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Offline earl1937

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The Toughest Aircraft in AH?
« on: August 24, 2013, 09:25:32 AM »
 :airplane:  I was just wondering which aircraft you guys think is the toughest and hardest aircraft to kill in AH? I guess I am going to have to vote for the F6F, flown by "Greebo" as the hardest to kill in this game. I witnessed 4 aircraft on him and his F6F not to long ago, and he got away! Always seems to land 3 to 8 kills almost every sortie. Has Greebo found an element of ACM that the rest of us do not know about yet?


This is much is true, it was and is one tough bird, but "un-killable"? Just wondering!
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Re: The Toughest Aircraft in AH?
« Reply #1 on: August 24, 2013, 09:33:57 AM »
Greebo has two things going for him.

1, His exceptional aim. Get in front of his guns and he scores hit, be at his convergence and your in the tower.

2, His SA. He is very good at rolling out of the way because he KNOWS when your coming in at him, and should you over shoot in front of his guns.... well see #1  :D

The F6F is a tough bird, but the skill Greebo has in timing his avoidance due to his SA makes him last that much longer while under fire.

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Re: The Toughest Aircraft in AH?
« Reply #2 on: August 24, 2013, 09:51:39 AM »
I saw an F6F at an airshow in Southern Indiana in the 90s, and I was amazed at how huge it was.  It was about the same size as the P47 parked near it. 
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Re: The Toughest Aircraft in AH?
« Reply #3 on: August 24, 2013, 10:58:42 AM »
For sheer number of hit points per section?  The B-29 followed by the B-17 followed by the Lancaster.

In terms of difficulty to actually kill via combination of maneuverability and durability?  I'd nominate the F4F, FM2, F6F and Ki-84.
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Re: The Toughest Aircraft in AH?
« Reply #4 on: August 24, 2013, 11:00:40 AM »
I saw an F6F at an airshow in Southern Indiana in the 90s, and I was amazed at how huge it was.  It was about the same size as the P47 parked near it. 

It's tough... As it should be... Grumman Ironworks, you know.

Last evening, having killed two panzers, something on the base shot off half of my left wing. I headed out to the carrier. As I got there, three low formations of Ju 88s were reported heading for the CV. I had enough control, so I headed out to  intercept. The first two formations were dead ahead as I passed over the CV. I HO'd planes in each, starting several smoking. I swung around and hit the last formation from behind. A C-Hog killed one, I killed the other two. Meanwhile, a dozen formations hit the CV from about 15k high. Nothing I could do about them. With the CV down, I had a full sector to fly to the nearest base. The Hellcat had taken a few hits from the Ju 88s, but suffered no additional damage. I was still in visual range of the friendly fleet when a 190 appeared above and dived in. The Hellcat didn't have much maneuverability, but I was able to evade much of the cannon fire, taking a few minor hits. The 190 pilot failed to go vertical, and I kicked rudder and hosed him good as he blew by. I shot off half of his right wing and an elevator. The pilot was unable to control the 190 and he crashed. A little later, I landed the F6F and 5 kills (and 4 assists). Very few AH fighters could absorb that battering and still fly well enough to shoot down 3 aircraft.

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Re: The Toughest Aircraft in AH?
« Reply #5 on: August 24, 2013, 11:26:51 AM »
I'd nominate the F4F, FM2...

True story. The Wildcats may be, for their size, the most rugged machines in the game. Even if you get them in convergence you still have to pour a LOT of fire into them to bring them down.
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Re: The Toughest Aircraft in AH?
« Reply #6 on: August 24, 2013, 11:28:02 AM »
Ki84 takes more hits than any plane in the game and still can fight.

Greebo in anything.

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Re: The Toughest Aircraft in AH?
« Reply #7 on: August 24, 2013, 11:46:15 AM »
Seems to me the toughest birds in the game are the F6F F4F and Hurricane. Just my impression.

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Re: The Toughest Aircraft in AH?
« Reply #8 on: August 24, 2013, 11:46:53 AM »
Its a toss up between the KI84 and the FM2 in terms of taking punishment, F6Fs are middle of the road in my experience in terms of taking damage, I suspect Greebo avoids the bullets though  :lol

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Re: The Toughest Aircraft in AH?
« Reply #9 on: August 24, 2013, 12:19:33 PM »
Somehow I thought that weight would directly correlate with damage durability. 410 proved me wrong.  :rolleyes:

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Re: The Toughest Aircraft in AH?
« Reply #10 on: August 24, 2013, 12:42:32 PM »
I guess the F8 takes more punishment than most jabo/fighters in here, got hit by autoack no less than 5 times with no damage.
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Re: The Toughest Aircraft in AH?
« Reply #11 on: August 24, 2013, 12:45:19 PM »
I've found that the toughest plane in AH is generallythe one i am shooting at :aok
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Re: The Toughest Aircraft in AH?
« Reply #12 on: August 24, 2013, 01:05:39 PM »
Somehow I thought that weight would directly correlate with damage durability. 410 proved me wrong.  :rolleyes:

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There were numerous aircraft in the game that proved that wrong prior to the introduction of the Me410.  Bf109s, for example, are much tougher than Spitfires while also being lighter.  P-51s are pretty heavy, but not particularly durable.  F4Fs are very durable, and no heavier than Spitfires.  The Ki-84, only as heavy as a late model Spitfire, is much more durable than Spitfires.
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Re: The Toughest Aircraft in AH?
« Reply #13 on: August 24, 2013, 01:35:34 PM »
I wouldn't list the Ki-84 as "durable"... it's average. It's not particularly weak, nor particularly strong. Definitely NOT amongst the Grumman birds in comparison.

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Re: The Toughest Aircraft in AH?
« Reply #14 on: August 24, 2013, 01:38:02 PM »
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