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Offline Rich46yo

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Re: Warplane obsessions
« Reply #30 on: June 08, 2008, 04:51:44 PM »
Some planes like the Jug are a lasting obession. Or the Hellcat, or B-26.

Its like I see a mission of them organizing and I'll bailout just to be in it. :D
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Re: Warplane obsessions
« Reply #31 on: June 09, 2008, 06:38:29 AM »
my current obsession is the 109 G14 with gondolas. 

Simply devastating firepower.  Its not bad to fly either.  Just need to know when enough is enough to get her home.

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Re: Warplane obsessions
« Reply #32 on: June 09, 2008, 10:08:33 AM »
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Re: Warplane obsessions
« Reply #33 on: June 09, 2008, 11:51:26 AM »
I have a 'rolling obsession set.'

Always end up back with the 109's, though.

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Re: Warplane obsessions
« Reply #34 on: June 09, 2008, 04:02:25 PM »
Why does everyone become obsessed with the Bf-109? That really seems to be the most constant obsession on the list! Why do you all love her so much?

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Re: Warplane obsessions
« Reply #35 on: June 09, 2008, 06:06:07 PM »
Why does everyone become obsessed with the Bf-109? That really seems to be the most constant obsession on the list! Why do you all love her so much?

If I really thought about it, its a lot like an obsession with the 911.

-Both are so ugly they are beautiful.
-Both were designed with serious inherent flaws.
-Both were continuously re-engineered, not to fix the flaws, but to mask them.
-Both, despite being old, worn out, designed decades prior and totally outclassed by modern rivals... somehow hold their own against them.
-Both sound really, really good when the throttle is wide open.  :D

From a game perspective, my gunnery has always sucked... so in AW, I unknowingly gravitated towards E-fighting in the vert because a roped aircraft was a lot easier for me to hit than one rolling all over the damned place.  109's and 38's have their strengths here.


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Re: Warplane obsessions
« Reply #36 on: June 09, 2008, 06:20:47 PM »
Why does everyone become obsessed with the Bf-109? That really seems to be the most constant obsession on the list! Why do you all love her so much?


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Re: Warplane obsessions
« Reply #37 on: June 09, 2008, 08:39:40 PM »
take a D9 and fly it into the biggest dar you can never going over 6K and see how long you can survive :D thats my favorite flying...

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Re: Warplane obsessions
« Reply #38 on: June 09, 2008, 08:46:37 PM »
Within my own plane set i go through these same stages. I only fly German Iron so it goes between 190s and 109, also the occasional TA - 152.

Ill find myself only flying doras a whole tour, or only 109s or only A-8s. Very normal.

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Re: Warplane obsessions
« Reply #39 on: June 10, 2008, 04:35:59 AM »
My all-time favorites (not necessarily in game, though):

FW190A series
Corsairs
Spitfires (IX and XIV)

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Re: Warplane obsessions
« Reply #40 on: June 10, 2008, 05:34:07 AM »

-Both, despite being old, worn out, designed decades prior and totally outclassed by modern rivals... somehow hold their own against them.



109 out-classed? In reality, maybe to a certain degree, in AHII, definitely not.


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Re: Warplane obsessions
« Reply #41 on: June 11, 2008, 05:05:32 PM »
109 out-classed? In reality, maybe to a certain degree, in AHII, definitely not.



I'm sure we'll be seeing you in your uber E-4 then  ;)
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Re: Warplane obsessions
« Reply #42 on: June 11, 2008, 05:21:36 PM »
I'm sure we'll be seeing you in your uber E-4 then  ;)
The E in it's time was an quite a dominant aircraft... except against the spitfire... as were the F, the G, and the K...
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Re: Warplane obsessions
« Reply #43 on: June 11, 2008, 05:29:06 PM »
I go thru various periods where I get obsessed with one particular airplane. Im wondering if this is odd or if anyone else goes thru the same thing. Lately I just love the P-38, which got me out of my 2 day Spit obsession. Ive gone thru periods of obsession with B-24s, 17s, 26s, KI-67s, Jugs, Spits, LAs, Hellkittys, Corsairs, and I have a few waiting in line to get obsessed about. Like the Yak and C-205.

I cant seem to stick with one or two thru a tour.

I couldnt name a "favorite airplane". I could only name "todays favorite".

What airplane is currently "obsessing you"?

Thats a hard one, I always have a little group which you'll always see me flying.


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I usually stick to the American planeset now  but you'll see me mostly in P-51s, F4Us, Jugs and P-39s now.
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Re: Warplane obsessions
« Reply #44 on: June 11, 2008, 05:35:57 PM »
Definitely obssessed with the Ta152.  I flew a few sorties in F4Us and P47s just now.. TnB, and hitting from 500 out is a walk in the park.. It was like watching lightning bolts crack your targets in two from a distance.. and once back into the 152, it was horribly hard to hit and it took an eternity to respond to control inputs, and then wandered drunkenly trying to do what you ask it to... But soon enough I get used to it again and I still love it.  

The D9 is a close second, but the guns are just anemic. The 410 is going to be great.  If it gets MK103s, it'll have to be a real brick to not make a kick bellybutton dogfighter.
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