Best plane.

[SkyRock]

Without question, the F4U-4 is the best all around fighter in the game.

yup!                  As far as a hog avoiding snaps, one does not always have to drain all the E to avoid it, it's a lil math problem judging his E state, and calculating just enuff E dumpage to avoid critical damage.....in other words, it might be to your advantage to let him ping you(don't allow him to get solution...just a ping), that way, you have dumped the least amount of E, and he has dumped the most.....this can be done at damn near any speed..where he has the adv....baiting the commitment is an art.....the key is the hog's rudder..it really makes you move!   

[Bosco123]

You know how I consider myself, when I'm in a 1A above a fight: A Jugger naught, pretty much unstoppable with the E and alt.

[CAP1]

You know how I consider myself, when I'm in a 1A above a fight: A Jugger naught, pretty much unstoppable with the E and alt.

sounds like me compressing a p38   

[Saxman]

We're not talking about unstoppable in the lawn-dart sense.

[CAP1]

We're not talking about unstoppable in the lawn-dart sense.

 

[grizz441]

Whatever TonyJoey is flying.

[CAP1]

....baiting the commitment is an art....

SOOOOOOOOO........


what you're saying is that the guy that's a master baiter is the better pile-it?

 

[Sifudeer]

If you want to learn accuracy and making your shots count with limited ammo, fly a Yak- either the 9T or 9U. Best I've found for that purpose, IMO.

For Sure!  Yak's own and help so much with aim!

[JunkyII]

Whatever TonyJoey is flying.

Spit 9 

[Nemisis]

The Mighty Jug (and I mean the P-47N).


It owns ALL other planes except the 262 and 163 but those planes are a death trap if you haven't had enough practice with them.

[Saxman]

The Mighty Jug (and I mean the P-47N).


It owns ALL other planes except the 262 and 163 but those planes are a death trap if you haven't had enough practice with them.

Only in a VERY narrow altitude band. Up to about 20,000-25,000ft the F4U-4 is on parity if not superior.

[SkyRock]

SOOOOOOOOO........


what you're saying is that the guy that's a master baiter is the better pile-it?

 

Yup....that's what I am saying.....became a master at age 15 and have never looked back.

[Nemisis]

Sax, if you fight a P-47N the way it wants you to then you might as well give up right then and there. If you manage to get a new pilot then OK, but that holds true with most planes as well.

[Widewing]

Sax, if you fight a P-47N the way it wants you to then you might as well give up right then and there. If you manage to get a new pilot then OK, but that holds true with most planes as well.

Don't be delusional. At 30k, the F4U-4 is as capable as the P-47N and below 25k, it completely owns it.

Think about this: 453 mph at 27k... And, it'll fly circles around the P-47N should it attempt to maneuver with it. The P-47N may be the best fighter above 32k, but the margin over many other fighters is small.

At lower altitudes, the P-47N is out-performed and vulnerable to many types.

In comparison, the F4U-4 is the equal of the La-7 on the deck. It'll out-turn a Spit16, chase down a Dora, and completely dominate the Tempest. As an overall fighter, the P-47N isn't in the F4U-4's league. Seriously, nothing else really is either.


My regards,

Widewing

[moot]

Widewing, just an off topic question if you could answer briefly:  Would the F8F, F7F or P-51H have contended well enough with the F4U4 in a 1:1 dogfight?  If any of them couldn't compete in a committed fight, could any of them have outperformed the F4U-4 enough to inevitably get into a dominant position the way a 109K-4 would a P-51D?