what warbird did you start with in aces high? why? and now?

[madrid311]

I'm still learning and would like some view points from other pilots what ride they chose when they started aces high(only AH please). what is your choice now that you're are seasoned? I started with the 109 and quickly realized I was in over my head. Now I don't know how to proceed after 5 months of flying most the fighters in AH.    I really don't have my go to ride. I die in all of them,    lol. The P47M and  F4U 1-A are comfortable to me. I like the brew 239 for turning and the spit 16 has been suggested for me and I have been upping it a bit lately. Lots of posts about the spit being easy to fly etc. The best advise i have read is to pick one and Master it.  I welcome your response as well as rib poking. Peace

[StokesAk]

I was the same as you were, I had many rides that I flew from time to time. The first plane i tried to master was the Yak9U. I squadmate of mine at the time had suggested turning my tracers off and flying around in the Yak so I would learn to conserve ammo and be able to make more precise shots. I think it worked.

For a while now I have been flying the P-38 around, but that never stops me from upping a Yak once in a while to get the feeling of nostalgia from when I first started flying.

[Arlo]

F4U-1 .... followed by the -1a when it was modeled.

VF-17, the reason why. 

[coombz]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxG6Ws2bZNk

[Zacherof]

F4U-1 .... followed by the -1a when it was modeled.

VF-17, the reason why. 

I was brought up via VMF-214. Everyone flew hogs.
I consider myself a seasoned noob, cause even tho I've been flying for 6-7 years, I didn't care about gettig good at fighting till a year ago.

Go to rides are, 109s, 190's, jugs, and the ki84.
Why? The just appeal to me, and have the attributes I like o use in a fight

[RedBull1]

Started in the F4U1A/1C for my first 6 months - 1 year, after that flew the 109K4, have since.


K4 can turn, climb, dive, great gun, roll rate... Good all around plane, but not too easy like a spixteen or something..

[whiteman]

Started with just about everything in the hanger, but mainly the P51 because of the history and the Spit XVI because i needed training wheels to learn ACM. That quickly transferred over to the F6F and F4U's, as I like the turn fights and they're flap and rudder monsters. I like to spend most of my time in the F4U-1A now. I don't play as often as i use to so i have a rust build up.

[Randy1]

P38 then P47 then P38 then P47 then P38.

The P38 is my home bird.  Find a plane you can feel attached too.

[Lusche]

My first ride, and mainstay for the first months was the LA-7.

I did chose it for the history and the fascination I had for it all of my...

Rubbish.
I chose it for performance. It's that simple. I looked at the numbers, took a few fighters into the air offline and quickly settled to the LaLa. As a newbie, I though I'd better use all help I could get. And the La-7 was suited to my fast E based fighting style as well.

Following the LALA I had a short flirt with the Spit 8, followed by the Ki-84 and finally the Tempest. After that, I never had a dedicated "main ride" anymore. I was using a pool of fighters, with the most prominent ones 109 (all marks but E and G6), Ta 152H, Me 262. But really I was hopping in most fighters every now and then, with the great exceptions being P-38, P-39 and P-40 and the Yaks.


Today, my mainstays are B-29, G4M and B-26 

[5PointOh]

I started with a 51D and learned its strengths and weakness, then transitioned to the B Pony.  BnZ was much fun so I started messing with flaps and turn fighting in it. I died a lot, but the low and slow victories were worth it.  Now I've moved on to the Mossie VI, I think all those years in a 51 down low made me a better Mossie pilot. Just my .02

[SIK1]

I started in the F4U-1 we didn't have the -1A in AH yet, and I still enjoy flying the birdcage. I have loved the corsair since I was a kid and naturally gravitated towards them both here and in AW. 109's are my other go to ride. They really fit my flying style and have forced me to be better in things like throttle control where I could be more lax with the corsair. The other plane I really like is the 38. I would like to be better in a 38, but I don't spend enough time in them to be very proficient.

One thing I would recommend is to get with a trainer and work with him as much as you can. A skilled trainer will see things that you're doing, or not doing and give you the input needed to improve. No matter what plane you fly if you don't have the basic skills needed to survive and get into position to shoot the other guy down you will not be very successful and that will become very frustrating for you. Also when starting out you should expect to die a lot. In AH it's o.k. to die as long as you learn something. At first just try to survive, then try to get position, and so on and so forth.

I'm not a big fan of the uber planes for beginners, Sure you can get kills in a spit 16, or -4 hog but they let you get away with bad habits that will get you killed in a lesser planes. Imho it is better to start with one of the lesser marks, such as a spit 8, or -1A and learn to fight in well in it before moving to the top tier plane. That being said there is a world of difference between a spit 8, and a -1A hog and the spit 8 would be far more favorable to someone just starting out as opposed to the hog.

[Karnak]

I started in the Spitfire Mk IX because it was the only Spitfire and I subscribed to fly Spitfires.  I have liked and read about Spitfires for decades.

Eventually I got sick of the constant insults to anybody who dared fly them and, seeing as the Mossie is also a great plane, started advocating for it to be added.  Once the Mossie was added I made it my primary ride for the most part.

[SPKmes]

When I first started I was all over the show..usually between yak9u,LA7,and niki( more the latter two as they packed punch).. My first real ride I spent time in was the spitV but after a month or two Spatula said I should try the IX which I did for about 5 or 6 tours...This was a good stable platformto help me last just a few seconds more and gave me a chance to learn more ACM as getting shot down straight after the merge was getting me no where fast... after this I spent time in the Yak9U but found I didn't really like it but loved the T....did these for about 2 tours and flagged it...My next longest ride time was the P40e (pre extra additions) I spent many tours in that...really liked it (still do)...Then one day I decided to up a Ki61 after continuously getting trounced by Odege and totally enjoyed the experience..still do...Have been using the Tony as my main ride for near 3 years now..I do use other planes here and there but as my stats will show 95% of my time is in the Ki

[Eric19]

I first started out flying the P51D in the DA my first battle I lost horribly lol but after I got into the tower I got a good lecher from one of the fellas in the DA at that time he used words I didn't even understand lol  but when I got my JS I stepped into something a bit more..........ancient   The P40E this was way before the remodel it still had the highspeed flaps and wep on it when I started AH I loved that aircraft then I took a step further and started flying the 38J decided I didn't really like it so I got into the 38L for about a year or so that was my main ride now I'm starting to fly the P40 more along with the P39 the 39 is the goto A2A furball plane with that big honking 37mm and the twin 50s in the nose mhmhmhmmm sexy bird no doubt lol but you have to be choosey about your shots because you only have 30 37mm rounds but that should be 30 kills lol if you can hit with every round that is  

[TGG93]

I started by flying a whole bunch of birds without having a clue what their strengths and weaknesses were. I tried a lot of the low ENY planes and had little to no success (because I had no idea what I was doing). The first bird I found success in was the Yak-9U which I loved. More recently I have been flying the Spit 9 which is great but I've moved back the Yak-9U again.