Wirblewind

[Lusche]

I wouldn't say that
Play with your zoom and view setup you can find a field of view that works

You can't get rid of that gunshield that way. When you zoom fully in, your field of view is still severely limited. Not only aquisition of new targets is quite difficult, but you still can't led enough to hit low crossing targets 1.5-3k out.

[Nilsen]

I love the wienerschnitzel. Might need a few more hits than the ostwind, and the range is shorter, but much more fun 

[Lye-El]

You can't get rid of that gunshield that way. When you zoom fully in, your field of view is still severely limited. Not only aquisition of new targets is quite difficult, but you still can't led enough to hit low crossing targets 1.5-3k out.

I have spent quite a bit of time in the Osti. Tried the new one last night and it was like trying to shoot skeet with blinders on. If they are flying at you then it's fine. Acquiring a target means spinning around like a top. Tracking a crossing target means that if you can see the target you are shooting behind it. With the old Osti I was leading half of the screen most of the time. So now we have a pretty one for display in the hanger.

[Larry]

Wernt they able to lower the sides of the turret or am I thinking of something else?

[Lusche]

Wernt they able to lower the sides of the turret or am I thinking of something else?

You are thinking of something else, possibly the Flakpanzer IV "Möbelwagen":

[Elfie]

Wernt they able to lower the sides of the turret or am I thinking of something else?

A cutting torch would probably work just fine. 

[pat judah]

 Just curious, why did the views on the osti change.. lol was nice to be able to see 360degrees.. also, to bad you cant see outside the new wirblewind.. i hate looking thru rectangles.. lol. reminds me of trying to use machine gun on T34.. <S>


 Great job on all the new items...HTC... !!

[Wolfala]

I had a great time with it last night. Drove about 1.5 I'm from a base, found a nice spot between 4 anorexic  trees and parked off the departure end of the runway in those trees and turned the tracers off. This was my first run in this little gem. I kid you not, the first run I got 14 kills - not all of them p38s on the climbout but a few on tape. No tracers gave that bit of extra surprise to gurantee them dead.

as for killing them effectively - a few tactics I've used effectively. Hedge hopping in the b25 if the guy is unaware is very effective against the Serb, osti and m16. If the guy has his witts, you get another pilot to grab the gunners attention in a zone on the opposite arc he is firing on. Hover about 2km away. When the gunners is committed, roll in, fire all 50s at the gunners top till 500 out, then pop him with the pumpkin gun. This can be done hedgehopping or with altitude.
Bottomline, you can't Rambo these guys without cooperation of a fellow quale to act as bait.

just remember to tell the bait not to dive on it  and keep a 90 degree angle offset.

[ColKLink]

na dont perk that thing. Just get back to basics, and drop the VH first thing. Like magic , no wirblegerbles. Just a side note, vulching is a sport of kings, not all will enjoy a kings sport, not ment for the mass's. 

[Rich46yo]

                                I love the Whirbel. I was anticipating it more then any new vehicle ever introduced while Ive been in the game and its turned out to be everything I could ask for. I shot down the same guy in a Hellcat 5 times in a row the other day. He kept re-upping and HO'ing me, tho after 5 times he quit. The Whirbel is a great mission killer. If you can get 3 to 6 Whirbels up and running you can kill a mission. Yesterday we defeated a huge mission just with Whirbels.

                               And we had a huge mission defeated. I must say while I like flying missions Im pretty much limiting myself to Dredger or Limbo mission from now on. Maybe a few other guys too, that is, if not counting my own. I know its just a game but I cant stand when 30 or 40 guys hit a base NOE on T-Tuesday and nobody is tasked to drop the VH. Just as bad is upping to early. Because with the new Whirbel reality if enough of these things get rolling your mission is doomed. Dropping the VH is the #1 priority now.

                              The Whirbel is so effective that, on its own, its actually changed the dynamics of the game. This is a great GV.

[waystin2]

The Whirbel is so effective that, on its own, its actually changed the dynamics of the game. This is a great GV.

You are right Rich.  So many folks have viewed the Wirby as a defensive weapon only,  but as Wolfala noted in an earlier post, it can be an offensive weapon.  You can break up a conga line heading to your base pretty easily, by setting up in their flight path.  Or take it airplane hunting at the nearest enemy base (kinda like duck hunting, just on a bigger scale ).

[Getback]

I have changed the way I dive bomb. I drop them at 2k now or higher, fire rockets 3k out. I also noticed that many dive bombers are trying to dive bomb at near 500 mph to thread the needle so to speak. That doesn't seem to be working either.

Sure puts emphasis on "Kill the VH!"

[Wolfala]

[moot]

Now if we had sounds that played at the correct ROF.. We'd have a ruckus that'd do justice to the guns

[chrish483]

i dont know but the guns sound good with the WW.

this GV is devestating on aircraft wihin range,  alittle over 1.5K and the rnds go out of sight, the tracers probly die out after 1.5k but are the rounds still good? 
i see people firing at aircraft at 2.0K out and the rounds disapere before that but do they still hit?  i think not as ive not hit anyuthing over 1.5K out  its just a waist of ammo to shoot beyond that.

ive noticed tactics have changed abit on dealing with the new flaks.
most stay away unless dog fighting and they get dragged into the range of one,  but ive noticed my kills and assists have gone way up and my kills in one is by bombs or being shot at from behind while im shooting from the front,   but 4 or 5 of these can cover 360 deg and down anything in range.    odd angles to a diving con seem to be a hard one to shoot down,    when leading within 800  and fully zoomed in on the sight just crank it and 9 times out of 10 your rnds will hit, theres no neadle to thread on these things like the osty has.

offensive weapon
good at spawn points or camp sites for those pesky planes fling around,
the secondary fire  (2 barrels instead of 4) is just as deadly on low flying planes and prolongs your ammo,  just place your shots well in a short burst.   get to know your ride as this is an uber killing machine, spend a week in it and get to know it,  better then the M-16 not as good as the osty in long range  (but the osty should be put back the way it was before in sighting)

but the ride is devestating in the right hands and i know most pilots will agree with that and it can put en end to most flights.