Tour 14 Fighter vs Fighter final stats

[AKDejaVu]

 

[AKDejaVu]

Compare with Tour 13:

 

[AKDejaVu]

And tour 12 (longer tour - 5 weeks)

 

[AKSeaWulfe]

I simply don't understand.. how are these F4U-1C's STILL leading the pack in kills?

Why are they still so popular?

They fly like crap and anyone decent in just about anything can take 'em out of the sky... so.. why?

Are you F4U-1C guys simply a glutton for dying?

<shrug>
-SW

[Ripsnort]

Chogs are used ALOT for ATG kills...if you don't bring Hispanos to do a field capture, then GV's rule the day.

(Answering Wulfies question, I realize these are ATA stats)

[This message has been edited by Ripsnort (edited 04-02-2001).]

[AKSeaWulfe]

So are those stats compiled above a combination of ATG and ATA? Or are they just ATA? And if so, by saying that F4U-1Cs are used for ground attack that most of the kills they see are from vulching and therefore it appears to be getting a lot of popularity when it's really just getting a lot of kills at a vulching spot?
-SW

[Toad]

Deja, thanks! I appreciate your efforts.

If you ever think of adding anything to the format, may I suggest the "% of Fighter kills for this tour" column you had in the other topic?

Once again, thanks a lot! These stats give a bit more information than the usual perceptions bandied about.  

[Ripsnort]

Wulfie, I would say thats a good assessment, while the stats show Aircraft vs., most of those Chog kills are basically keeping the base 'down'.ie vulching.  AFter all, they work equally as well on A/C as they do tank/ostie busting.    I'm not saying ALL the Chog kills are attributed to this, but I'd bet at least 25% of the time they are used for base destruction, then, once the base is down, used for 'cleaning up' anything left over in the air.

[AKSeaWulfe]

No Rip, I was just trying to understand why the F4U-1C was popular (atleast according to stats). Now I understand it a bit better, and I'm sure atleast 10% of the other plane's kills came from vulching fields but with 4 Hispanos nothing does it better. :-)
-SW
edit: when I say No Rip, I meant that I understand that most of the kills are A2A so I wasn't trying to say it's getting a lot of easy kills just why so many. :-)

[This message has been edited by AKSeaWulfe (edited 04-02-2001).]

[Ripsnort]

Wulfie, if you look at the top performers in all tours, you'll see cannon-armed planes holding the top 4 out of 5 positions...gee, I wonder why?   hehe....<S>

[Karnak]

I don't know. Most F4U-1Cs that I encounter are being used ATA.

And yes, they usally are easy kills.

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[Toad]

Cannons vs Mg's?

Look at the top 10 in each tour.  

   Perk! Perk! Overmodeled! Overmodeled!

[Citabria]

its safe to unneuter the p38L now HT  

[Citabria]

and unneuter the f6f5 stall modelling too please  

[AKDejaVu]

 

If you ever think of adding anything to the format, may I suggest the "% of Fighter kills for this tour" column you had in the other topic?

That shouldn't be a problem, its already in the spreadsheet, I just didn't include it in the copy.

I'm also going to include a bar-graph with usage by plane.  People seem to be missing one painfully obvious trend.  Hopefully, that will highlight it.

Maybe this afternoon, my dog won't cut her foot to the bone and my wife won't pass out at the Vets office causing me 6 hours of visits to emergency rooms (up till 5 am).  I hate it when real life gets in the way

AKDejaVu