Originally posted by Innominate
hehe, they are decent planes,
Just pointing out that the ENY on both p40s is way too low.
You are absolutely right on that. Yet, the P-40s, like the SBD, are generally not taken very seriously by many in the MA, and that will cost them. Last evening, I spotted some guy in a P-40E flying around at 2k very near a highly active Rook field. Needless to say, a crowd descended upon him in short order.
Relatively slow flying aircraft absolutely require plenty of altitude to be effective in an enviornment loaded down with fast, late-war fighters.
Yesterday, I flew a sortie to a field where there was a constant fight going on below 10k. I came in at 15k, used the P-40's excellent dive and zoom capability to beat the hell out of a bunch of higher performing fighters, none of those whacked were flown by noobs. Taking the time to grab enough altitude is important to being successful in the P-40s.
However, get a P-40 low and slow and things can get very hectic, very quickly. While the P-40s have good low speed handling (especially the P-40B), they have nowhere near the agility of the SBD, making them even more vulnerable if caught on the deck.
One drawback of the SBD is low lethality in snapshots. Of course, the P-40B is not much of snapshooter either. It does have a huge ammo loadout though. In contrast, The P-40E has very good guns, but limited ammo.
ENY values should be 50 for the P-40B and 40 for the P-40E, making them somewhat more attractive to fly to those wanting to generate some perk points.
My regards,
Widewing
