salmander HE162

[blood_scout67]

not very good speller am i

     Congrats Bloodscout, you make Hitech look like a spelling bee champion 

rinr

[blood_scout67]

now people sem to be implying that this plane is a noobs plane  so if you believe that you shouldnt have much trouble shooting it down will ya

[Butcher]

now people sem to be implying that this plane is a noobs plane  so if you believe that you shouldnt have much trouble shooting it down will ya

Explain where this is said in this thread? "a noobs plane" most new players cannot fly a me-262 let alone a He-162, which its handling characteristics would be far worse then an Me-262.

[EagleDNY]

i have researched this plane from top to bottom the plane can travel very fast and has a range of up to 120mins of fuel at full speed which might i add is faster than the me262 next the plane looks cool but its draw back is fire power still more than enough to handle a group of bombers but it hasnt got much firepower as the me262 has plus as i mention in a pre post it got of the ground quicker

Where are you getting this 120 minutes of fuel at full throttle stuff from?  A quick google on He-162 fuel capacity comes back with a lot of citations on the 30 minute fuel capacity. 

http://www.williammaloney.com/Aviation/WingsOfEaglesMuseum/HeinkelHE162Salamander/index.htm
http://www.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/LRG/he162.html
http://ww2warbirds.net/ww2htmls/heinhe162.html

Fuel capacity figures with 950-1055 liters of fuel (I've seen both listed as fuel capacity) work out to about 760-844Kg (about 1,670-1,800lbs) of fuel -- which works right with the empty vs full weights of the 162, and the BMW-003 fuel consumption at 100% power at sea level is 2,500 lbs per hour - so that seems to work as well. 

 

[Volron]

So 15 minutes of flight time in the MA's...  Makes me wonder if they'll hardcode it to have it's 30 minute flight time.   Because I honestly don't think it would be worth even half the perk price of a 262 with just 15 minutes of flight time and tricky flight characteristics.

[Debrody]

So 15 minutes of flight time in the MA's...  Makes me wonder if they'll hardcode it to have it's 30 minute flight time.   Because I honestly don't think it would be worth even half the perk price of a 262 with just 15 minutes of flight time and tricky flight characteristics.

awww, mathematics...
1750 lbs of fuel, 2500lbs/hour, thats still 45 minutes. 45/2 isnt 15, rather close to 23. Big difference.
Also whats the 262s flight time at full power, on the deck? ~28 minutes. Yet at 350mph it can fly like 90 minutes... at 10k, at full throttle (520mph), it can fly 35 minutes...
23 on the deck, at full throttle is more than enough and a lot more than most of the prop planes.

I give it a -1. Not couse i dont like it, but the planeset definiately has large holes in the 1: Russian planeset 2: German bombers 3: Japaneese planeset 4: Italian planeset 5: the whole French planeset    nuff said

[MK-84]

Completly wrong. Nobody flys the 163 because the damn thing has no real range, and very little ammo. Landing one is arguably even easier than landing a 262.


And the main issue for 262 pilots is everyone within icon range instantly being aware of them, trying to make crossing shots with what is one of the worst guns (balisticly) in the game, and dealing with everyone trying to ho, pick, and alt monkey you.

The 162 would be no different.

Most of my 262 kills were from a low 6 and the target never saw it comming

[MK-84]

Oh +1  Jets are fun

I was so bummed when the meteor lost

[Scotty55OEFVet]

Ummm, I hardly ever fly the 262 and I can turn it pretty easily and Im sure that there are more than a few guys in the MA that can consistently land 5+ Kills in one. Just cuz you either A)never have enough perks, or B)just don't make an effort to ask one of the 262 aces in the MAs you can't ask for a halfarse Jet to fly cuz YOU want it....


You sure you quoted the right person?

Maybe not lol

[MAINER]

Oh +1  Jets are fun

I was so bummed when the meteor lost

+1 for the meteor!

[Tank-Ace]

Most of my 262 kills were from a low 6 and the target never saw it comming

You miss the point. The fact that as soon as you're spotted, that guy immediatly says "watch out guys, 262 here. Keep an eye peeled" makes your job much more difficult. "everyone within icon range" is an exageration, yes, but its not THAT big of an exageration.

[blood_scout67]

You miss the point. The fact that as soon as you're spotted, that guy immediatly says "watch out guys, 262 here. Keep an eye peeled" makes your job much more difficult. "everyone within icon range" is an exageration, yes, but its not THAT big of an exageration.

tank ace is completely right but he shouldnt of put its a exagaration because it isnt when some one gets shot down people get alerted to  the enemy's presents. Chances are a lot of people will try to hunt you down after that sort of kill. Now me 262 running hiding and ambushing the other team probley wants their own back and theres plenty of jets to choose from oh no there isnt but if we got the salmander and the meator well then more to choose from and more for the roles in which thease planes fly