Best Plane for n00b

[Xjazz]

H2H is FREE (not cost) 8 player room.

Arenas like MA,TA,CT and SA cost 15$ per moth (alltogether).

So, "h2h or arenas" tells it all.

[Moloch]

fm2

can turn and has wep

[vorticon]

no xjazz i know what hth is


hth is not just 1 arena

its kind of like the msn gaming zone where several rooms can be up or down and are player hosted and only have 8 players

[humble]

Personally...you picked 1 of the best 3 to learn on. Yak, 205, F6.

All are solid planes that can be used in all three fight "styles". Once you can hold your own with one of these you can branch out easily to the rest of the set. The biggest problems with some of the other suggestions is that the plane will do more work than the pilot...or that the plane is so outclassed that you won't develope a decent skill set....stick with the yak. Shane Cobra and others can run up 5 kill sorties pretty easily in the Yak. One thing to try is mapping the cannon and mg seperately. Use the mgs at 250-350 and hold the cannon till you are in closer (200 or less). One solid shot at close range will take out all but the tough and the lucky. You can actually score kills of the mgs as well. They seem to hit pretty hard at that range.

[Z6]

F6F & Spit IX are very user friendly.  They do everything fairly well.  Can't go wrong with either 1 of them.  

[HeLLcAt]

I would have to say the F6F. This plane climbs fairly well, dives faster than almost any plane. It outturns spits at high speeds and will B n Z planes if you do it right. I think that since this is a plane that you will have to use your SA = Situational Awareness right away you will be able to learn pretty quick. I have some tricks that I would gladly be able to teach you in the F6F. Mathman's website is also a good tool, but email me at lmpbzktsk82004@yahoo.com and I will teach you some things. SALUTE!

[anton]

yer right the yak has no firepower, try the spit 14.

[RTR]

I agree with all that has been posted here. All good input.
My experience has been that the traditional "Knife fighters"...SpitV and IX..N1k and Fm2, to mention a few are good to learn on. However... it seems that every individual has somewhere inside them, a ride that suits them. You need to explore your fighting style and all the aircraft.
For example...I started my SQN out in Spits. It's easy to fly and does most things well. We now fly almost exclusively Hogs..(F4U1D's to be exact). and do fairly well with it. It is all a matter of exploring what your preferred method of fighting is, and finding an Aircraft that performs as you want/need and getting comfortable with it.
Whatever A/c you settle on as your main ride, you will find in here people who can help you become much better. It is a great community.
And on that note..anyone who has Corsair experience..421 recruiting hehe. or just look us up , we are always willing to help out, and indeed even learn a thing or two.
Cheers,
RTR CO 421 TFS

[humble]

I don't agree that the spitIX is a good "starter" plane. It's got some unique FM issues that make it a plane that builds bad habits. Primarily it doesn't bleed E quickly so you develop a bit of "yank & bank" early on...later you go through an adjustment where you can't finish of a fight because your bleeding E all over. Additionally, a lot of moves that will work defensively with other rides won't work in the spitty since it won't unload E as quickly when needed...new stick will discount moves that "didn't work" when in reality the plane was the "problem". The spitty is certainly a great ride and can provide a lot of fun...and more than a few "1 ping kills"...but it won't build a good skill set...niether will the Nikki. I haven't flown the FM2 but from what I've read it turns awful well...like zeke or even better. Again niether zeke or FM2 will build the skillset as fast. Again I'm simply approaching this from the perspective of getting a newer pilot to speed as quickly as possible with a minimum of "bad habits".

[OIO]

C205, P-38, F6F, P-51, La5,Ki61 all good "learner" planes.

I'd recomend the C205 for overall learning, the P-51 for Energy management learning. Then graduate to the other planes in the list.

If you just want to get kills without worrying about needing any skill other than turn and spray cannon, then fly N1k and Spit9.