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Offline bangsbox

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Re: Mossies
« Reply #45 on: February 08, 2012, 02:14:48 AM »
Juggler would argue a point. Hes actually pretty good in a 110.

mossie has everything on 110 except guns which is still kinda close when comparing its ability to wax a fighter (hands down 110 with gun package owns bombers like a mossie cant), and armor which mossie has wood and 110 can take some hits but with u  put 4 hispanos on a 110 it goes boom so point is moot. i love flying 110 but i love 262 perks so mossie is the poor mans 110. i really think eny of 110 should be 20, as a fighter it cant handle it self like a single engine late war fighter and as an attack plane there is plenty of planes in that category that carry more weight of ords. its really only a decent attack plane without the armor of an il2, in high alt buff killer role u better plan way ahead and hope there is not higher escort. so why take 110 and get 3 perks for killing a couple of guns few buildings and a vulch or 2; when a mossie that can do it faster with more survivability, (due to speedy, not armor) and can do it for 7-12 perks and that's not living through the experience
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Re: Mossies
« Reply #46 on: February 08, 2012, 04:50:57 AM »
mossie has everything on 110 except guns which is still kinda close
The guns are sort of a trade off.  The Bf110G-2's guns have a lot more firepower, but the ballistics on the Mosquito's guns are superior.  I'd say that against fighters the Mosquito's guns are better and against bombers and structures the Bf110G-2's guns are better.

If, as I expect, the Me410 introduces the MK103 the Mosquito is likely to lose it's first place standing for having the best air-to-air gun package in AH.
and armor which mossie has wood and 110 can take some hits 
The Mossie is tougher than the Bf110 is as testing has demonstrated.  Wood was more durable than aluminum for a number of reasons and HTC has modeled it as such.  Just because aluminum is metal doesn't make it armor.  Both the Bf110 and Mosquito have self sealing fuel tanks and pilot armor.
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Re: Mossies
« Reply #47 on: February 08, 2012, 08:46:21 AM »
Wood retains a realtively high percentage of strength even after it's been stressed or damaged to near failure.

I jump for joy when I up a 110 for buffs and find fighter escorts and will ignore the bombers to kill the escorts.

This is because I plan very far ahead and always have an altitude advantage.

Most high altitude escorts dive away the second they figure out they are the target.........which allows me to kill the buffs and use the altitude advantage I did not surrender to chase the escort fighter down.

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Re: Mossies
« Reply #48 on: February 08, 2012, 06:51:57 PM »
This and the 110 is a really unstable platform...mossie is a way smoother plane to fly.

The 110 is a turd with wings on it. No wonder they got smattered in real life. I got so burned out on them when NOE missions in them were the rage and never understood why Mossies never replaced them in this capacity. I used to run all RAF NOEs featuring the Mossie, typhie, and Spits. They used to hit the base so fast, with so much firepower, they would just dominate the airspace.
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Re: Mossies
« Reply #49 on: February 08, 2012, 09:45:46 PM »
I flew it a lot when ENY was high. My only strong dislike is the apparent fragility of would. It has taken far less hits than the p-38 to turn it into kindling. I suppose its large size and splintering wood are too costly.  :old:
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Re: Mossies
« Reply #50 on: February 11, 2012, 08:15:44 PM »
I flew it a lot when ENY was high. My only strong dislike is the apparent fragility of would. It has taken far less hits than the p-38 to turn it into kindling. I suppose its large size and splintering wood are too costly.  :old:

From deacking fields where each hit is more or less seperate it seems that the mossie can take a good amount of punishment.  Perhaps it's large size means that you're receiving alot more hits?

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Re: Mossies
« Reply #51 on: February 11, 2012, 08:16:42 PM »
Oh, and if u fly these super light, they're awesome :aok  the only problem is alot of pilots seem to flock to you for the "easy" kill

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Re: Mossies
« Reply #52 on: February 11, 2012, 11:17:32 PM »
Best fight I've ever had in a mossie was against a Spitfire Mk 14 in the mossie Mk 16. I fought him to a stand still, though I lost both my drones of course, and mannaged to land about 8000lbs of damage when he had to RTB for fuel.
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