Author Topic: Trouble with B26s (Read 1589 times)

Westy · « **Reply #15 on:** September 08, 2003, 12:58:45 PM »

Exactly what NB said.

B-26's are easy meat (most bombers are except the B17 if the pilot is any good) after you get used to coming in on thier low end or sides. I prefer coming at any bomber them from thier 3 or 9 oclock and just under thier wing level so the upper turret can't get a bead. If it's a B-17 I "porpoise" in on them so they can't which gun to man. But if you take a B-26 for a few sorties you'll find out real fast what gun positions they can and cannot hit you from.

~~Westy~~

Innominate · « **Reply #16 on:** September 08, 2003, 07:20:13 PM »

I gotta completly disagree with the low attacks. They're good against planes with no belly protection, but only give you one good shot. Usually if you dont kill the bomber in that pass, you'll driift into a 6 o clock position and thats the end of you.

The best way to attack a bomber is high speed steep diving attacks from the 9, 11, 1 and 6 o clock positions. It gives the gunners a very difficult shot, and puts you in a good position to make multiple passes.

My personal favorite is to lead the plane, and fly a straight course(ideallly perpendicular to the bombers course) so the bomber will fly close(200 yards or closer) past my nose, with me passing him just behind it's tail. The lead can be difficult to judge, but it gives you a solid(if short) fiiring opportunity, while making it quite hard for the gunner to track you.

Rutilant · « **Reply #17 on:** September 08, 2003, 07:34:44 PM »

Tell you what, B26s give me the least trouble (besides bostons of course, but when the hell do you ever see those?)

I'll grab a G10 with gondies and give em hell.. once i bagged a 9 kill sortie with a DT, killin the same guy's formation 3 times (2 reloads)

vorticon · « **Reply #18 on:** September 08, 2003, 08:18:50 PM »

lol...b26 can be hard if the guy piloting it knows what hes doing...a lot hard than b17s anyway...

oh and dead six positions (i mean REALLY DEAD ^) are quite good for anything with 1 gun and a bloody big arsed tail right in hte way of the dead 6 shots

Rutilant · « **Reply #19 on:** September 08, 2003, 08:25:55 PM »

Hush vorticon!

Dead 6 approaches are the best, most reliable way to kill any buff! Slow is the way to go, any never fire outside D500, ensuring you'll get a deadly shot on the nme

B17Skull12 · « **Reply #20 on:** September 08, 2003, 09:23:27 PM »

ive killed someone from 1.3k out in a b26:D but iim not good in the plane so i cant tell you anything.

Ack-Ack · « **Reply #21 on:** September 08, 2003, 10:50:43 PM »

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Originally posted by vorticon
lol...b26 can be hard if the guy piloting it knows what hes doing...a lot hard than b17s anyway...

I guess I've been lucky that I've never run into a bomber pilot that seems to know what he's doing or maybe I just know what I'm doing.

ack-ack

bozon · « **Reply #22 on:** September 09, 2003, 08:30:21 AM »

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Originally posted by Rutilant

Dead 6 approaches are the best, most reliable way to kill any buff! Slow is the way to go, any never fire outside D500, ensuring you'll get a deadly shot on the nme

ROFLMAO!!

Westy · « **Reply #23 on:** September 09, 2003, 08:38:10 AM »

That would make a great tag-line Ack-Ack.

Rutilant · « **Reply #24 on:** September 09, 2003, 08:50:13 AM »

Nah AKAK.. we just don't get much praxtice with lead other than the guys that like to crawl up the bellybutton of a buff. When someone 'orbits' our buffs, or looks for a good attack.. we resist the temptation to bail..

Fishu · « **Reply #25 on:** September 09, 2003, 09:18:11 AM »

Once B26 was too slow.. I went down on one, but came too fast and I flew past, underneath it, came back up, deciding to give it fatal blow through the bottom from directly below, but it appeared I didn't have enough time to do that and I whizzed by the nose.
then I wondered where the B26 dissapeared - obviously I had timed the 400kph pass so well that I hit him in his FE... duh

hogenbor · « **Reply #26 on:** September 09, 2003, 09:50:47 AM »

Great fun : Someone calling you over the radio that he'll do a feint attack so you get to give the killing blow.

Fun : Circling a Buff formation in a P-51B knowing you'll have a hard time, then seeing them fly into a mountain so you'll get three safe kills

No fun : Finding a Buff formation with a G-10 with 30mm, I can't hit ***** with that, at least not when doing a good (=not dead 6) attack.

Absolutely no fun : Climbing and chasing a buff formation up to 15k or more, getting close and seeing the SOB disco before your eyes.

2stony · « **Reply #27 on:** September 09, 2003, 03:14:23 PM »

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If you want to see how to kill one then take one up and attack the enemy a few times. They usually give free lessons!

ROFL

greyghostII · « **Reply #28 on:** September 16, 2003, 10:50:30 PM »

I honestly have to laugh at the posts in this thread........Gixer,my friend, I am so surprised at your opinion of the B-26 pilot...I'm shocked!
As for the rest of you who think that you can simply knock them down.........look me up, I'll gladly show you what a B-26 (deathstar) can do! There are only two pilots in this game I respectively fear when they attack me, and no I am not about to tell who...........(in George seniors best voice) .............
"It just wouldn't be prudent!"

Seriously though, I love to fly many different aircraft, but above all the B-26 is my favorite! Once its abilities are known, it becomes very formidable.

GreyghostII (AKA Plumbit)

JB42 · « **Reply #29 on:** September 17, 2003, 12:26:21 AM »

Just for kicks sometime AKAK, go to the DA with plumbit. Try to shoot down his B26 formation