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Title: Dogfighting in a BOSTON III!!!!!!!!!
Post by: Austox on August 08, 2007, 11:03:31 AM: yesturday i was dogfighting in a boston III and it can actually turn pretty well.

i landed with 3 kills in 8 player!

have any of u guys tryed this???
Title: Dogfighting in a BOSTON III!!!!!!!!!
Post by: Angus on August 08, 2007, 12:10:55 PM: hehe,,,yes.
:t
Title: Re: Dogfighting in a BOSTON III!!!!!!!!!
Post by: JimBeam on August 08, 2007, 12:20:13 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Austox
yesturday i was dogfighting in a boston III and it can actually turn pretty well.

i landed with 3 kills in 8 player!

have any of u guys tryed this???

shhh your going to let the seceret out personally i perfer the a20
Title: Dogfighting in a BOSTON III!!!!!!!!!
Post by: Spikes on August 08, 2007, 01:08:43 PM: Yes, I'm so proud of myself...I was using 7x ammo when I landed my 4 in a boston.

:lol
Title: Dogfighting in a BOSTON III!!!!!!!!!
Post by: Austox on August 08, 2007, 01:51:58 PM: the single gun kinda sucks but i still think it was fun
Title: Dogfighting in a BOSTON III!!!!!!!!!
Post by: Spikes on August 08, 2007, 01:55:37 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Austox
the single gun kinda sucks but i still think it was fun

OH, so you were not HO'ing with your 7x ammo 303's?

You were using your tail gun with 7x ammo?
Title: Dogfighting in a BOSTON III!!!!!!!!!
Post by: Krusty on August 08, 2007, 02:21:42 PM: The nose guns are 4x .303 caliber MGs.

The rear turret is 2x .303 caliber MGs.
Title: Dogfighting in a BOSTON III!!!!!!!!!
Post by: BaDkaRmA158Th on August 08, 2007, 05:01:08 PM: ........ x4 .303's?

First off its h2h.

You do that in the ma your one bad mutuh, or your a dead man.
The a20 and boston are fairly the same, but ther boston doesnt blow up with one hit like the a20 does.

Ither way, you aim well you can kill just about anything no matter the gun ;)
But you know this.
Title: Dogfighting in a BOSTON III!!!!!!!!!
Post by: Widewing on August 08, 2007, 06:39:21 PM: Slash27 and I stooged around with the Boston vs P-38s and Ki-84 a while back.

He can testify that the Boston is remarkable for its size and weight. A good stick will whoop up on the unsuspecting. No one expects the Boston to engage in a dogfight, much less a stall fight. Thus, it can surprise the unwary. It has some serious weaknesses, but the average MA player won't know what those are, other than the weak battery of four .303 MGs up front.

My regards,

Widewing
Title: Dogfighting in a BOSTON III!!!!!!!!!
Post by: titanic3 on August 10, 2007, 08:04:11 PM: try dogfighting in a stuka (realistic settings) and landing 4 kills ;)
Title: Dogfighting in a BOSTON III!!!!!!!!!
Post by: Ack-Ack on August 10, 2007, 08:07:48 PM: Quote
Originally posted by titanic3
try dogfighting in a stuka (realistic settings) and landing 4 kills ;)

it's not hard at all. As long as the other guy is stupid enough to turn with you that is. I love taking the Ju87 up and use it as a stall fighter in the MA, other than the Val, it's probably the best stall fighter in the game.

Can't recall who I did it with but I dueled someone in Ju87s one night. We had a blast, most fights lasted about 10 minutes as we'd keep putting lead into each others planes but didn't have the power to take them out. Think our duels only ended when we got too close to the deck and would pancake in while stall fighting. Our last fight I think was around 20 minutes.

ack-ack
Title: Dogfighting in a BOSTON III!!!!!!!!!
Post by: humble on August 10, 2007, 08:17:54 PM: SBD is probably the best true "dog fighter" amongst the "attack bombers". Boston is a bit more nimble then the Havoc I think but the difference in gun package is pretty significant. As WW stated the plane has some significant limitations that make it very very easy to kill with relative impunity IF your co-e or better. It's relative fragility makes avoiding a high E A-20 fairly easy as well....but an
aggressive (http://www.az-dsl.com/snaphook/A-20/prowling%20A-20.ahf) A-20 with some alt and E is hazerdous to ignore. Whats amazing is how tough the bird is, how easy it is to fly damaged and how easy it is to hit stuff. The flip side is just how fragile the control surfaces are. This is from the last day or two...was on autoclimb and afk and got a bit high and then a bit lazy scrubing E and then a bit crippled...but still got two (somewhat unusual kills:)) before returning
guppy's A-20 (http://www.az-dsl.com/snaphook/A-20/3%20wire.ahf) to him...
Title: Dogfighting in a BOSTON III!!!!!!!!!
Post by: T99LMG on August 10, 2007, 08:59:24 PM: Try Dogfighting in a D3A1 and landing 4 kills with no bombs and no vulching, HO, Ramming, Stalling, or other nooby crap. It is very manuverable, making it easy to fly,also. 1 Spixteen, 2 lalas and 1 typhie. They didnt see it coming.:D
Title: Dogfighting in a BOSTON III!!!!!!!!!
Post by: nirvana on August 11, 2007, 12:21:11 AM: I have to ask T99, how is getting someone to stall and crash "nooby"?
Title: Dogfighting in a BOSTON III!!!!!!!!!
Post by: Raptor on August 11, 2007, 12:37:41 AM: (http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/2323/killsmy8.jpg)
Title: Dogfighting in a BOSTON III!!!!!!!!!
Post by: Scherf on August 11, 2007, 04:07:32 AM: Heheheh:

Yeah, teh Val rulz. Somewhere, I have film of an F4U-4 going down to teh ueber l33t gunz of deth of my Val.

Silly boy.
Title: Dogfighting in a BOSTON III!!!!!!!!!
Post by: Bosco123 on August 11, 2007, 08:09:19 AM: I had a short live lanc, 24 battle he tried to play chiken with me and he lost, but it was fun
Title: Dogfighting in a BOSTON III!!!!!!!!!
Post by: nirvana on August 11, 2007, 02:36:33 PM: Oooh bomber battles. I think I blew a flight of 17's out of the sky when I was in Lancs one day. Planes might have been reversed, it was a long time ago.
Title: Dogfighting in a BOSTON III!!!!!!!!!
Post by: Yknurd on August 11, 2007, 04:12:03 PM: Someone with a name like Genie66 or something like that flies the Boston very, very well.

He handed my hiney to me while I was in a Wildcat.
Title: Dogfighting in a BOSTON III!!!!!!!!!
Post by: VooWho on August 11, 2007, 05:18:04 PM: I like to take the A20 up with a gunner and fly it like it was an updated Defiant with forward firing guns. Get into tight turn fights and your gunner can aim his guns at the enemy and still hit them. What an awsome package.

Now whats really fun is dog fighting in a Ju88 with that 1 bb gun.
Title: Dogfighting in a BOSTON III!!!!!!!!!
Post by: Raptor on August 15, 2007, 12:18:28 AM: http://forums.hitechcreations.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=212402
Title: Dogfighting in a BOSTON III!!!!!!!!!
Post by: Tilt on August 16, 2007, 12:21:39 PM: I find the Bostons drones sorta (not always) hang around whilst the lead is in a dog fight too..............