The Toughest Aircraft in AH?

[Tank-Ace]

I submit that the Storch is the toughest, fastest, and most dangerous plane the known universe.

[Greebo]

It was just that the horizontal stab was a particular weak point of the F6F, its loss represented a large percentage of my deaths before the change.

[Wiley]

It was just that the horizontal stab was a particular weak point of the F6F, its loss represented a large percentage of my deaths before the change.

I still find the tail to be soft as heck, but the split into two halves means they have to take both off instead of just hammering one side and the whole thing goes.

To me, the tail is what keeps me from classifying the F6F as particularly tough.  If someone rakes you stem to stern, the tail almost always loses a piece.  Is that what the tail had a rep for?  If so, cool.  If not, I'd be curious to know if they forgot to carry the 1 somewhere on the tail's toughness values.

I fly the D11 jug a lot, and I've been flying the KI-84 a fair bit lately.  The KI seems to be able to absorb a lot of snapshots for some reason.  To me it 'feels' almost as tough as the jug against fighters, but I don't think there's anything in the game that can absorb as much damage from the front as a P47 and fly home.  It's why I use it for buffs.  Sure, you'll get the oil ping, but that just means you should start meandering for a friendly base after killing the buff set, as you've probably only got about 20 minutes left before the engine dies.

Wiley.

[Greebo]

There was a problem on early F6Fs with the horizontal tail failing when pulling out of a dive which cost some pilots their lives. I'd have thought that would have been fixed by the time the F6F-5 was delivered however.

[uptown]

The A20 is the toughest plane in this game IMO.

[Ack-Ack]

Ki84 takes more hits than any plane in the game and still can fight.

No it can't. 

ack-ack

[Krusty]

How would you know?  Fighters never land enough hits on yours for you to be able to tell. 

All ya need to down trip9 is 20mms.... Just LOTS and LOTS of them. 4 is a good start. 6 is better.

[Zacherof]

All ya need to down trip9 is 20mms.... Just LOTS and LOTS of them. 4 is a good start. 6 is better.

Or  4 30mm guns

[skorpx1]

B-17, B-24, He-111, A-20, P47's, F6F, F4F, F4U, B26, 190F8 (I think that's the model) and the A6M are all tough planes. I'm sure I could walk away from quite a few hits in all of them.

[Saxman]

and the A6M are...tough planes.

 

[Zacherof]

if you can spread the hits the a6 can take more hits than a spit

[Krusty]

Or  4 30mm guns

Meh, don't even need 30mm. I used to relish coming across him and tatertot in close formation when in my 190A8. I liked the 4x20mm package back then. It did the job, so 4x20mm is a good start. 

[Zacherof]

Meh, don't even need 30mm. I used to relish coming across him and tatertot in close formation when in my 190A8. I liked the 4x20mm package back then. It did the job, so 4x20mm is a good start. 

cant go wrong with the A8
wish you could fire the 103's separately tho

[Tank-Ace]

cant go wrong with the A8
wish you could fire the 103's separately tho

You mean Mk 108's? The A8 never carried 103's.

[Zacherof]

You mean Mk 108's? The A8 never carried 103's.

thanks for the correction.