Fw190

[BaldEagl]

A8   

30mm Gun package, full internal fuel.  Pure unadulterated monster aircraft.  Consistently my best K/D machine by a wide margin.  It'll hang with a lot of the plane set in a dogfight, or at least a lot of the pilots in the MA's.  Best of the 190's IMO.

[moot]

Pure monster till the nose is at or above the horizon. It's a ton of bricks.

[MjTalon]

A8   

30mm Gun package, full internal fuel.  Pure unadulterated monster aircraft.  Consistently my best K/D machine by a wide margin.  It'll hang with a lot of the plane set in a dogfight, or at least a lot of the pilots in the MA's.  Best of the 190's IMO.

Negative. A8 with the taters is just a big tank waiting to get shot at. Well from my views personally the ONLY way to fight in a A8 is to stick to BnZ with the 30s on, if you even ATTEMPT to try and turn that heavy bugger You'll bleed too much E... And E is to key to survival in the A8 with 30mms attached.  May i suggest you try the dual 20mms only, you'll actually be able to maneuver it.  

[Saurdaukar]

Boozeman: My films in my first post are similar what i tried to do in a Ta with no luck. The thing is, when i fly the 152, i feel nervous, timid, no confidence. When i fly the A5 i feel as if nothing is going to shoot me down, and i fly aggressively to the limit because I know what my A5 can do and how she performs in certain situations.

Thats just a lack of seat time.

Talk to m00t if you want some instruction; he's probably the best cartoon 152 driver in the game.

[MjTalon]

Thats just a lack of seat time.

Talk to m00t if you want some instruction; he's probably the best cartoon 152 driver in the game.

Oh believe me Mazz, i'm a witness  . Me and him had a sortie as while back, out numbered against some High rook P51s, Him in a 152, me in a 110G2. Both got home with some scalps. P51s are lousy fighters once ya get em slow. 

[pipz]

I always prefered the D9.None of them realy turn well or are very agile so ill go with something that has a boat load of raw power.At least that gives me something to work with I figure.I flew it last tour for a bit and didnt do too bad.It was one of my favorite rides going back to AW.

Pipz

[MjTalon]

I always prefered the D9.None of them realy turn well or are very agile so ill go with something that has a boat load of raw power.At least that gives me something to work with I figure.I flew it last tour for a bit and didnt do too bad.It was one of my favorite rides going back to AW.

Pipz

You should take the A5 up, 100 Clean, dual 20mms only, no MG/FF's. They're horrible. A5 can and will turn with alot of A/C. Just know your limitation and know when you're bleeding to much E and take the fight Vertical.

[BaldEagl]

Pure monster till the nose is at or above the horizon. It's a ton of bricks.

If you have enough E it goes nose up pretty well but you might need WEP.  I get a lot of kills with nose high rolling reverses and rolling scissors.

Negative. A8 with the taters is just a big tank waiting to get shot at. Well from my views personally the ONLY way to fight in a A8 is to stick to BnZ with the 30s on, if you even ATTEMPT to try and turn that heavy bugger You'll bleed too much E... And E is to key to survival in the A8 with 30mms attached.  May i suggest you try the dual 20mms only, you'll actually be able to maneuver it.  

Fly it more.  With E it will E fight with the best turners for at least a short while.  It'll turn about 540 degrees without any real loss of E.  Ive never been afraid to get into extended turn fights with Ponies, other 190's, K4's, Jugs, etc.  I've been flying it this way for years and I don't stick to bore and snore.  My K/D is consistantly over 10:1 in it over time.  I think my next best ac is 8:1 (Jug).  If I wanted dual 20's I'd take an A5 or a Dora.

[MjTalon]

<-- Doesn't concern myself with K/D But i'll look into it. It's just from personal experience. I'm not gonna turn a A8 with wing mounted 30mms unless i know he's gonna die when i start turning. Other than that If i must i will but more times then likely i will have E to work with, making alot of Pitchbacks trying to either force a mistake on his part or stall him out just as my nose flops around.

Co alt engagements with 30mms in a A8 are scary for me. I'm more confident when I am loaded with duals. But i don't backdown from a challenge. Kill or be killed, if you shoot down a superior A/C with a inferior one then it shows that you're pilot ability is greater.

 

[pipz]

You should take the A5 up, 100 Clean, dual 20mms only, no MG/FF's. They're horrible. A5 can and will turn with alot of A/C. Just know your limitation and know when you're bleeding to much E and take the fight Vertical.

Ive been at this stuff since 98.I have had a few flights in the A5 <G> Ya it turns ok but I would rather have a lot of power that I can exploit over the more agile aircraft.Thats just my preferance.

Pipz

[moot]

I always prefered the D9.None of them realy turn well or are very agile so ill go with something that has a boat load of raw power.At least that gives me something to work with I figure.I flew it last tour for a bit and didnt do too bad.It was one of my favorite rides going back to AW.

Pipz

The A5 knife fights great, but it's got just enough of a thrust and firepower handicap to make it less efficient, overall, than the D9.  The D9 and 152 are two side of the Fw190 character at its best.  An overboosted A5 with cowl guns removed would compete.  It'd be worth a slight perk price.

If you have enough E it goes nose up pretty well but you might need WEP.  I get a lot of kills with nose high rolling reverses and rolling scissors.

.  No.. All things being equal pretty much the whole planeset walks all over an A8 3/4s of the time.

Co alt engagements with 30mms in a A8 are scary for me. I'm more confident when I am loaded with duals. But i don't backdown from a challenge. Kill or be killed, if you shoot down a superior A/C with a inferior one then it shows that you're pilot ability is greater.

 

What would be great would be an A9 with cowl guns removed and the wingroots replaced with 108s and ~100rpg

[moot]

Doppeltesposten

[Die Hard]

I prefer the A-8 for bomber hunting, otherwise I rarely fly any of the Fw's. I used to like the old Dora, but with only 17 minutes of internal fuel the new Dora is simply too short-legged for me.

[Lusche]

I used to like the old Dora, but with only 17 minutes of internal fuel the new Dora is simply too short-legged for me.

Check your fuel settings in hangar. With internal fuel only, endurance is 27 minutes at takeoff. And carrying a DT does'st hurt you much either

[Cthulhu]

Check your fuel settings in hangar. With internal fuel only, endurance is 27 minutes at takeoff. And carrying a DT does'st hurt you much either

Lusche is right, the DT doesn't hurt at all. I usually up with either 1/2 or 3/4 internal plus the DT depending on distance to the fight. (if 3/4 internal, then I burn internal down to 1/2 before switching to the DT) The Dora's much less of a brick once you get below 1/2 internal and ditch the DT.