everything I've ever read about the Fw190...

[Vulcan]

Uhh the 190-A5 does require trimming, especially for best turn performance. And despite what some people think it is a very good knife fighter.

Ask anybody, if I get in trouble first thing I do is take the fight to the deck and slug it out nice and close. Of course I usually get caught by the oppotunists nearby :-( . But 1 on 1 a 190 can deal to a co-alt Spit IX, N1K quite easily. Spit 5's just require a bit of vertical fighting.

The great thing in 190 knife fights is that this is the least expected tactic, and people often leave themselves open because the believe the 190 is gonna try to BnZ.

achtung babey

[bloom25]

I find that the BnZ fighters can actually turn extremely well, but only for 1 or 2 turns.  Their corner speed is much higher than a spit or zero.  Instead of being a disadvantage I find this an advantage.  If you don't kill the enemy within a turn or so you will have the speed to run away or go to yo-yos and Immelmans.

IMO the 190A5 is one of the finest fighters in AH, certainly capable of engaging any other fighter in the game with a good chance of success.  I fly the p51 mostly and IMO the a5 is the plane I fear the most.  When comparing the p51 to the 190a5 I'd say the a5 has an advantage in roll, hitting power, acceleration, durability, climb, and at times turn.  The p51 has the advantage in gun balistics, duration of ammo load, visiblity, range, ceiling (not really a factor here), and top speed.  I find that the a5 is extremly agile due to its tremendous rate of roll, and can perform vertical manuvers at a lower airspeed than the p51.  Not only that but because of its superior acceleration it can stay in the fight with a spit longer than the p51.  IMO its only serious drawback is the ballistics of its cannon.  They drop extremely quickly compared to the 50s, making snapshots much more difficult.  Mainly for this reason I still prefer the p51.  (I personally prefer the .50s to cannon in a BnZ fight.)



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[RAM]

 

Originally posted by bloom25:
IMO its only serious drawback is the ballistics of its cannon.  

[rant mode on]
And its hitting power...sometimes seems that those 20mm are worth nothing
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Apart of that I say that Fw190A5 isn't a fast plane so its ability to break contact sometimes is zero. It is a price to pay for its nimbleness, but I miss A8's speed on the deck

[Hangtime]

I kinda like A5's.

Hi; low.. T&B and B&Z...

...I juz luv killin 'em. I especially like that little dance they do, once yah get 'em pinned down.  

I can't wait fer the Dora.  

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<---watches Hangtime put giant spoon back in his coat. He heeee  

[Citabria]

compared to the p51 and 109s it needs almost no trim in the general flying sense.

sure it helps in dogfighting but the extra light controls are modelled in ah

[Hristo]

The damn thing is an awesome Spit killer. As if it has "kill the bloody Dweebfire" code programmed in.

It can beat contemporary Spit IX and Spit V from co-E. Even at disadvantage it can pull tricks if Dweebfire pilot isn't careful (and they usually aren't).

Keep speed up and you can frustrate the stick puller long time. In case things go wrong, point your nose down and get away.

Sadly, A-5 is stacked against P 51D and P 47D, which happen to be newer designs. No wonder it doesn't shine against them, they are not from same era. If those silver things are flown correctly, they can stay untouchable to the A-5. Model the Dora and see how it does against the opportunists.

It would also be nice to see how Dora does vs Spit XIV.

[RAM]

 

Originally posted by Hristo:
It would also be nice to see how Dora does vs Spit XIV.

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[juzz]

Realise that a spitdweeb is still a spitdweeb, regardless of the fact that their Spitfire might actually be a superior aircraft...  

 

Keep speed up and you can frustrate the stick puller long time. In case things go wrong, point your nose down and get away.

That will still apply for D-9 vs XIV.

[Hangtime]

I dunno how 'well' the LW stuff is really modeled.. I do know that any mistake made in front of a sharp pilot flying anything in this sim, regardless of it's 'era' or origin; means a nylon letdown.

Lets not loose sight of the pilots skill as the factor most pronunced in sucess when he's flying an aircraft he knows intimately. In AH it seems ever more apparent that the specialists in their fav planes have a significant edge over any adversary that does not have the same intimiate knowledge in their own A/C, regardless of type.

Here, In AH, skill steps easily across the fabled 'type-hype' of technology. There are no 'era' barriers. All the planes here are lethal as hell.. in the right hands. And if those hands fly that fly that airplane constantly, they'll have the biggest edge of all.

IMHO.  

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[vadr]

 

In AH it seems ever more apparent that the specialists in their fav planes have a significant edge over any adversary that does not have the same intimiate knowledge in their own A/C, regardless of type.

Could not agree more. Well said.

 

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