Tempest

[fyvsix]

These are amazing birds! I've just figured this out and thought I'd share! any comments, observations or advice?

[Anaxogoras]

They burn as well as Typhoons when I shoot them.

[BnZs]

I honestly do not like the thing very much. It has sterling performance and big guns of course. But IMO the less than stellar high-speed roll rate makes it easy for a target fighter to "flick" itself out of your sights while trying to b'n'z,  and the handling at high power setting/low speeds makes more of an "E fight" tricky as well.

[texastc316]

fast. hard to catch. big guns. bout it. I'm not a big fan of them BUT in the right hands they are one of the scariest planes in the game.

[Stoney]

I like them for "horde-busting" missions where I know I'll be outnumbered and that I'll need the speed to get in and out.  I don't mind the lazy roll rate, as I never really bank and yank in this aircraft.  Even though it will turn really well, I usually keep it fast and never load it up with high-G maneuvers, mostly due to the mission described above.

[StokesAk]

Good for picking. Me and a squadie took some up and eneded up getting around 20 kills each in one sortie.

[Spikes]

They are good for cherry picking and running.

[Kev367th]

Did we ever get a concensus on the Tempest and Tiffie flaps?

Both flight manuals refer to using low degrees of flaps at higher speeds than 160mph, without seeming to give anything definate.

Someone posted a link to them some times back.

[Becinhu]

Great bird for bomber hunting as well as convincing the 20k gangpickers to drop some alt.

[BnZs]

Great bird for bomber hunting as well as convincing the 20k gangpickers to drop some alt.

Why would most fighters run from a fight with a Tempest at high alt? Many kinds should have something of an advantage over it up there.

[MachFly]

slow acceleration, can't take fire, can't turn, handles like $h!1 at most speeds, torque is huge, and they are very very ugly.

now you know how much i love them 

[Lusche]

slow acceleration, can't take fire, can't turn, handles like $h!1 at most speeds, torque is huge, and they are very very ugly.

Reads as if you did never fly / fight in one. Slow acceleration?  Can't turn? 

[BnZs]

Has the best low alt accel in the game...but...it is torquey and the flaps aren't all that useful. Even a P-51D can give it a good maneuvering fight.

[MachFly]

Slow acceleration?  Can't turn? 

My main fighter is the spit14, and compared to that the tempest does accelerate slow. Also you saying it can turn? I know of only one fighter that can not out turn the temp and that is the 190D-9.

Reads as if you did never fly / fight in one.

no, i hate that thing...well...it's ok for bomber hunting and BnZing, but I still would not fly one. See if you are going to fly something like a temp, why not fly the 262?

[Lusche]

My main fighter is the spit14, and compared to that the tempest does accelerate slow. Also you saying it can turn? I know of only one fighter that can not out turn the temp and that is the 190D-9.

Just because it's about 0.3 seconds slower in 150-200 acceleration than the best accelrating fighter in game, it doesnt mean the Tempest is sluggish. And above 200, the tempest accelerates faster than the XIV.

Also, to think the Temp is not capable of turning gets many pilots killed. The tempest is NOT just a faster Typhoon.

http://www.gonzoville.com/ahcharts/index.php?p1=temp&p2=spit14

no, i hate that thing...well...it's ok for bomber hunting and BnZing, but I still would not fly one. See if you are going to fly something like a temp, why not fly the 262?

Yup.. you are completely underestimating the Tempest.