I've always wondered why folks have such disdain for the A6M... It really is a fantastic aircraft, especially in a furball. I'll take a zeke over a Spit in a furball, anyday.
THAT'S MY FAVORITE PLANE for furballing.
there's nothing really, that can or will outturn it in verticle, or horizontal, at the low speeds that furballs happen at. even at moderate speeds, i was able to stay with firedrgn the other night as he tried to pick me in his f4u....i even put a few rounds in him before i had to pitch the nose down.
like i mentioned before, acceleration is much more important in these types of fights than top speed......and the zeke accelerates very very nicely, back up to a good fighting speed. i like the 5b, because it's much faster than the 2. the 2 however, seems to handle much better in low speed fights than the 5b.
unfortunatly, if someone gets a round anywhere near my zeke, it catches fire. funny thing about that, is that when it's me on fire, i try to rtb, just to rob the shooter of his kill
. i'm only 2 miles from the base in the furball, and never make it. the wing usually fails before i get there.
yet, when i ignite another zeke, they seem to fly forever.......