Author Topic: Flying Styles.. (Read 782 times)

Hangtime · « **on:** April 24, 2001, 07:58:00 PM »

I was up the other night and ran into a pack of P38's.. and in observing the fight from on high for a few moments was able to decipher who was flying two of 'em... Zigrat and Bug322. The one I had pegged as Zig nailed me on the first turn.. (yup, Zig alright) and I returned to the distant fight with a p51D (having been in that atrocious B thing the previous sortie) To find only one P38 and a 109. I made a fast pass on the p38 and watched the evasive.. "Bug" I sez to myself, and I swap over onto the 109. One turn later I sez "ahhh. Zigrat."

Seems I can do this with other guys too... Udie and Hblair are quick to spot.. tho sometimes I mistake Berserker fer Udie when it gets hot and hairy. Hazed flies a lot like Udie too but he don't do the flick roll the same way. The rythm is diffrent...

Now, it's nothin in particular I can define... but do you guys sometimes get into a fight and on the second or third turn KNOW who it is from the way he flys??

Have we been doin this too long?? LOL!

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Hang

milnko · « **Reply #1 on:** April 24, 2001, 08:05:00 PM »

I know it you by your flying Hangtime, cuz ya got no style

Mil

Dead Man Flying · « **Reply #2 on:** April 24, 2001, 08:06:00 PM »

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Originally posted by Hangtime:
Now, it's nothin in particular I can define... but do you guys sometimes get into a fight and on the second or third turn KNOW who it is from the way he flys??

Absolutely. Usually I can tell on the very first turn who it is, and if not that, I can at least judge skill level fairly accurately.

-- Todd/DMF

bloom25 · « **Reply #3 on:** April 24, 2001, 09:44:00 PM »

You can always tell when I'm flying. I'm the moron that's turn fighting in the hog d with the n1ks.

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Zigrat · « **Reply #4 on:** April 24, 2001, 09:45:00 PM »

i know when i had a p51 on my 6 that i couldnt get out in front, that it had to be hangtime

nice kill btw

2Late4U · « **Reply #5 on:** April 24, 2001, 09:51:00 PM »

While I rarely can tell who a particular plane is based soley on how it is being flown, I certainly can very quickly tell if the person is novice, expert, or oh crap I hope I can extend away.

One thing you learn very quickly (or you die a lot), is to be very warey of lesser planes. While everyone uses the easy to fly planes, when you see a plane with a more restrictive flight envelope, you'd better watch your arse. There arn't many novice or marginal pilots flying around in P47s or Yak9s. Its not that the planes are bad, its just they require a more disciplined pilot who knows how to use them.

SFRT - Frenchy · « **Reply #6 on:** April 24, 2001, 10:41:00 PM »

Cant' really ID the bad guy, but I quickly know if he knows what he's doing.

As a classic example, if u attack a guy dead 6 and he does a spilt S, then I know it's probably not a Top Ace.

if I see a good pony pilot I will think of the TAS (sry Hangtime, never dogfighted you yet). If I run in a P38 I will think of TAC, a 109 I will think to the famous LWs guys (too many to name, but HB/Santa/Regurge/Grunhtz/blablah).

When I was fighting HB/grunhertz, I could guess who I was chasing to their evasives. I think they could tell the same between Nomde or me.

Anyway, as far as I'm concerned, I'm pretty easy to ID, I'm the D30, I may have other P47-D25s (soon D11s) around me.

Gotta love the dedicated plane squadrons, wohoo!

Camel · « **Reply #7 on:** April 24, 2001, 10:49:00 PM »

Geeze... back in the day it wasnt too hard to tell who's guns where about to shred my pretty plane. Now its not as easy, Ahhh the good'ol'days!

funked · « **Reply #8 on:** April 24, 2001, 10:52:00 PM »

Frenchy is very easy to spot. He thinks that overgrown behemoth of his is some kind of fighter plane.

And I can spot Manedew from 5.0k. Just look for the helicopter.

Tac · « **Reply #9 on:** April 24, 2001, 10:58:00 PM »

dammit frenchy, stop thinking of me. Stop shooting me down. I hate you

Gunslayer · « **Reply #10 on:** April 24, 2001, 11:05:00 PM »

Back when I was a bish I could always tell when I was fighting Nath-BDP He was always flying some LW plane surounded by flaming enemies.

SFRT - Frenchy · « **Reply #11 on:** April 24, 2001, 11:12:00 PM »

Funked/Tac <Blushing>, I move all over the place as a virgin chased by a wolf, but it's only to delay my death

Citabria · « **Reply #12 on:** April 24, 2001, 11:20:00 PM »

fighting drex: dive in on his 6 he rolls left then right then... "whered he go?! whered who go?!" ping ping ping crack splash

fighting zigrat: "stupid 109g10 go away, I'm gonna make him overshoot... #@!## hes not overshooting! ping ping ping crack splash"

fighting hblair: "LOL"

mrfish · « **Reply #13 on:** April 25, 2001, 12:05:00 AM »

st santa and wotan for me - i hate those guys - never even get a fight in

Saintaw · « **Reply #14 on:** April 25, 2001, 02:32:00 AM »

Manedew or Wardog are easy to spot

if I see a Hog Not HOing me, I can pretty much guess it's KBman or Spivey...

Hblair -> ooops how the f*** did he do that ???

Damn regurge hands me my ar*e EVERYTIME...grrrrrrrrrr

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Author Topic: Flying Styles.. (Read 782 times)

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