Quit your whinin and fire up the Jug.

[juzz]

True, but can it carry a (false) loadout of 2 1,000lb bombs, a 500lb bomb, 10 5" HVARs and 3400 rounds of .50in ammo?  

[fscott]

I judge a plane's betterness as to how scared I am of other planes.  P38 is definately not on my scare list when I'm flying the jug. I can outzoom it and outdive it and outrun it.

There's only a few planes I am scared of when in my jug. They are the P51, 30mm equipped 109, Typhoon, and another Jug. All other planes I can either HO, outdive, or outrun.

fscott

[Glunz]

   

The Fw 190A-8 has 44 kills and has been killed 31 times against the P-47-D30.

Interesting matchup, huh ?


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Don't give pilots with lower wingloading a fair fight !
They wouldn't notice anyway.

 

Glunz
9./JG54 "Grunherz"


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[Lephturn]

You mean your not nervous of Hogs?  A very similar plane with the same engine.  The F4U can dive and run with a Jug.  It retains E better, it turns better, and it has better low speed handling.  If it's a C model you best not go for the HO either.  If you are a crappy shot like me, this isn't an option anyway.

Typhoons don't bother me really.  109's are the scary planes for me, because they can out-climb me easy and the G10 is fast enough to catch me if I run.  If I've got enough altitude I can out-dive it, but I've got to be able to hold 500 for a bit to do that.  190's can be dangerous until I figure out if it's the A5 or the A8.

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Lephturn - Chief Trainer
A member of The Flying Pigs  http://www.flyingpigs.com
 

"My P-47 is a pretty good ship, she took a round coming 'cross the Channel last trip.
Just thinking 'bout my baby and lettin' her rip, always got me through so far."
 - Steve Earl

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[StSanta]

Lepthurn, you saying that if it in an A8, it doesn't scare ya?

Pray it ain't flown by kirin, maik, Glunz or nathbdp.

kirin has 141 kills and has been killed 32 times in the Fw 190A-8

maik has 231 kills and has been killed 82 times in the Fw 190A-8

nathbdp has 160 kills and has been killed 34 times in the Fw 190A-8.

glunz has 11 kills and has been killed 1 time in the Fw 190A-8

These guys are creepy in the a8  

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StSanta
9./JG 54 "Grünherz"
while(!bishRookQueue.isEmpty() && loggedOn()){
30mmDeathDIEDIEDIE(bishRookQueue.removeFront());
System.out.println("LW pilots are superior");
myPlane.performVictoryRoll();
}

[fscott]

At first the hog scared me but I soon learned how to beat it. HO's are no problem. I open up at around 1.1k and they usually dissintegrate around 600 clicks.  I've rarely been killed in a HO by a chog. I've been disabled but they usually go down in flames.

A jug can outdive the hog. If a hog as alt on me then its scary, but its scary with any plane that has an alt advantage.  Also the jug outzooms a hog.

fscott

[SKurj]

YAK took my D30 down tonight with a no more than 1 sec burst +(

AKSKurj

[Citabria]

 

True, but can it carry a (false) loadout of 2 1,000lb bombs, a 500lb bomb, 10 5" HVARs and 3400 rounds of .50in ammo?

the real one could carry 2 2000 lb bombs  

[SFRT - Frenchy]

 

So true man. That thing puts up a wall of lead. AH P-47D is the first sim Jug that reminds me of the descriptions in Robert Johnson's book. Especially when Frenchy is flying it!

Thank Funked, appreciated   BTW, do you recomand me this book Funked? Is it entertaining to read?

[Lephturn]

No Santa, I'm just saying that I need to figure out which FW it is before I can decide what my best move is.  It doesn't really matter which one, just that I find out quickly.    After that it will depend on my situation.

And yeah, I'd rather it be an A8.  At least I can stallfight with the A8. <G>

Also, those guys are just good pilots.  The plane doesn't matter so much, they'd be dangerous anyway.

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Lephturn - Chief Trainer
A member of The Flying Pigs  http://www.flyingpigs.com


"My P-47 is a pretty good ship, she took a round coming 'cross the Channel last trip.
Just thinking 'bout my baby and lettin' her rip, always got me through so far."
 - Steve Earl

[Westy]

 Frenchy, Johnsons book he co-wrote with Caiden titled "Thunderbotl"  is an "ok" read. Nothing to keep you on the edge of your seat readin. A bit too short and only enough combat stories to give you a taste of his war time experience. I was a bit dissapointed. I included my copy in a trade for a CH FFX stick otherwise I'd send it to you.

More on Johnson:
 http://home.att.net/~C.C.Jordan/Johnson.html


-Westy