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Offline MjTalon

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Oo, my lovely P47
« on: September 08, 2008, 09:49:38 PM »
She is just so Sturdy.  Today i had a outstanding day, My primary jug version is the D25 since it's our official 78th Squad P47. Anyway, I was in the same P47 for about 1hr/half defending A50, A53 i think it was LWB. Anyway i had got a couple gv kills, landed, rearmed went to a53 and nailed some more tanks. Then Midwest Mafia came in with there P51s to pork the base.


They came in high, i guess they didn't see me so i dropped my eggs and did a 180 to engage both of them. They proceeded to the base and dropped, i then proceeded to chase down a P51 ( can't recall the pilot :( ) But he tried to bail and i shot him down at D800 going 450+  :cool:


Now came the second P51 ( Fryman ) and he was very eager to shoot me down to revenge his squaddie. I had a friendly that gave me a check six because i had lost sight of the second pony... BOOM he is D600 out from me tearing my P47 to hell with the .50 cals. He is scoring hits and i hear loud pings on my jug, i rapidly maneuver  to cause an overshoot but the P51 is settled in good. He continues to score hits and i see 3 large bullet holes in my right wing, and a large hole in the upper left section of the cockpit. I finally cause him to overshoot but that didn't last too long because he zoomed over me and attempted to regain my six position but a friendly saved my skin by knocking his right wing clean off it's rooks!  :O

So i'm still a little amazed that my plane has so many bullet holes and i decide to check the structure damage and to my amazement i didn't sustain any part damage at all and i took over 400-500 bullets at D600-800. Talk about tough bird! So regardless of what people say that the jug isn't tough, it has its moments to say the least, and this was one of them.  :aok
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Offline trigger2

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Re: Oo, my lovely P47
« Reply #1 on: September 08, 2008, 10:04:09 PM »
Shame I wasn't on to saddle up as your wingman sir <S>

Glad to hear you had a successful day.
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Offline redman555

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Re: Oo, my lovely P47
« Reply #2 on: September 08, 2008, 10:12:08 PM »
P-47 PWNS!   :aok :aok :aok

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Offline MjTalon

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Re: Oo, my lovely P47
« Reply #3 on: September 08, 2008, 10:32:12 PM »
Quote from: trigger2 on September 08, 2008, 10:04:09 PM
Shame I wasn't on to saddle up as your wingman sir <S>

Glad to hear you had a successful day.

It's alright sir, hey triggy we have new information on the website that i think you'll want to check it out ASAP.
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Offline DustyR

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Re: Oo, my lovely P47
« Reply #4 on: September 09, 2008, 04:26:21 AM »
You have to love the 47 it is really a bird for all seasons, in the proper hand & flown as designed.  The most effective shot against a 47 is a cockpit or wing root shot.   :noid  :salute
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Offline 1pLUs44

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Re: Oo, my lovely P47
« Reply #5 on: September 09, 2008, 04:49:17 AM »
Man, the P-47D25 is a good bird IMO, it turns as good as the D11, climbs faster, and is faster. Heavier too, so it'll dive away quicker.
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Offline uberslet

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Re: Oo, my lovely P47
« Reply #6 on: September 09, 2008, 05:57:24 AM »
was using the p47d11 for the fun of it yesterday to perk farm some, and 3 or 4 hits from an f4f took meh wing off  :cry
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Offline crazierthanu

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Re: Oo, my lovely P47
« Reply #7 on: September 09, 2008, 06:01:34 AM »
Talon you should fly with the 40th some time, we love those jugs too  :D
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Offline Dace

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Re: Oo, my lovely P47
« Reply #8 on: September 09, 2008, 06:05:30 AM »
Quote from: 1pLUs44 on September 09, 2008, 04:49:17 AM
Man, the P-47D25 is a good bird IMO, it turns as good as the D11, climbs faster, and is faster. Heavier too, so it'll dive away quicker.

Wrong and wrong.
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Offline 1pLUs44

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Re: Oo, my lovely P47
« Reply #9 on: September 09, 2008, 06:08:32 AM »
Quote from: Dace on September 09, 2008, 06:05:30 AM

Wrong and wrong.

Really? I'm almost certain the P-47D25 climbs better than the D-11 because the D-11 doens't have the certain prop or something along those lines in this game. I'll go look up really quick.


Edit: Here's the quote.
Quote from: Stoney on September 02, 2008, 04:53:44 PM

The best example of how the D-11 does not have the paddle blade prop is in comparison to the D25 which does.  Notice that the D-25 climbs much better than the D-11, even though it is heavier.
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Offline Hajo

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Re: Oo, my lovely P47
« Reply #10 on: September 09, 2008, 06:57:58 AM »
D40 climbs better then both.  D40 best of the P47 birds for MA play. 

NJug climbs lousy below 20K and is designed for 27K to 30K escort in the PAC.

NJug holds more fuel then the other Jugs.  75% fuel in an N Jug is 45mins to 55 mins of fuel.
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Offline Dace

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Re: Oo, my lovely P47
« Reply #11 on: September 09, 2008, 07:26:33 AM »
Just goin by memory of the Cimb Rate Chart and Speed Chart in the game.
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Offline LilMak

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Re: Oo, my lovely P47
« Reply #12 on: September 09, 2008, 08:00:32 AM »
Yea, always fun when the Jug soaks up the kind of damage it was legendary for.  :D

It won't do it consistently though. The other night I took a snap shot from a single spit hizooka round and I lost the entire empenage behind the cotpit which (seems to me) complete crap. Jugs also leak and catch fire far too often for a plane with self-sealing tanks. Sort of like the P-40 losing flaps if a .303 passes within a foot of the aircraft and the 38 taking pilot wounds from bullets that bounce off the wing tips.

She's fat, ugly, and sluggish, but she's also stout, beautiful, and nimble.
The P47 and exercise in duality if you fly it to the extremes. The more you fly it, the more you'll like it.
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Offline 007Rusty

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Re: Oo, my lovely P47
« Reply #13 on: September 09, 2008, 08:04:39 AM »
  Fryman is a x sqd. mate and a great stick your lucky .....   :salute
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Offline MjTalon

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Re: Oo, my lovely P47
« Reply #14 on: September 09, 2008, 10:00:24 PM »
Not lucky, armor saved my skin  :aok.
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