Not Easy Mode Planes

[Slade]

Hello,

What AH2 prop planes would you consider NOT being easy mode planes in the late war arena and why?

Without a thought most Spits would come to mind as being easy mode.  The jury seems still out on the opposite.  Seems harder to get a consensus on that.


I'd say for me it is the very early P-40's because they lack speed, rate of climb, gun package compared to late war monsters.  That does not mean they are not fun to fly.  They are!


Thanks,

Slade  

[Muzzy]

Well, any early model plane is definitely not easy mode, but if you are talking about planes that are flyable, but still a challenge, then you'd be looking at the Yak 7B, F4F (not the FM2), and maybe some of the early model 109's.

[Slade]

I was thinking F4f too.  Good nose over view but everything else takes ample effort (and luck) to make up for.

F4f is a fun bird to fly!

[TheCrazyOrange]

To be effective in? The Ki-43, A6M's, Hurricanes, F4F and 109E. They rely on turning, and don't have the speed, or climb to play the E game, and really rely on the enemy making a mistake.

Furthermore, these are the slowest fighters in the game, and thus are unable to disengage. If they get in a fight, it's to the death.

[Volron]

A6M2.

[Ack-Ack]

What are you using as a criteria for "easy mode planes"?  The ease in which how a plane flies or how easy it is to kill in a particular plane?  Some planes, while easy to fly are hard to get kills in and vice versa.  Basically, what is an easy mode plane is rather subjective and will very from person to person.

ack-ack

[xPoisonx]

La7 

[TheCrazyOrange]

Spixteen, La-7, K4 if you're a 109 vet, Spit 14 if you're a 109 vet, Ki-84.

[Bruv119]

spits are not easy mode except the 16,  because they can be run down easily, forced to turn then get ganged, are very fragile and hold little fuel except the 8.

I would say a P38, P47-D40-25  190A5-8, tiffie, KI-61, c205 are tougher planes to be successful in the MA with.   They just aren't quite as good as other planes and will struggle to get out of tight situations.

I would focus more on the pilot flying against me than the plane though.   I kill a large number of spitfires flown by average players because they aren't very good, NOT because the plane is easy to fly.  It is a soft wing and a sprinkle of 50 cal will take it right off.

[Karnak]

Among fighters the P-40C is the hardest mode of all.  For level bombers it is probably the He111.

[save]

except the unarmed planes, Kate must be hardest to get good scores in, first let them get on your 6, then kill them with the rear 7mm peashooter.

Flown incorrectly most planes are death-traps.

La7 is the probably hardest to be unsuccessful in.

[RotBaron]

Become as proficient in 109s as the great Pony/Spixteen sticks are in those; that's challenging.

Fly against the horde and up from capped fields...you'll get a k/d like mine this tour lol.

The K-4's cannon is hard to get used; the G-14 flown to its strength only has one cannon, or you can take the 30mm like the K-4...

[BuckShot]

P-39

[LCADolby]

I may have missed some out but the main contenders,
Out of the 109 range the non EZ modes are; E F G
Out of the Spit range the non EZ modes are; 1 5
The rest non EZ modes; La5 Yak7 P40 P47D C202 Ki61 190A Hurri

[Latrobe]

I think the only 109 that's a challenge to get kills in is the Emil because of it's weak engine compare to most everything you'll meet in the MA. From the F4 onwards though all 109s have more than enough engine power to give even the most "EZ mode" planes trouble. Same with planes like the yak7, P-47D's, 190A5, or a lot of other high eny planes. The BEST dogfighters are not the 5-10 ENY planes. The BEST dogfighters are in the 25-40 ENY range!  

I have never been worried about the La-7 or the P-51D, but I am very very cautious about that P-38G!