I friggin love the 190a8

[Dahl]

Gentlemen-I propose to you the -D9. Spikes;you have great boobs,Sir.

[Krusty]

He makes skins for ingame aircraft if you have not noticed, but the team is to rep everyone who makes skins, waffle, greebo, fencer etc...

No, it's specific to those helping HTC create the "default" skins that come with new or remodeled aircraft. It doesn't include just random skinners (such as myself, or Kev367th, etc...)

[oakranger]

not to much will out dive a fatlady 

It is trying to pulling out of the dive that got them. 

[The Vowel Of Doom!]

190 A 8... Only way to fly... NUFF said 


However, on a side note: The 190 a 8 should NEVER be used for vulching. That would be wrong...
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[druski85]

Beautiful bird there.  I prefer the A-5, but the gun packages on the A-8 are simply awesome. 

I've always found the A8 to be sluggish, but I really enjoy an A-5 sortie from time to time.   

[Krusty]

It's currently significantly overweight, as well. In the MA you can furball it with some success, but what really makes it interesting is in scenarios or setups.

For example, it's a fairly decent plane vs even late-war Soviet fighters. However when you put it up against late war RAF planes its very overwhelmed.

[pangea]

It's currently significantly overweight, as well. In the MA you can furball it with some success, but what really makes it interesting is in scenarios or setups.

For example, it's a fairly decent plane vs even late-war Soviet fighters. However when you put it up against late war RAF planes its very overwhelmed.

I know the weight issue has been discussed a lot, but please refresh my memory.  How overweight is it and why has this issue not been addressed?  I would think that there is a fair amount of documentation on the 190A8 that would provide the correct weight information.  I would really like to see this fixed if it is indeed overweight.   

[68ZooM]

 i found a great site for some FW 190A8 ton of specs for those interested  http://www.wwiiaircraftperformance.org/fw190/fw190a8.html

[Krusty]

Tons of documentation. Current thinking is HTC took the specs from the heavily armored Wurger, but didn't actually model the benefits from the armor (it had among other things more pilot armor, ammo armor, oil ring armor -- in-game we get PWs and oil hits every time).

It's been covered many times, and I only hope HTC has put it on the back burner to fix "eventually" rather than just ignore all the data. You go back to 2000/2001 when the A8 was introduced in AH1 and they're even discussing this extra weight but no added benefit from the armor here on the forums. At least, they're debating it, because back then they did not have the E6B nor the weight readout on it to help test and diagnose certain things.


It's about 250 lbs too heavy. (empty weight)

[jolly22]

I see a 262 behind that 190.

I was gonna say that! 

[Hajo]

IMHO the FW190A8 in game might be modeled after the FW190A8/R8......it even appears to have "blinkers" on the front glass of the canopy (3 panes, center, left of center and rt of center)

<shrugs>

[DREDIOCK]

All the 190 varients are fun to fly.
 And the rockets i the F8 can kill tanks

[potsNpans]

It's a pig in the mud with Boars teeth.

[oakranger]

All the 190 varients are fun to fly.
 And the rockets i the F8 can kill tanks

I thought the rockets where for taking out the bombers.

[SunBat]

Here is a classic example of her pwntential.  It's one of me favorite planes. 

http://dasmuppets.com/public/Sunbatt/owneded.ahf