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Offline RTHolmes

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Re: do you have a bad luck plane?
« Reply #45 on: June 27, 2010, 05:45:03 PM »
Quote from: BrownBaron on June 25, 2010, 07:46:56 PM
If we are in a Co-e situation, and he is 400 off my tail, how do you propose I slow down rapidly with out taking a poorly aimed hail of 20mm's to mmy airframe?

Hartmann maneuver might work if hes never seen it, then you could just pop up and let him ram into the back of you  :devil


edit: I was thinking of the jug as lead plane because the same happened to me last night, only thought of it after I was down :(
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Re: do you have a bad luck plane?
« Reply #46 on: June 27, 2010, 11:27:18 PM »
all the f4u's rear vis blows
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Offline fbWldcat

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Re: do you have a bad luck plane?
« Reply #47 on: June 27, 2010, 11:32:54 PM »
Adjust head position. It helps greatly. Still not the best by any means. F4U is one of the best planes in the game IMHO.
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Landing is overrated.
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Offline BrownBaron

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Re: do you have a bad luck plane?
« Reply #48 on: June 27, 2010, 11:33:24 PM »
Uhm...do an aleiron roll when you want to see whats causing all those holes to appear in your wing...

Not sure who asked for your input on F4U's rear vis...
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Offline mtnman

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Re: do you have a bad luck plane?
« Reply #49 on: June 28, 2010, 11:09:39 AM »

I've noticed that when things go bad for me, it's when I'm in an F4U.  Practically every single time.  There isn't any other plane in AH that I get into trouble with nearly as often.
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Offline jolly22

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Re: do you have a bad luck plane?
« Reply #50 on: June 28, 2010, 11:12:00 AM »
phew, i thought i was the only one that sucks in the F4U
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Offline fbWldcat

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Re: do you have a bad luck plane?
« Reply #51 on: June 28, 2010, 11:22:01 AM »
You have to learn the F4U pretty well. Once you learn it, it is very deadly.
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Quote from: Shuffler on April 07, 2011, 10:37:33 AM
Landing is overrated.
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Offline jolly22

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Re: do you have a bad luck plane?
« Reply #52 on: June 28, 2010, 11:23:36 AM »
is it a better turner or at high speeds?
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Offline fbWldcat

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Re: do you have a bad luck plane?
« Reply #53 on: June 28, 2010, 11:39:29 AM »
It is best at about 200-300 mph and at these speeds with flaps extended, it is deadly. It is a great BnZ plane but can also turn with a spit for a while if it must. (until your speed drops too low)
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Quote from: Shuffler on April 07, 2011, 10:37:33 AM
Landing is overrated.
"Two roads diverged in a wood, and I: I took the one less traveled by." - Robert Frost
"Uncommon valor was a common virtue." <S>

Offline jolly22

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Re: do you have a bad luck plane?
« Reply #54 on: June 28, 2010, 11:44:50 AM »
makes since, thanks
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Offline fbWldcat

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Re: do you have a bad luck plane?
« Reply #55 on: June 28, 2010, 12:53:15 PM »
Practice with the older F4Us and then try the F4U-4, F4U-4 is a great plane, one of my favorites.
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Quote from: Shuffler on April 07, 2011, 10:37:33 AM
Landing is overrated.
"Two roads diverged in a wood, and I: I took the one less traveled by." - Robert Frost
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Re: do you have a bad luck plane?
« Reply #56 on: June 28, 2010, 01:37:25 PM »
all spitfires, most of the 109's (all but the F-4, and G-2), 190F8 (I always bump into an La-7, P-51, or something that totally owns me), P-39, Ta-152, Zeek, Ki-61, P-38's, etc.


About the only planes I have any success in is:

P-51B/D
P-40E
P-47M/D11
190A5
109F-4
109G-2
Yak-9U
FM-2

And occationally the 110 (fought 2 F4U's and a spit VIII to a draw, which is the high water mark of my carrear)
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Offline fbWldcat

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Re: do you have a bad luck plane?
« Reply #57 on: June 28, 2010, 02:37:13 PM »
It takes a real man to fly the P-47 D-11  :aok  :lol
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Quote from: Shuffler on April 07, 2011, 10:37:33 AM
Landing is overrated.
"Two roads diverged in a wood, and I: I took the one less traveled by." - Robert Frost
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Offline lulu

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Re: do you have a bad luck plane?
« Reply #58 on: June 28, 2010, 03:03:15 PM »
I was an happy 3 kills f4u1a pilot (my bad luck plane) ... in fact i crashed on landing.  :rofl

Cv started to turn just i was landing   :uhoh
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Offline dedalos

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Re: do you have a bad luck plane?
« Reply #59 on: June 28, 2010, 03:55:34 PM »
Yes, the one I am in  :lol
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