Easy Planes to get kills in

[Wmaker]

The brewster is slow but some consider it over modelled as it dives and accelerates well over a low speed range.

Just a general comment...

What "accelerates well" means is obviously subjective and means different things to different people but for example, Fw190A-8 accelerates better on the deck and nobody seems to be screaming about its acceleration.

The whines about Brewster's acceleration usually come for bad SA, poor perception/reading of the situation and from just plain lack of ACM/3D-perception.

It is much easier to shooth ones ego by making one self believe that getting shot down was caused by something that the person himself has no control over than actually learning from the experience and getting better at flying.

[L0nGb0w]

If your not a skilled picker it takes time which means fuel and alt stops you getting picked. You fly in above the fight look for someone on the edge or going home rtb fuel etc or already in a fight and pick them.

You would quickly run out of fuel and ammo in the la7 and coming in above the fight you are losing advantages.

I am sure the la7 is a good short range picker though.   

I find these terms to be mutually exclusive

[MickDono]

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[ACE]

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Im laughing to micky 

[Zoney]

For myself, I must agree that the P51 is the easiest to land multiple kills in.  Specifically that.  I can get multiple kills in alot of aircraft but the P51's abilities do allow a confident egress so you can escape after youve gotten your kills and land them.  I do not fly it very often, kind of hard to say why.  Lately I have become completely enamored of the F4U-C.  4 20mm Cannons, combined with the ability to drop your gear at 400+ MPH and bleed speed when neccessary makes up for the fairly poor climb rate.  If you want to shoot down buffs, one pass and it is a kill everytime you get guns on.

[Imowface]

I will compair the La-7 to La-5FN here (which is just a 7 without the training wheels) and say that yeah it may be a skilled picker, but it is also a great dogfighter when you get to know it, the slats and the wing drop are hard to get used to if you fly N1K's yeah, and first timers will have trouble with the guns, but once you get used to it you will find your self mixing it up more and more often, not to say I dont pick anymore which I do, but after awhile in the La-7 or 5, you will start to seek out 1v1's and also seeing what the plane is really capable of

[IronDog]

The D9 is very good at landing kills,but the Pony is good as well.Good sticks can land kills in any airplane.I'm not one of that contingent.AP Drone said the Japanese didn't have any good planes but the Zero.I take issue with that.The Niki,Tony,KI 84, and 100,plus the Jack were all very respectable planes.The Japanese had a few veteran pilots left towards the end of the war,and I read a story where one ace shot down 11 Navy fighters in one day in a Niki.Most the other pilots were doing the Kamikase thing, being escorted by vets to their targets.
I really hate it when I get my arse handed to me by a Brewster,P40,I16 etc.I seen snefens land 6 kills in a 202,now that's showing skill as a pilot,and yes I was one of them!
There are a few pilots that furball and still land kills constantly,now that is showing true S.A. and fighting ability.E fighters and B&zers(pickers),thats o.k. too.Just have fun!
The Dawg

[Ack-Ack]

I just wonder why those who use the plane as an excuse don't pick on the 51 more.

You obviously haven't played this game for any significant length of time.  Whines about the P-51 used to be as common as whines about the La7, N1K2, etc.

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[gyrene81]

AP Drone said the Japanese didn't have any good planes but the Zero.I take issue with that.

uh yeah...you obviously missed the sarcasm in drone's post...maybe some more coffee...i had a full pot and it helped me... 

Ok.. it's American History Lecture time.

Please locate the nearest crucible of salt grains to ingest while reading the following:

[PFactorDave]

I've been actually having some success in our good friend the C205 this tour.  I don't think people respect the C205 as much as they should.  It has a lot going for it, in my opinion.

[waystin2]

Any ideas why?  

Because it does not really matter.

[Fruda]

The only aircraft here worth complaining about is the I-16.

No other plane is so annoying, or so easily capable of landing kills for unskilled pilots.

[BigR]

I love when people underestimate me in the 51 and think I am not going to fight them. We merge, and" OH LOOK, I didn't just extend...im on your tail...you're dead." Its hilarious to see the precise moment when they panic, but its too late...you are not gonna out scissor me. Only the best of the best 109 of F4U guys can ever reverse me, and most of the times they don't. This is what separates the DA from the MA...the uncertainty of what will happen on the merge. It gives the 51 pilot a huge advantage because most people think they wont fight. I love the fact that people think only dweebs fly 51s. I also love the fact that not just any dweeb can fly it correctly. I will fight anything equal terms 1v1...Spit, 262...anything. I don't always win, but most of the time I do. 51 is the best all around plane in the game, but it takes someone who knows what they are doing to fly it right....just like ANY plane.

[jamdive]

Complains also seem to be en vogue at certain times for certain times. Once it was all about the Runstangs. Then Spit 16 and La 7 for years. Now Spixteen whines have been replaced with Brewster ones.

I have noticed the La7 whines dissapating. Years back the La7 was for noobs only, now its just for Hoagi.

[Ack-Ack]

I know the first time I encountered the Niki in AW, I was demoralized at how well it did.  

I know the memory fades as the years go by but I recall that AW didn't have the N1K2 like we do but rather the N1K1-J.


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