Mossies

[mthrockmor]

I love seeing Mossies. I approach them smartly knowing there is a 50/50 chance they guy flying it really knows what they are doing. Half the time it's moving target practice, noobsville. The other half its an experten and its a serious dogfight where any mistakes will get you killed. I've been flying the PonyD exclusively lately and the comments about being closely matched are correct.

<S> experten Mossie drivers!

Boo

[Karnak]

I suspect a good P-51D driver would be a very good and fun fight for a Mossie VI (at low altitudes), but sadly, as with Spitfire Mk XVIs, good P-51D drivers are very rare compared to the vast numbers of players who have no idea how to use it and just fly it because it is "the best".

[Butcher]

I suspect a good P-51D driver would be a very good and fun fight for a Mossie VI (at low altitudes), but sadly, as with Spitfire Mk XVIs, good P-51D drivers are very rare compared to the vast numbers of players who have no idea how to use it and just fly it because it is "the best".

The Mossie must be seen as a deadly threat, flew it a few times last night and couldn't get a fair fight out of it - instead gang banged by everyone within 6k.

[Karnak]

The Mossie must be seen as a deadly threat, flew it a few times last night and couldn't get a fair fight out of it - instead gang banged by everyone within 6k.

More like a free kill. 

Some nights are that way, but sometimes you rack up some good sorties in it.

[Butcher]

More like a free kill. 

Some nights are that way, but sometimes you rack up some good sorties in it.

I'm still struggling with a new stick and rudder pedals, probably not the best time to fly a Mossie - but I'd rather re-learn the game trying to furball a mossie on the deck then in a P51-D picking.

[Tank-Ace]

If I had to guess, I would say that the mossie isn't seen as much because of two main reasons:

1) Not many know what its capable of, and of those that are, the mossie is too difficult for them to bother learning. They would rather fly something thats easy to fly and land kills in.

2) Since the Mossie is seen as an easy kill by many (I share that view, if you don't be stupid, and don't bump into an ace), the nature of the MA means that you're almost guaranteed to meet an enemy who is hell-bent on killing you. If hes any good, you probably won't be able to keep ordnance during the fight. That means that you've lost most of your capability as an attack aircraft (all you have left are the guns), and that even a 109G-2 with a 500lb bomb would have been better for doing damage to town.

[Karnak]

I never fly the FB Mossie with ordnance.

[icepac]

The only ones that will out run it down low are perked and the La-7, Fw190D-9, Typhoon, Bf109K-4, P-51D, P-47M, P-47N and Ta152, of which it can out turn a fair number.

Yak9 as well.

[Karnak]

Yak9 as well.

Eventually, but the Mossie is pretty much the same speed while it has WEP, 357mph.

[bozon]

The Mossie must be seen as a deadly threat, flew it a few times last night and couldn't get a fair fight out of it - instead gang banged by everyone within 6k.

This is much better than having to chase them across two sectors.

The mossies like all twin engine birds are more vulnerable to picking, simply due to their size. From a pure defensive stance, making the enemy miss his supersonic pass is more difficult when you are bigger.

[Noir]

the mossie has less ord than most US fighters in the game, while being less survivable. It does have the cannons going for him, but they won't kill a hangar first pass.

[earl1937]

Why is it you see so few of them in the main nowadays? How could such a cool aircraft never have missions built around them? Or squads that specialize in them? Or more Loners who just want to upp them?

They are the very definition of "cool"! Why?

I enjoy flying and fighting in the "Mossie", but what I don't like are the almost instant pilot wounds in a dogfight or from ground ack!! Should it be re-modeled to stop some these insane pilot wounds? Maybe Hymni and Debordy know I am in the cockpit and thats where they aim!!! lol

[Karnak]

I enjoy flying and fighting in the "Mossie", but what I don't like are the almost instant pilot wounds in a dogfight or from ground ack!! Should it be re-modeled to stop some these insane pilot wounds? Maybe Hymni and Debordy know I am in the cockpit and thats where they aim!!! lol

That is a problem common to all twin engined fighters in AH.  It is caused, I believe, by the lack of an engine block in front of you acting as additional armor.

[JOACH1M]

Mossie is a big target that bring alot of attention to itself.

Everytime I see a mossie I'll go after it...easy kill IMO.

[Karnak]

Mossie is a big target that bring alot of attention to itself.

Everytime I see a mossie I'll go after it...easy kill IMO.

Depends on what you are flying.  Bf109s are very effective against it though.  Fw190s, P-51s and P-47s much less so.

EDIT:

The fighters I feel like I have the hardest time against are the Bf109s, Ki-84 and Spitfires.