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Offline Becinhu

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Re: Toughest Planes
« Reply #15 on: February 10, 2009, 06:19:24 PM »
Lancasters--durn things absorb ammo like crazy
P-47s
190s
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Re: Toughest Planes
« Reply #16 on: February 10, 2009, 07:17:04 PM »
fm2
f6f
f4u
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typhoon/temps
ponies tend to last forever with an oil hit
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Re: Toughest Planes
« Reply #17 on: February 10, 2009, 07:42:10 PM »
After the Mosquito's damage model was redone it seems very tough to me.

The F4F and FM-2 would probably be my overall picks though.
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Re: Toughest Planes
« Reply #18 on: February 11, 2009, 05:57:29 AM »
whatever in the hell that thing is that greebo flys  :lol
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Re: Toughest Planes
« Reply #19 on: February 11, 2009, 06:11:49 AM »
A-20

The only plane where I usually need more than one 37 mm hit do rip it apart.   
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Offline Slade

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Re: Toughest Planes
« Reply #20 on: February 11, 2009, 06:35:39 AM »
Great posts guys.  :aok

What about the Japanese planes?  I know they are flimsy in comparison to many others, but which would you say is the toughest fighter?  I am thinking the Ki-61.  Do you concur or have a different experience?

Thank again,

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Re: Toughest Planes
« Reply #21 on: February 11, 2009, 08:15:51 AM »
F4s take the best beating.
them maybe the
P-47
Mossie

Hurri can take a couple hits, but nothing like the F4s.
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Re: Toughest Planes
« Reply #22 on: February 11, 2009, 08:37:44 AM »
The poor 190F-8 doesn't get half the respect it deserves in this thread.
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Re: Toughest Planes
« Reply #23 on: February 11, 2009, 08:41:15 AM »
Ki-84

It's a tough bird, especially when people expect it to burst into flames like the zekes when the sun stays on them too long :D
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Re: Toughest Planes
« Reply #24 on: February 11, 2009, 02:24:29 PM »
IL2 takes a beating.
P47 also.
As well as the F8.
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Re: Toughest Planes
« Reply #25 on: February 11, 2009, 03:01:59 PM »
P47
F6F
Fm2/F4F

half a wing, engine smoking and looking like a strainer for a sector and a half back home. F4U seems to have a glass engine or I'd put in there also.
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Re: Toughest Planes
« Reply #26 on: February 11, 2009, 03:41:48 PM »
Agreed on the F4U's engine. I wish they'd fix that.
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Re: Toughest Planes
« Reply #27 on: February 11, 2009, 04:19:42 PM »
The F4U rear stabilizers also seem to catch a lot of cannon shells.
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Re: Toughest Planes
« Reply #28 on: February 11, 2009, 04:40:35 PM »
I've flown F4U's with half a wing missing the rudder and flap on the other side, but if the engine takes a ping it's seems to die instantly quit often.
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Re: Toughest Planes
« Reply #29 on: February 11, 2009, 04:48:05 PM »
Quote from: Slade on February 11, 2009, 06:35:39 AM
Great posts guys.  :aok

What about the Japanese planes?  I know they are flimsy in comparison to many others, but which would you say is the toughest fighter?  I am thinking the Ki-61.  Do you concur or have a different experience?

Thank again,

Slade

Ki 84 can take a beating. The Ki61 is reasonable but loses parts easily and a radiator hit gives you about 2 mins. I have flown 1 sector with only rudder, 1 flap and throttle control in one of these with a successful belly landing (lost a piece of landing gear also, not that I would have tried to use it if I had it.) and I can't remember but may have had an engine hit also.


But the toughest to down I find, are those F4F's
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