Mosquito Mk XVI

[VonKost]

So I flew my first sortie with the perked Mosquito bomber last night. I might be doing it wrong, but I was not too impressed, especially considering the perk price. I took it up to about 18k and made a few high speed runs on some towns until a P-51 came up to chase. I headed for friendly territory with some bombs still on board. The pony was slowly gaining when a 262 jumped in  I had to maneuver to avoid his passes and of coarse lost my drones and 80 odd perks. With no other defensive option but stay fast and maneuver I think the drones might stay home next time. I did manage to dive bomb a tank before landing, but overall I'm not sure I'll take it up again.

What is the consensus on this bomber? Should I have taken it higher? What in particular is the 4000lb bomb good for?

S!

LeMay

[Lusche]

Should I have taken it higher?

Yes, definitely.

That is, unless it's just a short dash to a frontline enemy base with no much need for maneuvering and you expect no enemy fighter cover at that altitude (18k) in time. In a battle situation or if you go behind the enemy lines you have to take her higher. The Mossie is fast, but not fast enough to completely run away from any enemy fighter it comes across at 18k, and there are quite a few players (like me) that do fly high alt cap over any potential targets. The best altitude for high cruise speed is 27k. And while it's quite unlikely to come across enemy fighters at that altitude, you still gotta keep up your SA, particularly if you fly deep into enemy territory. Watch the map, look out for darbars appearing in your path. It might be an interceptor...

What in particular is the 4000lb bomb good for?

Score.

[SmokinLoon]

The Mossi B Mk 16 can be caught by a few aircraft up at 28,000 ft, its best altitude.  Up that high, you are moving at over 400mph TAS if you are void of bmobs. Even if aircraft get up that high, you will have been sailing along at 405 TAS or so and they just might run out of fuel trying to catch up. 

The 4,000 lb "cookie" is good for a lot of things, not just "score" as the chart maker himself proclaims.     If you are able to get into the area safely, use them vs CV's, shore batteries, HQ runs, etc.  Just remember the faster you are moving and the higher you go the larger the the impact zone becomes. 

Me?  I think the perk cost is too high.  I'm sure Lusche can produce a chart showing how much it is used vs other medium bombers.   

[Lusche]

Me?  I think the perk cost is too high.  I'm sure Lusche can produce a chart showing how much it is used vs other medium bombers.   

No I can't. Bomber usage, especially those models keen on avoiding the enemy (unarmed and/or perked), can't really be judged by evaluating kills and deaths.

[lyric1]

So I flew my first sortie with the perked Mosquito bomber last night. I might be doing it wrong, but I was not too impressed, especially considering the perk price. I took it up to about 18k and made a few high speed runs on some towns until a P-51 came up to chase. I headed for friendly territory with some bombs still on board. The pony was slowly gaining when a 262 jumped in  I had to maneuver to avoid his passes and of coarse lost my drones and 80 odd perks. With no other defensive option but stay fast and maneuver I think the drones might stay home next time. I did manage to dive bomb a tank before landing, but overall I'm not sure I'll take it up again.

What is the consensus on this bomber? Should I have taken it higher? What in particular is the 4000lb bomb good for?

S!

LeMay

Flying one right now in early war no perk points for this bad boy in here & nothing can catch you.

[Karnak]

Flying one right now in early war no perk points for this bad boy in here & nothing can catch you.

In Early War?  It first carried bombs in January, 1944.  It should not be available in Early War.

[lyric1]

In Early War?  It first carried bombs in January, 1944.  It should not be available in Early War.

Neither should P47M,N B24 SpitXVI Firefly & a whole bunch of other stuff. It is a glitch that shows up every so often with that map in there at the moment.

[Karnak]

To the OP, I would advise leaving the drones behind so that you are free to maneuver.  If you keep a watch out you will be almost impossible to intercept by anything with piston engines.  A Bf109K-4 taking off as the Mosquito XVI passes over it at 27,000ft and 400mph would need to run at WEP for nearly an hour, IIRC, to catch the Mosquito once it had matched altitude with the Mosquito.  Obviously that is not possible.  That impossibility pushes the interceptor into trying to position himself in front of the Mosquito's path, but with the plethora of targets in AH you can just choose a new target when you see a DAR bar ahead of you.

[VonKost]

Thanks for the replies! I been thinking over the possibilities here.

[AWwrgwy]

The drones really don't stay with the lead plane well. I lost them last night trying to lose altitude to land decending at @ 4k/min at 250IAS. The drones wouldn't come down from 20K.

I've also outrun my drones and lost them.

 



wrongway

[Pigslilspaz]

Got to remember that the Mossie acts like a heavy fighter, while the drones act like all the other drones. Have to be very careful with them.

[RTHolmes]

buff drone pilots arent exactly the best AI pilots out there, but they were really scraping the bottom of the barrel when they picked the mossie drone pilots. those guys are idiots

[badhorse]

I've used the new Mossie bomber a time or two as well. Never with drones. They're best when you can come in drop and keep on going. Great for dropping the VH at a port for example.  But the last time I flew one I was chased down and caught by a F4U D model.  During WWII the Mossie was one of fastest airplanes in the air. As stated above its only defense being its speed.  I don't know if that is accurately modeled here or not.

[Delirium]

The best altitude for high cruise speed is 27k. And while it's quite unlikely to come across enemy fighters at that altitude, you still gotta keep up your SA, particularly if you fly deep into enemy territory.

If you are flying at 27k, you might as well fly offline. You might actually see more opposition there....

[Lusche]

If you are flying at 27k, you might as well fly offline. You might actually see more opposition there....

Excuse me, but when flying an unarmed bomber you do want to avoid enemy fighters - that's about your only defense. And you are also wrong on your guess about the opposition. There are a few players willing to prowl up there (myself included). Last week I spent one afternoon in buffs bombing strats at 25-30k and shot down 5 fighters during that time. I doubt that would have happend offline