Author Topic: La7 is not a plane (Read 735 times)

MANDOBLE · « **on:** November 24, 2001, 01:49:00 PM »

After months of research and investigation I have an unrefutable conclusion:
La7 is not a plane, is a flyingpanzer with the armour of a battleship and no engine. It is propulsed by some ethereal and untouchable secret fully of smoke device. This device has the hability of smoking at desire with no other effect. This device is able to generate smoke forever.

moose · « **Reply #1 on:** November 24, 2001, 02:05:00 PM »

::looks at bait... swims away::

Animal · « **Reply #2 on:** November 24, 2001, 02:49:00 PM »

tard ice-skating uphill.

Voss · « **Reply #3 on:** November 24, 2001, 02:56:00 PM »

There is a bug with the La7. It blows white smoke after getting hit, but there is nothing damaged. However, you err in reporting the plane to be panzerlike. The La7 is made of plywood and a few hits will put it out of commission.

ra · « **Reply #4 on:** November 24, 2001, 04:38:00 PM »

Speaking of flying tanks: now that the 190 1-ping-dead-engine bug has been fixed, it is probably the toughest plane to kill. I often take many pings with little or no damage, where any other plane wouldn't have survived. On one mission I got blasted point blank by a Dora, then later a D-Hog pinged me from about 500 yards, then later a B-17 ackstar peppered me when I got too close. No damage.

That's the A5 anyway, haven't really flown the others much.

ra

FlyingDuckSittingSwan · « **Reply #5 on:** November 24, 2001, 05:05:00 PM »

I agree with Mandoble. The LA7 should not be in this game!! Call this a serious flight sim???!!

HiTech. I think you should do something about it....

The LA7 in flight:

Urchin · « **Reply #6 on:** November 24, 2001, 05:21:00 PM »

La7 isnt all that tough, just tough to hit in my opinion. F6F and P47 win my vote for toughest plane. It usually takes me a bunch of hits to drop an F6F or a P47, and while I don't fly the F6F, the P47 can take hits that would kill 5 190s or 109s. Boy, that was one long sentence

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MANDOBLE · « **Reply #7 on:** November 24, 2001, 05:29:00 PM »

Let me tell you about my last encounter against two La7 in a P51D:
First one, three passes shooting at him, clear blasts all over him at very short rante (< 300 yards), no aparent damage. Loop, HO in the vertical, tremendous blast on his nose and black smoke. I supposed he was done so I climbed and continues the sortie. After some minutes, no kill award ... ... Then a second La7 in front of me,several passes with no hits and then a hammer with a tremendous blast again in his nose, I supposed he was going to explode but not, only black smoke, again I continued the sortie, again no kill award... This was with a P51D and MGs, but with 190 and 20mm ammo the effect is usually the same.

funkedup · « **Reply #8 on:** November 24, 2001, 05:33:00 PM »

They die just fine for me.

FlyingDuckSittingSwan · « **Reply #9 on:** November 24, 2001, 05:37:00 PM »

Maybe it's a trick. Maybe the LA7 has a button that when pressed sends out lots of black smoke as a decoy. Sort of like what submarines have so the destroyers think they've blown it up. Sub captain presses a button and oil and crap gets comes to the surface. LA7 pilot presses a button, black smoke comes out.

MANDOBLE · « **Reply #10 on:** November 24, 2001, 05:37:00 PM »

Hispanos Funked?

-ammo- · « **Reply #11 on:** November 24, 2001, 05:48:00 PM »

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Originally posted by MANDOBLE:
Hispanos Funked?

MG's work fine for me against LA-7's. Maybe a bad internet night for you? At least while in the P-47 I kill them fine. I have a few kills of them in the zero too, but those type 99 cannons are decent killers too.

Mr Hanky · « **Reply #12 on:** November 24, 2001, 06:13:00 PM »

An La-7 is not a difficult plane to fight against.. even in a slow plane. I've also noticed I don't have to worry about their guns unless the plane is inside of 500 yards. They also come apart quite nicely with just .50 cal guns.

Voss · « **Reply #13 on:** November 24, 2001, 07:12:00 PM »

Mandoble, if you wouldn't mind, please post your convergence settings and a link to a film where you experience this sort of problem.

Sachs · « **Reply #14 on:** November 24, 2001, 07:13:00 PM »

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Originally posted by ra:
Speaking of flying tanks: now that the 190 1-ping-dead-engine bug has been fixed, it is probably the toughest plane to kill. I often take many pings with little or no damage, where any other plane wouldn't have survived. On one mission I got blasted point blank by a Dora, then later a D-Hog pinged me from about 500 yards, then later a B-17 ackstar peppered me when I got too close. No damage.

That's the A5 anyway, haven't really flown the others much.

ra

Got proof about the one hit on the 190 is gone? If so let us see it too cuz we still suffering from it.