Why?

[trigger2]

Dunno if anyone can answer this, but why is the TA-152 a 5 ENY plane? It's fast and has big guns, but it's, as righfully nicknamed by a few, a flying football field. It's roll rate doesn't rival the 190s, and its turn rate isn't anything to be proud of, but it still has a lower ENY than the FW-190.

So back to my question, why?

[Rebel]

Take it upstairs

[Strip]

Much like the P-47N or the Spit-14 the Ta-152 is at home at high altitudes above 20,000 to 25,000 feet.

In the 30,000 to 40,000 foot range there isn't a plane in the game that can approach it hardly.

Strip

[Lusche]

In the 30,000 to 40,000 foot range there isn't a plane in the game that can approach it hardly.

Because the is no plane up there 

All joking aside, how much combat do we see in the MA's up there?

[trigger2]

Much like the P-47N or the Spit-14 the Ta-152 is at home at high altitudes above 20,000 to 25,000 feet.

In the 30,000 to 40,000 foot range there isn't a plane in the game that can approach it hardly.

Strip

...And you're really going to get into a fight with a corsair or a spixteen at 40k?

Anywho, my $.02

[Strip]

Whether or not your going to find a fight at that altitude isn't the issue.

ENY, IMHO, is in part based off the total combination of plane attributes.

Not how the plane fairs in unrealistic low altitude fighting......

[Anaxogoras]

ENY values rarely make sense.  Why would you expect otherwise for the Ta-152?

[Strip]

Taken as whole they do make sense for the most part, its when you start to look at each plane the discrepancies show up.

In any event I don't want to start that snowball rolling.....

[LLogann]

All interesting viewpoints.....

But the bottom line is...

When the buff's are at 25k, there is nothing better in the game. 

[Strip]

All interesting viewpoints.....

But the bottom line is...

When the buff's are at 25k, there is nothing better in the game.  

With a prop hanging in front of it anyway....

 

[JunkyII]

I thought it was because of the scarcity of the aircraft in WW2 too, thought that was why the 51 got its 8 eny because it wasnt as rare as many of the other aircraft

[Reaper90]

30,000 to 40,000 feet

All joking aside, how much combat do we see in the MA's up there?

Well, that depends upon whether you're above Rookland or not.....

 

[LLogann]

The 262 falls of at a geometric rate past 22k.  At 25k a 262 isn't much of a fight.

With a prop hanging in front of it anyway....

 

[SunBat]

Some (very few and I am not one of them), know how to unlock its potential.  If you already knew this, then my point is m00t.   

[trigger2]

Some (very few and I am not one of them), know how to unlock its potential.  If you already knew this, then my point is m00t.   

I meant to post this a while ago and give the guy a <S> for the fight, but anywho, here it is, my TA152 whooping a f4U-1a.

Don't think he expected this kinda fight when he first engaged...
http://www.mediafire.com/?2dnd0oaylzy