dweeb all you want, but I'm definitely not giving up the Jug...

You guys fly what you want.  I respect a good stick in the LA-7 or Spit 16 as much as I respect a good stick in any aircraft.

i grew up in the US....but i tend to fly british planes, or the japanese ones...mostly because these keep me alive long enough to learn how to fight and maneuver......hopefully letting me get into a p38 soon.....even for bombers, i fly german or british.......they seem to me to be the best in here......for me for now

[Karnak]

CAP1,

Yup, staying alive long enough to learn is key at the start.

Try the F4U too, once you figure out when to use the flaps it is a very, very sweet fighter that will give you that time to learn as well.

[CAP1]

Originally posted by Karnak
CAP1,

Yup, staying alive long enough to learn is key at the start.

Try the F4U too, once you figure out when to use the flaps it is a very, very sweet fighter that will give you that time to learn as well.

i may actually try the f4u again next tour..i tried it for a few flights in november......and i only got shot down once.....the rest of the flights, i augered in for the other guy:D
it seems to me it's a bit more touchy in some of the slower turns.......

[LilMak]

If there are no "dweeb" planes...please unperk the 262, 163, and add the B-29 with a nuke and let's see how fun the MAs become.

[Anaxogoras]

Dweeb planes = any aircraft when I fly it.