The Toughest Aircraft in AH?

[Karnak]

As a 109 driver I do not find it particularly durable. However it is very difficult to hit because of its size. The Spitfire's huge wings do attract more fire I suspect.

It isn't particularly durable.  It seems about average to me, but it is very light so making it to average while the heavier Spitfire is notably more fragile is notable.

I do think it is tougher than the Spitfire too, not just that it gets hit less.  I have hit it with bursts of 20mm fire from the Mossie for no effect, which I have never done to a Spit.  I don't fire the .303s at the same time as the 20mm cannons.

[GScholz]

That sounds weird. I certainly have never survived something like that.

[Zacherof]

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.

I have a film somewhere of surfinns fm2 taking a good burst from my jug and just shrugged it off
Only to kill me 20 seconds later

I'd also like to add that if you can disperse damage across your airframe, it will last a bit longer, even with canon rounds.


Tough birds,
F6f
190A8
P47's
B17's
Tbm's

[Bruv119]

greebo would be pretty awesome in most other rides!

Not sure what his obsession with the hellcat is maybe he has figured the durability combined with the ammo load out is best for his lone wolfing.   He should join the few that is for sure!   Yet another plucky Brit with FPH qualities!

My top 7 for absorbing damage.

1)  FM2
2)  A20
3)  B26
4)  P47  (now the fire bug hits fixed)
5)  190F8
6)  F6F
7)  KI-84

things like the b26 and ki-84 may have some sort of damage hit bug from an older type model?   Only reason I say that is because of the updated hurricane , yaks and Lancaster now break apart easier than they did before...

[artik]

IL2 - anybody?

[Karnak]

Bruv,

Ki-84 is an AH2 model.  Granted, one of the first three, but still AH2.

[icepac]

The Mossie itself is relatively tough vs cannon rounds but it seems 30s and 50s only need a couple of hits to remove a wing and the pilot seems totally unarmored.

The 110 has a better protected pilot but it's wings seem just as susceptible to machine gun bullets while shrugging off cannon rounds.

Some B29s I run into seem to be able to absorb 50+ hits of 20mm along with 10+ hits of 30mm and fly away not even smoking while others die three at a time to a single strafing run panning across all 3 planes.

It think some packets containing the damage information your front end reports you landing aren't making it to the front end of some players.

[Karnak]

The Mossie itself is relatively tough vs cannon rounds but it seems 30s and 50s only need a couple of hits to remove a wing and the pilot seems totally unarmored.

Hmmm.  I've not had that experience.  I always have confidence in my Mossie to shrug off crossing shots from P-51Ds, not so much from anything with cannons.  I've also not had a particular bad time with pilot wounds since it was updated.

[Brooke]

Tbm's

Yep -- forgot to add the TBM.

[JimmyD3]

I've found that the toughest plane in AH is generallythe one i am shooting at

Same here Guppy!!!!

[MK-84]

No mention of the B25H?!

Only one word to describe this crate in AH.  "Sponge."

[mbailey]

I agree with Brooke on the A20, i find it the most difficult of aircraft to down with a single burst.

+1

[Brooke]

No mention of the B25H?!

Only one word to describe this crate in AH.  "Sponge."

My list included the bombers (B-17, B-26, etc.) as the toughest if we are including all planes, but I think most folks were thinking fighters or planes that you can dogfight in.

[Zacherof]

My list included the bombers (B-17, B-26, etc.) as the toughest if we are including all planes, but I think most folks were thinking fighters or planes that you can dogfight in.

Anything with fixed forward guns is a figher

[Gman]

Of the fighters I most often run into, the F6F and the P47, at least the P47 now, take the most focus of fire to kill.

I agree with a previous poster, the first time I saw a Hellcat up close, it was kind of a mind job.  I'd always thought of it like an F4F, which I had also always considered to be a smallish fighter, sort of envisioned it to be the size of a Hurricane.

Heh, when I saw the Hellcat, it just didn't compute for a few seconds.  It truly is almost as large in dimensions as the P47, and it's pretty heavy as well fully loaded.  The cockpit seat looks VERY tiny up on top of the Hellcat's airframe, and it sits much higher than the impression pictures give it.  A very very large fighter, which probably added a lot to survivability and pilot confidence.  I know if I was in WW2 the Jug or Hellcat would be the fighter I would want to be at war in, with a nice big reliable air cooled R2800, lots and LOTS of ammunition, and a very rugged frame that could absorb a lot of punishment and g forces.

edit - I would also say the Mosquito, I'm sure in R/L being constructed the way it was it was pretty resilient, although the motors being liquid cooled perhaps caused the odd incident where dual rad hits made getting home impossible, but I would bet that was pretty rare.  Being fast, as in real world fast, not video game fast, as it was when it was flying in WW2 prior to a lot of the real speed demons coming around, I'm sure that added to survivability, but in terms of taking hits, I bet that plywood was tougher than you would think.