Author Topic: What's your favorite 'underdog' plane? (Read 1274 times)

keyapaha · « **Reply #30 on:** August 15, 2002, 12:20:53 PM »

yak9t for its one shot one kill capability

la5fn good turner at high speeds plus you can bomb w/the 100kg's

XNachoX · « **Reply #31 on:** August 15, 2002, 01:47:53 PM »

P-47 D-30. People underestimate this dog. It is a mistake

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SunKing · « **Reply #32 on:** August 15, 2002, 03:57:35 PM »

Val.. get in a 1 on 1 turn fight with it .. great stuff.

Kuben · « **Reply #33 on:** August 15, 2002, 04:36:34 PM »

P-47D-11 & c205

Two great planes if flown properly.

-Kuben

Seagoon · « **Reply #34 on:** August 15, 2002, 04:40:05 PM »

Man, I can't believe noone mentioned my two favorite planes - bar none:

Spit 1 and A6M2.

Nothing turns without stalling like the Spit1, and if I have to up on a massively capped field, it's always my choice. My favorite thing about it is the ability to do low speed maneuvers and line up while other fighters are wobbling all over the place as they stall out. Unfortunately with the 8 pea-shooters I get more assists than kills.

The A6M2 is a fun ride, again the guns are massively underpowered, but can that thing turn on a dime! I've also regularly outturned A6M5s with it.

Both get chewed up by anything with an E advantage, but at least you are handing minimal perkies to anyone who shoots you down, and you know darn well that you've earned every kill get.

Swager · « **Reply #35 on:** August 15, 2002, 04:51:56 PM »

109F4! Enuff said!!!

Karnak · « **Reply #36 on:** August 15, 2002, 05:10:07 PM »

It depends on what you mean by "underdog". Most fighters are underdogs when compared to the P-51D, Typhoon Mk Ib, Fw190D-9, Bf109G-10, La-7, Yak-9U, N1K2-J, Spitfire Mk IX and P-38L.

If we mean underdog to those, then my favorite is the Mosquito FB.Mk VI.

If we mean slow assed, massively undergunned 1940 fighters as underdogs, then I'd pick the Spitfire Mk Ia and A6M2.

-ammo- · « **Reply #37 on:** August 15, 2002, 05:46:26 PM »

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Originally posted by Ripsnort
LA5

umm that thing is uber. As are alot of other underdog rides noted in this thread.

GRUNHERZ · « **Reply #38 on:** August 15, 2002, 05:53:19 PM »

Bf109G6

Urchin · « **Reply #39 on:** August 15, 2002, 05:55:31 PM »

My favorite 'underdog' plane is the 109E4. It will *almost* turn with a spit. By almost I mean you can go around a couple turns and hose it down good (and make the dumb ones reverse so you can stay on their tail), before you start losing ground.

Only bad thing is that it is so slow that even the Spits and N1K2's can run away from it.

Kanth · « **Reply #40 on:** August 15, 2002, 06:04:50 PM »

Exactly, the Spit1.

it's got nuttin but bbs and if you neg G the engine shuts off, oh and it's about as fast as a gooney..

I got accused of stealing a kill from a 110 before in my spit1.

I'll take that as a compliment =)

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Originally posted by Seagoon

Spit 1 and A6M2.

WildBlue · « **Reply #41 on:** August 15, 2002, 07:12:04 PM »

Gotta be the val for me. That thing is almost TOO much fun, heheh. Plus when ya actually get a kill in it, people tend to get a little bent out of shape... "How the hell did you kill me in THAT piece of crap???" is something I've heard a couple times, and still makes me giggle when I recall it

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ZeroPing · « **Reply #42 on:** August 15, 2002, 07:16:32 PM »

A6m2, F4u1, P51B, P40(the one with the shark on the nose) and the La5 ive started flying cus i started playing Il2 agian and i like that plane in there

NOD2000 · « **Reply #43 on:** August 15, 2002, 08:42:40 PM »

hurr I nothing can turn with it have out turned zeke's spits other hurrs and every thing else............ plus when some one has a e advatige u wait till they get about 700- 600 yrd away then make a sharp turn they almost never hit u (repeat untill they are out of ammo) then go kill a zeke defending a base

Hornet · « **Reply #44 on:** August 15, 2002, 09:07:59 PM »

dunno if the P51B counts as an underdog but I sure do love that plane...