Author Topic: When Aces High is pure joy (Read 804 times)

Pepe · « **Reply #15 on:** June 03, 2003, 07:03:24 AM »

Frenchy,

You don't need the M to kill a zillion Me's and Fw's, whatever mark. I've seen/suffered it

beet1e · « **Reply #16 on:** June 03, 2003, 07:55:40 AM »

4 reasons I find the 109G10 difficult. [list=1]

roll rate not good
elevator sluggish as all hell
having to get sooooo close
no chance for wide angle deflection shots.

Help me! I get a few kills in it (check stats for recent tours) but it's damned hard work!

Hajo · « **Reply #17 on:** June 03, 2003, 09:06:16 AM »

I've shot down many G10s.......going through my stats I've got a very good k/d against 109s in general. G10 is just so good in the verticle that if the jug and G10 get on the deck and the G10 goes up......the Jug just can't get his nose up in a slow fight.

In other words the G10 has to make a mistake....the D30 will turn with it, but as soon as the G10 gets over the Jug, it dictates the fight from that point on. This is on the deck. At 20K the Jug can hold it's own nicely if the Jug stays up.....and forces the G10 into a turning match.

SFRT - Frenchy · « **Reply #18 on:** June 03, 2003, 09:18:00 AM »

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Originally posted by Pepe
Frenchy,

You don't need the M to kill a zillion Me's and Fw's, whatever mark. I've seen/suffered it

Heck I do! I'm getting old... my reflex are slower, my gunery not too precise ... I guess it's my eyes. My SA is slopy ... my brain just shuts down ... I keep staring at my gunsight like a sailor looking at a hooker after 6 months at sea.

And the strenght ... too heavy those controls, I can't jerk the plane around like I used to.

Getting old .... what a misery ... need to compensate agressiveness and ingeniosity with ubber performances:)

Beetle, you should have no problem flying the G10 ... remember, you are in control of the fight in a G10 as you can climb away or run away. So you have all the time in the world to place yourself for the 30mm kill.

Pepe · « **Reply #19 on:** June 03, 2003, 10:12:09 AM »

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Originally posted by SFRT - Frenchy

Beetle, you should have no problem flying the G10 ... remember, you are in control of the fight in a G10 as you can climb away or run away. So you have all the time in the world to place yourself for the 30mm kill.

Can't be better said in less space

Rutilant · « **Reply #20 on:** June 03, 2003, 12:34:28 PM »

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Originally posted by BNM
Hehehe Rutilant, you MUST have a deathwish with that avatar.

Hehe

It looks so... Doom-esque tho..

beet1e · « **Reply #21 on:** June 03, 2003, 12:55:28 PM »

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Originally posted by SFRT - Frenchy
Beetle, you should have no problem flying the G10 ... remember, you are in control of the fight in a G10 as you can climb away or run away. So you have all the time in the world to place yourself for the 30mm kill.

Well allrighty, then. I followed the advice given here, and went out in a G10 with 60 potatoes loaded. Got two 6-kill sorties back to back, so must be doing something right, though not doing everything right. Could someone look at the first sortie - film attached (1.41MB) - and comment as you see fit.

Thanks, guys.

hogenbor · « **Reply #22 on:** June 03, 2003, 01:07:27 PM »

I had some luck in G-10's of course... but it is challenging bird due to the reasons mentioned earlier. I'm just not comfortable in it.

It is flown poorly so often, I shot down scores of them in my humble FM2.

It might be a good idea to fly it more with the difficult cannon and try Pepe's tactics but it seems to me that those will make you vulnerable to slashing attacks.

I mastered to some extent the FM2, P-51B, F4U-1 and La-5, each with an unique set of characteristics, good and bad. Maybe time to try the 109. I rather like the G-2 sometimes but why not take a challenge and start with the G-6? Hmmmmm...