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Offline valdals

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a6m5 zero
« on: June 09, 2008, 09:14:34 AM »
i have flown the zero for 14 months. from my style of dogfighting. its the only plane i can rack up tons of kills with. as a dive bomber it sucks. it has just enough cannon to kill PTboats. ive defeated spits, la7, temptest, typhoons, and p51's. the only plane to give me a challenge is the a6m2 and the hurri mk2
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Offline Angus

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Re: a6m5 zero
« Reply #1 on: June 09, 2008, 09:57:31 AM »
That means you are in the slow end of the fights...Zeke is good for that.
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Re: a6m5 zero
« Reply #2 on: June 09, 2008, 10:26:50 AM »
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Re: a6m5 zero
« Reply #3 on: June 09, 2008, 11:41:04 AM »
Quote from: valdals on June 09, 2008, 09:14:34 AM
i have flown the zero for 14 months. from my style of dogfighting. its the only plane i can rack up tons of kills with. as a dive bomber it sucks. it has just enough cannon to kill PTboats. ive defeated spits, la7, temptest, typhoons, and p51's. the only plane to give me a challenge is the a6m2 and the hurri mk2

And your point is?
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Re: a6m5 zero
« Reply #4 on: June 09, 2008, 12:08:08 PM »
that's funny...  the zero is one of the easiest planes to kill in the game for me.

doesn't really matter WHAT i'm flying.
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Re: a6m5 zero
« Reply #5 on: June 09, 2008, 12:11:01 PM »
Well, somebody who only knows how to fly an a6m and a hurr2 isn't really much of a pilot, is he?

I mean it's all well and good to fly 2 of the buggiest planes in the game, but when all you have to do is spiral dive to avoid incoming fire or to pull the stick back into your belly button and press the trigger, it's really not the same as, say... getting kills in a p40, or a ki61 or something.
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Re: a6m5 zero
« Reply #6 on: June 09, 2008, 12:13:34 PM »
I hate the A6M5.  I have much more luck in the A6M2.
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Re: a6m5 zero
« Reply #7 on: June 09, 2008, 01:44:21 PM »
Quote from: Krusty on June 09, 2008, 12:11:01 PM
Well, somebody who only knows how to fly an a6m and a hurr2 isn't really much of a pilot, is he?

I mean it's all well and good to fly 2 of the buggiest planes in the game, but when all you have to do is spiral dive to avoid incoming fire or to pull the stick back into your belly button and press the trigger, it's really not the same as, say... getting kills in a p40, or a ki61 or something.
Funny, the Ki-61 is also one of the most bugged aircraft in the game.
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Offline Krusty

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Re: a6m5 zero
« Reply #8 on: June 09, 2008, 02:04:52 PM »
True, but usually in the negative way, not the "this is better than the real thing" way.
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Re: a6m5 zero
« Reply #9 on: June 09, 2008, 02:09:51 PM »
Quote from: Karnak on June 09, 2008, 01:44:21 PM
Funny, the Ki-61 is also one of the most bugged aircraft in the game.
Which is? :)
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Offline Krusty

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Re: a6m5 zero
« Reply #10 on: June 09, 2008, 03:00:39 PM »
turn radius and flaps are bugged in it, fork.
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Re: a6m5 zero
« Reply #11 on: June 09, 2008, 03:03:32 PM »
Quote from: Krusty on June 09, 2008, 12:11:01 PM
Well, somebody who only knows how to fly an a6m and a hurr2 isn't really much of a pilot, is he?

I mean it's all well and good to fly 2 of the buggiest planes in the game, but when all you have to do is spiral dive to avoid incoming fire or to pull the stick back into your belly button and press the trigger, it's really not the same as, say... getting kills in a p40, or a ki61 or something.

He should give the F4U a try. And usually, I dont take an A6M seriously unless I'm already low and slow. In the FSO we did, I just kept my speed up and racked up 5 kills after 1 re-arm.  :aok

What we should have is the A6M7 Zero.  :D (Dont know what it is, just saw a pic of it.)
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Re: a6m5 zero
« Reply #12 on: June 09, 2008, 04:04:54 PM »
I only take up an A6M on a close in CV fight, as I don't have any time to get alt.
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Re: a6m5 zero
« Reply #13 on: June 09, 2008, 04:05:15 PM »
Quote from: WMLute on June 09, 2008, 12:08:08 PM
that's funny...  the zero is one of the easiest planes to kill in the game for me.

doesn't really matter WHAT i'm flying.

When I'm at speed, I feel the same, but as I like REALLY tangling down low and slow, it can hang in the verticle JUST enough to give me a fight in a 109. In fact, A6M5s and N1Ks are the only planes that really concern me on the deck in a 109.
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Re: a6m5 zero
« Reply #14 on: June 09, 2008, 04:09:36 PM »
A very interesting setup is an A6M vs a 109F :D

Really!!!.

In my tests the 109 had the upper hand, since it could extend and always re-engage.
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