Top Fighter Ranking vs. Plane Used

[Slade]

Hello,

On the Aces High website front page every month the "Top Fighter Ranking" is displayed.  Has anyone ever won this that was not predominantly in one of these planes: BF-109k4, LA7, Spit16, Tempest, F4U-4 (other perk planes)?

Just wondering if a pilot ever won this great honor using a midwar (BF-109g2 etc.) plane?


Thanks,

Slade

[Strip]

Just wondering if a pilot ever won this great honor using a midwar (BF-109g2 etc.) plane?

I must admit I laughed at both ends of that question.....

A lot of people dont consider it a great honor due to the increasingly dishonorable methods of achieving it. Truthfully, some of the best pure fighter sticks have never ranked top 50 much less top five. As far as the 109G2, I doubt it but its certainly possible, tho exceedingly unlikely.

Strip

[Anaxogoras]

Steve did it in the P-51D, and possibly without trying for it.

Anyway, getting a high fighter rank is more about SA and choosing your engagements carefully than flying skill.  I've gotten a high fighter rank before (top ten) just to see if I could, but I'm nothing special.

[Lusche]

On the Aces High website front page every month the "Top Fighter Ranking" is displayed.  Has anyone ever won this that was not predominantly in one of these planes: BF-109k4, LA7, Spit16, Tempest, F4U-4 (other perk planes)?

Yes.

[Slade]

Yes.

What was the plane?

[Anaxogoras]

What was the plane?

I just gave you an example.

[Slade]

I just gave you an example.

Thanks.  Is the P-51d a midware plane?

[Lusche]

All kind of planes. In the last few tours, I remember Spit VIII (thrila), Spit IX (tonyjoey), P-38J (ice)

If you are that interested in that question, you can easily check it out yourself with the "top 50 player" scorepage.

[Anaxogoras]

Oh, sorry.  I just gave the P-51D as an example because it's not one of the planes you mentioned and it's not perked, but it is late war.

[Anaxogoras]

Mid-war planes that you could get top fighter in might be:

Spit VIII
Spit IX (though more difficult than the VIII because you can hardly disengage from anything)
F4U-1A
P-38J
La-5 (if you're a great shot)

The 109G-2 is competitive in late war, but it doesn't have the firepower or ammunition load to kill quickly enough to give you top fighter rank, unless you're some kind of savant.  The 109G-6 is a little better on the firepower side, but then it's more difficult to disengage if you need to.

[shreck]

It would be nice if AH would make some planes "fighter only" and some "Attack only" Get rid of dual roll altogether for scoring purposes! 

 Now get ready for the cries!!!   

[Slade]

Get rid of dual roll altogether for scoring purposes only!

That idea has its merits. 

[CAP1]

What was the plane?

it;s that thingie with wings, and a rudder. it has a big loud spinny thing up front, and multiple bangie things in the wings.......

[Bosco123]

TJ wins it with a spit9

[grizz441]

I got it last tour with a Me163...