N1K2

[BUG_EAF322]

when shumacher get's a pickup to win the grand prix
he certainly got no chance to win the race.

i'ts not a pilot pilot thing only it is certainly a combination off both.

saying that i could kill a goon and be proud on it.

[bashwolf]

1st of all i was called a dweeb in arena   howwwwwl.  I used to fly it before and will know too ask Ts and Wolf who saw me fly it often.  I used to fly it as defensive plane and still do.  Ask Ts and wolf again they have seen me fly it lol  (bribes ts n wolf).  So please when u see me call me nik2 dweeb because i am one    Man i have been gangbang so much my head hurts again ask Ts n wolf.  Anyhow, About bringing kills home in Nik2 i ditch as soon i ran out of gas or ammo or fight and laugh my donut off.  I dont land my kills and unless base is 30 sec away from me.  U always have uber plane.  I hate f4uc guns but you dont see me making a post    Btw i fly other planes as well.


Bash Peace!

Meanwhile waiting for d9  

This what i did to 4 planes while flying a nik2 lol. I skin them like a chicken hehe.
 

[Karnak]

BUG_EAF322,
The odds of seeing even 33% of the aircraft being flown in AH as N1K2s is less than me winning the lottery.

[sarcasm]Yes, it is a powerful plane.  Lets perk it.

What other aircraft do you have trouble with?  The Spitfire MkIX.  Good perk it.  P-51D?  F4U-1C?  Perk 'em.  Any others?  B-17G you say?  Perk it.[/sarcasm]

Why don't you try learning how to deal with it.

Personally, I'm better in a Spitfire than I am in any other aircraft, but that doesn't mean that they have overmodeled the Spit or undermodeled the N1K2.  Its just different.

If you have actual test numbers from an real test of a real N1K2-J that differ from the AH N1K2-J, then post them.  Post your evidence.

If it just doesn't feel right to you, then take a ticket and get in line behand all of the other guys who feel that this kite or that kite "feels" wrong.

Sisu
-Karnak

[Suave1]

How can you say the n1k2 is more survivable than the p38 ? The p38 is considerably faster. It has great high altitude performance, opposed the n1k2 which is a hippo at high alt.

Life and death in the pork arena is really a darwinian matter. If you're getting killed by n1k2's in a p38 you're making bad decisions I think. You have the faster plane so you have the luxury of fighting on your terms . Regardless of plane type,the fundamentals of acm are universal .

[Karnak]

BUG_EAF322,
Right now you're arena dominating, everbody will fly it, N1K2 accounts for 1/13th of the kills in tour 8.

Here is a percentage breakdown of topline fighters (and Flakpanzer) and what percentage of the total kills each owns:

N1K2: 1/13th
P-51D: 1/13th
Bf109G-10: 1/20th
Spitfire MkIX: 1/10th
Ostwind: 1/7th
Yak-9U: 1/33rd
Fw190-A5: 1/26th
F4U-1C: 1/7th

I don't have time to detail all of them, but that is a sampling.

Looks like the Ostwind and F4U-1C are tied (F4U-1C is actually ahead by about 600 kills) with the Spitfire MkIX in 3rd and the P-51D in a statistical tie with the N1K2 (like the F4U-1C the P-51D is slightly ahead).

N1K2 seems good, and popular, but by no means occupying 50% of the missions flown.

Sisu
-Karnak

[BUG_EAF322]

Not yet 50% but it will
/ever tried too outrun a niki on the deck ?
in a p 38? i had to run for hours until i got a slight distance advantage.

So below 20K i cannot climb dive and turn with niki.

Those performance numbers from niki i'm not whining bout karnak
i don't have time too read books only to fly.
it's just a very very good plane .
a bit too good.

i really don't mind the rest off the plane set. Even not the hog c  

The niki just keeps me thinking.

And now don't tell me i fly stupid, because under 20 K there not alot off options.

And wich books are right??

[Spritle]

RAM,

I'm going to have to agree with Minotaur's original post.  Also I really don't think the hammerhead is a good combat maneuver.  I really don't recall seeing any gun camera footage of any airplane trying this.  

You should have takin the N1K into a tight spiraling climb which has already been pointed out.  

Also if the N1K was really 1.5k behind you how could you possible tell if he was in a lead or lag persuit.  Man you must be running at 1600x1200!

I love the N1K and I have flown in it since the game was still free.  Don't blame the N1K if you got beat at your own game.  This isn't supposed to come across as rude.  

I think you got gready or complacent doing the hammerhead and got burned.  The old ways are sometimes the best (in other words simple beats fancy almost every time).

I can't help but think that if you had takin the N1K into a spiraling climb and then dove on him as he was in his floundering stall then this enjoyable thread would never have been started.  

Spritle

[Spritle]

Oh yeah here is something that you might find interesting.  It is an interview with Saburo Sakai.


 http://www.danford.net/sakai.htm
 
Look down a little under the subheading "On IJN Leadership".

By the way Mr. Sakai past away this past sunday.

 

Spritle <S>