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Offline 28sweep

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Why is the Fm2 loved by so many?
« on: September 16, 2002, 08:04:40 AM »
It's slow as a turtle.  Its visiblity sucks.  I guess it can turn.  Its got four bb-guns.  I guess its built fairly well.  Please sombody clue me in on this one.  Some concrete tips on how to score kills w/ this thing would be real nice.  I am a Naval Aviation buff and I am used to zooming in and out of furballs w/ my f4u or f6f.  What do I need to do to get kills in this thing?

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« Reply #1 on: September 16, 2002, 08:55:52 AM »
1 of 3 things - or a combination thereof:

1. skill - acm and/or gunnery
2. numbers - preferably yours
3. proximity to fleet acks.

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« Reply #2 on: September 16, 2002, 09:32:36 AM »
4. its modeled to be like its made of cast iron but turns like its made of fabric.

F6f, F4f, Fm2 and La7 all have the super structure model.

its getting more and more annoying to see.

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« Reply #3 on: September 16, 2002, 09:48:00 AM »
I don't understand the appeal of the grummans either . Where's the love? They are completely utilitarian.

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« Reply #4 on: September 16, 2002, 10:14:39 AM »
Why is the Fm2 loved by so many? ? ?
Well, it turns on a dime
Rolls decently.
Although it has only 4 guns, they do for a few kills
It is incredibly rugged, a flying Panzer.
And finally: The enemies still show too little respect for it, getting themself into fatal trouble all the time!
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« Reply #5 on: September 16, 2002, 10:26:42 AM »
1) You can still zoom into the furball.  It has good high speed handling.  It takes a better shot that I to get a clean kill but I still get lucky sometimes.
2) Anything you get on the tail of is dead meat.  The range of the .50's mean you get some time on target as they extend.  There is nothing so satisfying as downing a LA-7 with an FM2.  (Except of course doing it with a 202 but that is simply beyond me.)
3) You can't run, so you may as well just smile and wade in once you have blown your E.
4) I honestly believe there is something wrong with the damage model for this little monster.  Either that or it really is starting to make AH's lack of explosive effects from cannon rounds show.
« Last Edit: September 16, 2002, 10:29:54 AM by HFMudd »

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« Reply #6 on: September 16, 2002, 10:41:37 AM »
Foy my money ($14.95 a month) the FM2 is the best knife fighter in the game.
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« Reply #7 on: September 16, 2002, 11:00:25 AM »
The FM2 is the yankee dweeb-ride par excelence . Just piont the nose at what you wanna kill and then wait for him to start turning. :D

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« Reply #8 on: September 16, 2002, 11:42:07 AM »
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Foy my money ($14.95 a month) the FM2 is the best knife fighter in the game.

Yup.  28Sweep's a b&z guy, so he's probably not used to knife fighting.  Give it a try - in this plane, you're bound to love it.

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« Reply #9 on: September 16, 2002, 11:51:19 AM »
I love to see FM2s, and I hope they become more and more popular.

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« Reply #10 on: September 16, 2002, 11:57:22 AM »
I recall reading about a Navy study that named the FM2 the Navy's best WWII fighter below 10,000 feet :)

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« Reply #11 on: September 16, 2002, 12:12:28 PM »
Hmmmm .... let's see ...

1) Decent climb rate (75% fuel - no ordinance)

2) Decent roll rate

3) 4 x .50 cals with 1720 rounds

4) Drops like a rock from altitude (can bounce LA-7s, P-51s, run09s, and run90s if timed right)

5) Excellent turner ... flaps, when real slow, works very well.

6) Ruggedness. This is not uber. In RL is was a very rugged plane.

If you are a BnZer, then this plane is not for you. Once you "boom", you can "zoom" but you will probably have to get right back into the action ... extending is not an option with top speed under 300mph. Best bet is try to extend low and with its turning ability, you can spoil any single bouncer. I have quite a few proximity kills spoiling the "greedy" cherry-pickers.

Any plane with .50 cals and a convergence that works for you is an extremly deadly combination .. especially with a 1720 round loadout. Killing with .50 cals is very different than killing with cannons. The amount of .50 cal ammo allows you to lay out the "lead rope" and when done correctly, you can slice off wings with ease, or lay the "rope" from engine to tail and watch the explosion. If you try to use a "cannon" killing mentality with the .50 cals, you will not get many kills.

Once you point the nose down on the FM2, it will drop very fast and will reach 400mph in a short amount of time and still have very good handling at that speed.

I have yet to outturn a good Zeke or Spit pilot ... operative word here is "good". I will leave the others to wonder. Once a good FM2 pilot is on your 6, unless you are a master "stick-stirrer" you can consider yourself dead.

Yes this plane is rugged, as it was in RL. I have found a couple of weaknesses it has when it takes hits, but I can't divulge them here.
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« Reply #12 on: September 16, 2002, 01:58:22 PM »
if the FM-2 turns on a dime,what does the Zero turn on? The tip of a needle?

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« Reply #13 on: September 16, 2002, 02:03:34 PM »
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Originally posted by udet
if the FM-2 turns on a dime,what does the Zero turn on? The tip of a needle?


The tip of a 50 cal shell fired by that FM2 behind you   :D
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« Reply #14 on: September 16, 2002, 02:36:51 PM »
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Originally posted by SlapShot
Hmmmm .... let's see ...

1) Decent climb rate (75% fuel - no ordinance)

2) Decent roll rate

3) 4 x .50 cals with 1720 rounds

4) Drops like a rock from altitude (can bounce LA-7s, P-51s, run09s, and run90s if timed right)

5) Excellent turner ... flaps, when real slow, works very well.

6) Ruggedness. This is not uber. In RL is was a very rugged plane.

If you are a BnZer, then this plane is not for you. Once you "boom", you can "zoom" but you will probably have to get right back into the action ... extending is not an option with top speed under 300mph. Best bet is try to extend low and with its turning ability, you can spoil any single bouncer. I have quite a few proximity kills spoiling the "greedy" cherry-pickers.

Any plane with .50 cals and a convergence that works for you is an extremly deadly combination .. especially with a 1720 round loadout. Killing with .50 cals is very different than killing with cannons. The amount of .50 cal ammo allows you to lay out the "lead rope" and when done correctly, you can slice off wings with ease, or lay the "rope" from engine to tail and watch the explosion. If you try to use a "cannon" killing mentality with the .50 cals, you will not get many kills.

Once you point the nose down on the FM2, it will drop very fast and will reach 400mph in a short amount of time and still have very good handling at that speed.

I have yet to outturn a good Zeke or Spit pilot ... operative word here is "good". I will leave the others to wonder. Once a good FM2 pilot is on your 6, unless you are a master "stick-stirrer" you can consider yourself dead.

Yes this plane is rugged, as it was in RL. I have found a couple of weaknesses it has when it takes hits, but I can't divulge them here.


the FM2's 50cals seem to be of the same batch the F6 has. the 4 50s in fm2 are more powerful hitting then the 51b and seem to hit as hard as p47s 8 50s. for 4 50cals they are very deadly.

only plane that has out turned me in my FM2 is the white  zeke. ive turned n killed the green zeke and spitv and IXs.


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