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Offline Joker312

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Re: June 2015 FSO - The Battle of the Coral Sea
« Reply #15 on: May 28, 2015, 01:50:49 PM »
Val is not a bad dogfighter either. Flown well it can hold its own.
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Re: June 2015 FSO - The Battle of the Coral Sea
« Reply #16 on: May 29, 2015, 11:22:15 AM »
Quote from: Joker312 on May 28, 2015, 01:50:49 PM
Val is not a bad dogfighter either. Flown well it can hold its own.

I splashed a pair of Wildcats in one once. After getting separated from the group I was all by my lonesome looking for the CV and they shamelessly assailed me from out of the sun. I sent the yankee dogs to hell. Pulled a "Maverick" on one of em!
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Re: June 2015 FSO - The Battle of the Coral Sea
« Reply #17 on: May 29, 2015, 11:51:44 AM »
FSO running of Midway, I remember the F4F/Val matchup was a blast. Vals can Loose Duce so well in wingman pairs. Bait and switch, rinse and repeat.
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Re: June 2015 FSO - The Battle of the Coral Sea
« Reply #18 on: May 29, 2015, 03:00:46 PM »
Jg54 updated :cheers:
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Re: June 2015 FSO - The Battle of the Coral Sea
« Reply #19 on: May 29, 2015, 04:21:33 PM »
Unforgiven updated.
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Offline snakeplissken

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Re: June 2015 FSO - The Battle of the Coral Sea
« Reply #20 on: May 31, 2015, 08:27:32 PM »
Quote from: branch37 on May 27, 2015, 07:00:20 AM
I seem to recall this being done before, but I could be wrong.  Just out of curiosity, this is not a whine about the setup in any way, what is the problem with the TBM?  I know it is a later war model than what was really there, but still, it's no match at all for a zero.

The zero will not catch TBM's from the tail.  One FSO we chased them about 2 sectors until some Wildcats dropped in to say hello.
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Re: June 2015 FSO - The Battle of the Coral Sea
« Reply #21 on: June 01, 2015, 01:18:07 PM »
Quote from: snakeplissken on May 31, 2015, 08:27:32 PM
The zero will not catch TBM's from the tail.  One FSO we chased them about 2 sectors until some Wildcats dropped in to say hello.

Yes, could have been VF-17 you were chasing. We were able to dive in on our trgts at about 450 mph before things got dicey. A great, rugged plane, albeit slow as a snail by the time a torp was deployed, and slow to accelerate: then it became easy pickins for a Zeke.
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Offline pops57

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Re: June 2015 FSO - The Battle of the Coral Sea
« Reply #22 on: June 03, 2015, 04:30:12 PM »
 And there is one of the big differences. The Devastators max. airspeed is listed at 206mph at 8k. This is also listed as the vne on one site but that is suspect I think. The point is it's highly unlikely the Devastator could reach anywhere near 400 mph and survive structurally.
Quote from: nooby52 on June 01, 2015, 01:18:07 PM
Yes, could have been VF-17 you were chasing. We were able to dive in on our trgts at about 450 mph before things got dicey. A great, rugged plane, albeit slow as a snail by the time a torp was deployed, and slow to accelerate: then it became easy pickins for a Zeke.
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