was on my way to rooks side of the map when i see a red dot in my area and start looking round... spec way above... a B-17 at 35k.
I spend a drop tank and my aux tanks climbing to his altitude... then enter the longest running battle I've yet been in with a bomber.(the shortest this TOD was with a c47 when i lost ele in a dive
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the only part I found frustrating was the B-17s ability to turn without loosing altitude at banks that apeared to be about 45 degrees much less have the power to do anything other than fly straight and level that high.
alls well that ends well though. I didnt get a scratch after almost 6 gun passes during which i progressively damaged parts of his buff. (bullets do interesting and cool things at 35k
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I found it quite insulting that he had the ability to merrily continue along with his bombing flight plan making his turn with impunity to loss of altitude and enough speed to keep that altitude while banking at 35k at an agressive angle seemed uncharacteristic of a heavy bomber.
am I wrong?
should the b17 really out turn the p38 at 35k in initial turn?
[This message has been edited by Citabria (edited 04-06-2000).]
