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Re: Why does everyone whine about the N1K?
« Reply #15 on: August 23, 2002, 07:36:54 AM »
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Why does everyone whine about the N1K?


Everyone does not whine about it.

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Offline Samm

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« Reply #16 on: August 23, 2002, 07:42:59 AM »
Who is this niki I keep hearing about ?

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« Reply #17 on: August 23, 2002, 07:57:03 AM »
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My biggest complaint though is the hidden counter-rotating propeller, causing the small plane with the big damn radial engine to have prop torque comperable to the p38. Somehow I can believe everything about it's performance except for that.


I don't know about the N1K2 specifically, but according to Jeff Ethell and some other recent test pilots the Bearcat is supposed to show limited effects of torque and p-factor (for example, practically no rudder input on takeoff) so I think it is possible to design an aircraft with a lot of power and little weight that can behave in this way. Again, I haven't read either way on the N1K2 in this regard.

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« Reply #18 on: August 23, 2002, 08:05:21 AM »
Everyone knows the NIk2 is most diffcult plane to fly in all AH.  The N1K2 has 14929 kills and has been killed 12168 times, this only comes from skill and much training!

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Why does everyone whine about the N1K?
« Reply #19 on: August 23, 2002, 09:04:31 AM »
- A couple of pings and u rip a wing.
- Not the fastest plane of the game but you are not always the lowest.
- barely turns worse than a spit, what a drama.

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« Reply #20 on: August 23, 2002, 09:11:53 AM »
Its ironic that this is the first thread dedicated to N1K whining since before you became a "member" of this BBS.

People haven't been whining about the N1K2 lately.. they've been killing them.

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« Reply #21 on: August 23, 2002, 09:13:10 AM »
Since we got the FM2, my only complaint with the N1K2 is that there aren't enough of them.
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« Reply #22 on: August 23, 2002, 09:32:13 AM »
You can't disengage whenever you want and run home in a n1k2, so it must be a dweeb plane .

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« Reply #23 on: August 23, 2002, 09:33:44 AM »
Nik was incorrectly modelled for ages. pissed people off.

Nik remodelled(muted a bit) and its a lot less of a UFO than it once was but its easily in the top 5 planes for EASE of flying and with those guns id say its in the top 5 for ease of shooting from.

MA is furball orientated because most fly the spit, la7 or niks.
Its not the fact they are so easy to fly so much as the amount of times you end up having to fight 2 niks 3 spits and a few la7s thown in for good measure.If they all are fighting a low slow fight it means you basically have to fly niks spits or la7s etc to get involved.It can be fun to fly them but i find turn and burning constantly gets very tiresome (fun for a while though it is) but what can you do? its either fly down there and fight on their terms or sit up at 15-20k bored outta your skull and that is no way to play for any long term customer unless your 'thing' is flying to live and 'playing it real' type preference.

I still think you should fly whatever you like and ignore all of us but if you want people to start noticing your skill, fly something that requires more skill to survive in or get kills in.You might even find you get a bigger kick from winning with an underestimated aircraft like those 202's or 109f's etc.

I personally recommend you try the p40E, its actually a great deal of fun to fight in, ok you die most of the time but when you do happen to win and survive its fantatsic :)

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« Reply #24 on: August 23, 2002, 11:17:35 AM »
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And what if the plane you love is the N1K?


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« Reply #25 on: August 23, 2002, 11:40:21 AM »
This should be the real question.  Why do people whine about the same things over and over, hoping that something might meracilously change?

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« Reply #26 on: August 23, 2002, 11:56:49 AM »
If people don't like 'em just kill 'em. I've been targeting La's and N1k2's first for a few months now in the F6F...I'm with Popeye, we need more

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« Reply #27 on: August 23, 2002, 12:03:14 PM »
I think it's perception and how you feel about them. I don't worry about La-7's or N1K2's.. I just engage 'em.

Flying primarly the FM2 this tour and I'm killing them about 1.5 to 1 so far.

Uber planes? Can't fight 'em?
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« Reply #28 on: August 23, 2002, 12:14:36 PM »
The niki problem is way overrated. Put all those "dweebs" in 51s and then you start to have a problem.
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« Reply #29 on: August 23, 2002, 01:24:36 PM »
An FM2 will completly dominate a niki, there is absolutly no competition there, the fm2 is the un-whined dweeb plane. :D

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