The P-40.....

[Rude]

how many of you plan to fly it regularly....I realize that initially, many will test drive it, but I'm curious as to how many will actually prefer to fly it on a regular basis?

[popeye]

I want to fly it a lot, but it depends on how the flight model comes out of the oven.  I loved the first WB P-40, but it wasn't so much fun after it was adjusted.    

[Ripsnort]

Originally posted by popeye
I want to fly it, but it depends on how the flight model comes out of the oven.

Ohhhhhh, now, after posting this thread ol' Popeye is changing his tune alittle bit! Are ya skered? The old saying "Careful what you ask for , you just may get it" comes to mind...

[Wanker]

Murphy's first law of Aces High: The more uber it is, the more people will fly it.


I know I'll fly it from time to time, but I don't fly one plane exclusively for very long.

[popeye]

Okay....okay....I promise to fly it, and the FM2, exclusively for the first tour they are available.  

[Hortlund]

Originally posted by Rude
how many of you plan to fly it regularly....I realize that initially, many will test drive it, but I'm curious as to how many will actually prefer to fly it on a regular basis?

I wont even touch it with a stick.

[Ripsnort]

Originally posted by popeye
Okay....okay....I promise to fly it, and the FM2, exclusively for the first tour they are available.  

Hey, was thinking the same! I flew the F6F last tour exclusively due to my lack of flight time in the beast (perk it!) so I plan to do the same in either the FM2 or the P40

[nuchpatrick]

Well.. if she flys well and not a lethargic POS. I'm game but then I like to fly slow moving planes..LIke me Jug...heheh

[HFMudd]

I'm planning on flying the P-40 for at least 2 weeks.  I expect to more or less spend all my time in the chute though...

What is going to be harder is the North Africa CT that will almost certainly follow the introduction.   A planeset of 109-E's, 110-C's, Hurri I's, Spit I's and the P-40E sounds like a lot of fun to me.  How can one be expected to choose from that line up!

[Hortlund]

Originally posted by HFMudd
I expect to more or less spend all my time in the chute though...
 

The trick is to wait with opening the chute until you are really close to the ground.

First time I used the chute was during frame 1 of Bigweek. A B-17 took off my wing at 23k, and I (being incredibly new, in panic, and caught up in the moment) bailed and pulled the chute in the same second.

I think it took me 45 minutes to reach the ground or something like that.

[gofaster]

I'd fly it, particularly since the E model came with the same Merlin engine as the Spitfire but came with 6 .50's instead of .303's.  I won't fly it exclusively, as I'm still trying to learn a little bit about all of the planes, but I will fly the P-40 and the FM-2 just to see what they can do.  In a historical setting, I'd sign up for it just so I could be like John Wayne.

[Mathman]

Originally posted by Ripsnort


Hey, was thinking the same! I flew the F6F last tour exclusively due to my lack of flight time in the beast (perk it!)

Not that it really matters to me, but you have got to be toejamtin me.  You want the F4U-4 unperked and the F6F perked?  Man, Rip, you gotta lay off the crack pipe.

[Ripsnort]

Originally posted by Mathman


Not that it really matters to me, but you have got to be toejamtin me.  You want the F4U-4 unperked and the F6F perked?  Man, Rip, you gotta lay off the crack pipe.

LOL, I knew fishing was good in this thread..actually, I maintained a 5.02 K/D ratio in the last tour (only 8 kills were vulches) so that's why I posted that...of course anytime a dweeb like me can get a 5.02 K/D ratio in a bird, I'm gonna say "Perk it!"

[Oldman731]

Originally posted by Rude
how many of you plan to fly it regularly....I realize that initially, many will test drive it, but I'm curious as to how many will actually prefer to fly it on a regular basis?

I flew it quite a lot in AW.  Plan to do it again, to the extent it's available in CT and the Allies don't outnumber the Axis.

- oldman

[Widewing]

Originally posted by gofaster
I'd fly it, particularly since the E model came with the same Merlin engine as the Spitfire but came with 6 .50's instead of .303's.  I won't fly it exclusively, as I'm still trying to learn a little bit about all of the planes, but I will fly the P-40 and the FM-2 just to see what they can do.  In a historical setting, I'd sign up for it just so I could be like John Wayne.

Actually, it was the P-40F that was powered by the Packard built Merlin. The P-40E was powered by the Allison V-1710.

My regards,

Widewing