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Offline Slade

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Toughest Planes
« on: February 10, 2009, 04:22:30 PM »
Guys,

Golden BB aside.  On average what would you say are the toughest fighter planes for each country, i.e. which can take the most damage yet get you home the best?

Thanks,

Slade  :salute
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Offline Anaxogoras

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Re: Toughest Planes
« Reply #1 on: February 10, 2009, 04:30:55 PM »
I'll assume you're talking about fighter aircraft:

190F-8
F4F/FM-2
P-47

Those are my top 3.
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Offline Saxman

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Re: Toughest Planes
« Reply #2 on: February 10, 2009, 04:32:17 PM »
For its size I don't think any plane in the game is tougher than the FM-2. I've taken solid hits from the 262's 30mm and kept going.
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Re: Toughest Planes
« Reply #3 on: February 10, 2009, 04:32:35 PM »
They Typhoon/Tempest can also be extremely tough, except for a direct shot to the jaw.
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Offline Anaxogoras

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Re: Toughest Planes
« Reply #4 on: February 10, 2009, 04:36:02 PM »
I wouldn't list anything with radiator coolant as "tough."
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Offline druski85

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Re: Toughest Planes
« Reply #5 on: February 10, 2009, 04:37:35 PM »
FM2, Yak.

Those are the ones where I can take the most beating, anyway. 
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Offline simshell

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Re: Toughest Planes
« Reply #6 on: February 10, 2009, 04:38:23 PM »
I have found the F6F to be amazingly strong
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Offline Larry

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Re: Toughest Planes
« Reply #7 on: February 10, 2009, 04:39:26 PM »
Spitfires. The only fighter planes Iv seen take one or two 30mms to the wing and keep flying like nothing happened. I had one 16 take a 30mm to each wingroot one pass then one to the engine block the next. (that gave him an oil hit) He then flew for another two minutes before his engine cut out and I had to put another 30 into his canopy while he was trying to ditch to put him down.


Other then that those blue planes take more MG and small cannon then others IMO.
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Offline Bosco123

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Re: Toughest Planes
« Reply #8 on: February 10, 2009, 04:39:51 PM »
There are more than 3 countries, so I'll post which ones I think are the best:

P-47- Given
F6F- it's taken a good beating a lot of times and it always comes back home
KI-84- I think is one of the best
109's: There too small to hit so you can unload rounds and not hit anything, I know.
C2-either or
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Offline Saxman

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Re: Toughest Planes
« Reply #9 on: February 10, 2009, 04:44:31 PM »
Quote from: Larry on February 10, 2009, 04:39:26 PM
Spitfires. The only fighter planes Iv seen take one or two 30mms to the wing and keep flying like nothing happened. I had one 16 take a 30mm to each wingroot one pass then one to the engine block the next. (that gave him an oil hit) He then flew for another two minutes before his engine cut out and I had to put another 30 into his canopy while he was trying to ditch to put him down.

Pfft. I routinely knock Spits down with bursts of less than half a second of .50cal to the wing. Spits fall apart if you look at them funny.
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Offline B4Buster

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Re: Toughest Planes
« Reply #10 on: February 10, 2009, 05:12:54 PM »
P-38
F6F
P-47
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Offline Banshee7

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Re: Toughest Planes
« Reply #11 on: February 10, 2009, 05:17:24 PM »
F4F/Fm2

Yaks

Hurricanes (get the occassional Hurri that wont go down  :mad:)
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Offline Larry

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Re: Toughest Planes
« Reply #12 on: February 10, 2009, 05:21:17 PM »
Quote from: Saxman on February 10, 2009, 04:44:31 PM
Pfft. I routinely knock Spits down with bursts of less than half a second of .50cal to the wing. Spits fall apart if you look at them funny.


I was talking about spits vs. 30mms.
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Re: Toughest Planes
« Reply #13 on: February 10, 2009, 05:33:23 PM »
FM-2/ f4f

Anyone notice the amount of hits the hurris will absorb?
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Re: Toughest Planes
« Reply #14 on: February 10, 2009, 05:34:04 PM »
Quote from: Bronk on February 10, 2009, 05:33:23 PM
FM-2/ f4f

Anyone notice the amount of hits the hurris will absorb?

Quote from: Banshee7 on February 10, 2009, 05:17:24 PM
F4F/Fm2

Yaks

Hurricanes (get the occassional Hurri that wont go down  :mad:)
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