Author Topic: Hows the Mossie doing? (Read 739 times)

Bozon12 · « **Reply #15 on:** October 05, 2001, 02:39:00 PM »

ha ha!
RAF lovers around the world unite!

another fine item for our arsenal,
please please please pretty please don't perk it...

Bozon

Tac · « **Reply #16 on:** October 05, 2001, 02:40:00 PM »

I LOVE IT.

It does have some things that dont seem right , but im an ignorant on the mossie so I really dunno. Dives like a horny p-47, is DAMN fast in level flight, accels *almost* as fast as a yak9U, has WEP, turns like a 205 and baby baby THE ARMAMENT!

Crappy bombload, but hey, who would want to BOMB in that thing? Heeeheee!!!

Karnak · « **Reply #17 on:** October 05, 2001, 04:33:00 PM »

It has been moved to the Fighter/Attack category in 1.08 Patch 1.

It now spawns out of the FH, which is as it should. None of the bombers compared to it for air-to-air capability.

In 1.07 we could take a B-26 or a Il-2 and try to defend the base after the FHs were down. The Mosquito would slaughter either of those aircraft. It was like having a fighter come out of the BH.

It is definately my new ride.

Animal · « **Reply #18 on:** October 06, 2001, 07:48:00 AM »

thanks you all.

seems like I'll have a new main ride.

Fester' · « **Reply #19 on:** October 06, 2001, 09:09:00 AM »

htc needs to pork it or make the p38 as uber as the mossie

Animal · « **Reply #20 on:** October 06, 2001, 10:32:00 AM »

leave it as it is.

i rather have a good mossie than a bad mossie and a bad p38

Steven · « **Reply #21 on:** October 06, 2001, 10:52:00 AM »

Are you guys finding the Mossie to not be so sturdy? I encountered one in my F4U-1 yesterday and chased it around and pinged the patootie out of it. He never smoked or appeared to lose any parts and I was finally killed by a N1K (I didn't even hear a ping, just whammo...I'm in the tower.) I tried to find out who that Mossie was to see if he was getting hits on his FE, but no one replied. From my one encounter, it seems the Mossie is a tank.

Rickenbacker · « **Reply #22 on:** October 06, 2001, 11:11:00 AM »

I encountered two mossies strafing one of our depots the other night. I was in an F4U-4, and figuring this should be an easy fight I started turning with them. BIG mistake! I winged one, who later got away, but got tangled up in a low alt, medium speed turnfight with Midnight who eventually managed to get behind me. Doesn't take much more than one of those big shells... I died horribly.

In other words, in capable hands the Mossie can outturn a F4U-4 on the deck.

Olgzr3 · « **Reply #23 on:** October 06, 2001, 10:31:00 PM »

I like the mossie to..was one of my favorite planes in AW also. Hate to say it but if this plane stays this good it should be perked.
A low perk value though..maybe 20 or so.

Olgzr

CJ · « **Reply #24 on:** October 07, 2001, 01:03:00 AM »

I like the Mossie so far. I hope it doesn't get perked, because it isn't a super good fighter. Several fighters have better ground attack ordinance carrying capabilities, and according to the stats it's not an above average fighter. Overally, it's a great machine, and excellent at taking down bombers.

CJ

Fester' · « **Reply #25 on:** October 07, 2001, 01:26:00 AM »

whats so dangerous about the mossie is that it is a master of deflection shots.

those who elevate the forward view to look over the nose can see so far down in front that anything in range and angle of the guns can be seen and hit at ultra high deflection angles

Wotan · « **Reply #26 on:** October 07, 2001, 02:46:00 AM »

The Mosquito Mk VI has 2023 kills and has been killed 2771 times.

Wotan has 4 kills and has been killed 0 times against the Mosquito Mk VI.

I've only have 12 sorties 5 of these were flying as .join xxx with my squaddies when 1.08 first came out (3 deaths from riding along with squaddies

) Tonight I flew my first combat sorties in 1.08 (stick was broke just got replacement) I got 10 kills and i augered once.

I'm surprised it has as many kills as it does. I haven't even flown it offline but I've been here since tour 3 and theres several planes i never even flown offline. I doudt i ever will fly it.

Maybe I just caught some newbies

but they no who they are.........

The mosquito seem easier to kill then a ju88. imho its a piece of crap (i don't know anything about its fm)just like in every other sim. I don't know how that relates to the real life mosquito but when I see one I go after it.

Karnak · « **Reply #27 on:** October 07, 2001, 03:17:00 AM »

Wotan,

Keep in mind that its numbers are distorted because it was spawning from the BH for the first 24 hours.

People were using it to try to defend capped airfields after the FHs were destroyed.

Wotan · « **Reply #28 on:** October 07, 2001, 04:06:00 AM »

I'll take your word on it.....

of course I should of said that I was in d9 and that my squad is a d9 squadron and I have many more hours/kills in it then anyone has in the ah mosquito at this time.

I just saw very little difference killing one here compared to killing them in those other sims.

From all I've heard most people love it which is cool I hope we get a 110/410 as well modeled as folks who know say the ah mosquito is.

Karnak · « **Reply #29 on:** October 07, 2001, 04:59:00 AM »

Wotan,

Fw190D-9 will eat the Mosquito for lunch. I spent a lot of time last tour in the Fw190D-9.

I hope that we get a good Bf110 and Me410 model as well, but I wouldn't hold out too much hope that they will perform as well as the Mosquito. The Me410 has 20lbs more per square foot in wing loading than the Mosquito FB.VI does. Bf110 is a lot closer as far as that goes.

What the Me410 will do better is carry ordinance. The loadouts I've seen listed for Me410s are very, very impressive and it has gobs of ammo for those cannon, 350 rounds each on the two cannon in the bomber version.

And you can look forward and down while still using your gunsight.