anyone from AH1 remember

[Lusche]

How do you find that information?  I could have sworn it was 5 ENY.

When I joined in tour 70, the P-47N (introduced tour 66) was at ENY 10, 0 perks, and I would surely have noticed any perking after that
Then, I never remember any mentioning on this board about a perked 47N (which had surely come up in any of the myriad of perk topics over the years).
But to make sure, I just browsed through the threads made at and shortly after it's introduction to get the definite confirmation that it wasn't perked for like the first few weeks.

[Lusche]

do not question the snailman

Scepticism is a good thing 

[caldera]

Must be from complications from old-timer's disease.   Time to up my Geritol dosage.   

[craz07]

just follow your nose snailman

[save]

The flight model of the TA!52 was changed some years ago.

The Ta 152H (until late 2006) and the Spitfire 14 (until mid 2013) are the only planes that once had been perked and are not anymore.

[Gman]

*pedantic*

We've never had an N1K1 in AH.

Hah, nice catch.


I do recall the C hog days, you could combine all the current typical complaints of the last year or so, 12hr, HQ hardness, etc and etc, and they wouldn't hold a flame to the complaints over the mighty big blue 20mm machine back in those pre-perked days.  It was like an overcast of blue aluminum whenever you took off - didn't mind so much, I flew it as much as anyone else did I think.  But it sure was hated by a very vocal bunch who didn't fly it IRRC.

Of all the planes that have been perked/unperked, I think the SPit14 was a great decision, the Ta152 as well, unperking these was a good decision in terms of game play effect, at least IMO. 

[Beefcake]

I remember the horror of the C-Hog days, IIRC it reached a status of 50% overall usage in the arena. If you were engaged by 2 aircraft 1 of them was guaranteed to be a CHog. Being a bomber pilot back in those days was horrible, especially since bombers had no drones then.

[Lusche]

Hah, nice catch.


I do recall the C hog days, you could combine all the current typical complaints of the last year or so, 12hr, HQ hardness, etc and etc, and they wouldn't hold a flame to the complaints over the mighty big blue 20mm machine back in those pre-perked days.

This is a quick and dirty chart I made some while ago:



It shows Kills minus Deaths (and not K/D), which is a good indicator for a plane's domincance in the arena.

[Pawz]

I remember it had a sick reverse that pissed me off everytime