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General Forums => Aircraft and Vehicles => Topic started by: DEAR98 on November 24, 2007, 12:22:51 PM
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Well ? what the crap do you use it for?
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Buff hunting, perk farming, ground attack, fighter sweeps, etc.
Fly with a wingman; it's much better that way.
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To have a challenge.
[edit] Oh, and personly I think they look awesome :D
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Cherrypicking all the twisty turny planes under you.
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Originally posted by DEAR98
Well ? what the crap do you use it for?
The A8 is a pretty good dogfighter... the d9 is uber with it's high speed and roll.
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Wish I could use it to go back in time before I opened the thread.
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Naw its a lousy Buff killer. In fact its so bad that nobody should fly it. In fact AH should get rid of it cause its so bad at killing Buffs.:huh
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lol
I've used it as a primary fighter before.
Utilize it's roll rate and you'll do just fine.
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took a 190a5 into a pretty good size fight tonight.
made it home w/ 4 kills. (which is "ok")
FW can be a fun one to fly.
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I love it too. I've made many a Spitfire and a lot of other turny planes. Miss me by rolling like a mad man and jinking at a rate they can not keep up with. Get quite a few augers from that too. Then they tell me i'm cheating or stick stiiring when i'm rolling in place and avoiding there gun shots.
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The 190a8 with 30mm gun package will turn anything into nice small bits with just a quick burst, but I prefer the 20mm package for more ammo. As long as you manage your E properly and don't let yourself be drawn into a turn fight or down in the weeds it's a good enough aircraft to fight in.
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Originally posted by DEAR98
Well ? what the crap do you use it for?
The FW-190F8 is a great ground attack platform... It is deadly when heavy.
Since I've learned to deal with it's incridible torque, it has become my primary GV killer. The rockets are the only ones in the game that can kill heavy armor and the 500kg bomb will clear the main pad of a vbase faster than a liberal will change the radio when Rush Limbaugh comes on! The 20 mm cannons will kill soft skinned gvs and will "track" or "turret" a heavy gv. When ord is expended it is a servicable BnZ fighter. Its high speed also makes it good for de-acking a defended base. I landed 5 kills in a single sortie in one yesterday 4 gvs and 1 aircraft that tried to jump me on egress from the base our squad was attacking... I hate to see a 190F when I'm in a GV... :aok
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I've used it for 73 kills so far this camp.
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One thing I think about when I see a heavy cannoned 190 coming at my bombers is that, at the least, I want to end up with at least one bomber to fly home with. Ive had a bit of a problem with the 190. Its a very dangerous fighter to have coming at your bombers. Which makes sense cause it was designed to kill high altitude bombers.
The way I see it, and against a skilled 190 stick in the heavy model, losing no bombers and getting the kill hardly ever happens. Losing just one bomber is still a strong victory, and losing 2 while downing him is still better then nothing. The 190 with a good stick behind it is always a serious threat to "slice and dice", "killing all 3 bombers", on you and must be handled carefully. The FW-190 is a very dangerous Buff killer and there are a small coterie of dedicated Luftwaffe fliers who are very, very good with it. I remember once while off at a distance I saw one diving with E and it looked like one of those super fast hunting hawks.
Up high, against bombers, the Butcher Bird is in its element and it must be respected.
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Originally posted by Rich46yo
Up high, against bombers, the Butcher Bird is in its element and it must be respected.
Indeed, it doesn't even need both wings.
(http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i253/plague_06/Aces%20High/190A5VB176.jpg)
:aok
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Originally posted by WMLute
took a 190a5 into a pretty good size fight tonight.
made it home w/ 4 kills. (which is "ok")
FW can be a fun one to fly.
:( I think I was one of those.
I saw 190 gaining on my 6, and I was in a pretty good turning plane pony b, nik or p40 I forget. I decided at 800 out to scissor and then break hard left, that was about the time I saw my cockpit light up bright red:eek: and then the black curtain. I gave Lute compliment on how well he handled 190 turning so well. :aok
Then I logged and ran off to work (guess it was good he shot me down, I was actually on time).
I guess this is a reminder that a good pilot familliar with his plane makes the threat what it really is.
:aok :aok :aok Aces High all!
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LOL, and another interesting point. The Butcher Bird isn't normally an airplane that newbies jumped into. Those that fly it, indeed most German birds, are mostly guys with a lot of air time and that's just a different kinda critter to fight entirely.
I know my kill sheets reflects that. I pretty much chew up the spits, LaLas, 51s...ect that noobs tend to fly but it doesn't look as pretty against airplanes the more established biff killers jump into.
Originally posted by Xasthur
Indeed, it doesn't even need both wings.
(http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i253/plague_06/Aces%20High/190A5VB176.jpg)
:aok
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Originally posted by Xasthur
Indeed, it doesn't even need both wings.
(http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i253/plague_06/Aces%20High/190A5VB176.jpg)
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Oi! Thats the left wing too! I thought I was special for landing my 190 with its right wing missing... but in that flight, torque was on my side... I cant imagine flying with the torque counteracting your efforts...
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Of all the planes I've flown in AH when I had a subscription none were more fun than the 190. Plus it looks damn good on me.
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Originally posted by Motherland
Oi! Thats the left wing too! I thought I was special for landing my 190 with its right wing missing... but in that flight, torque was on my side... I cant imagine flying with the torque counteracting your efforts...
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If you can do it with the right, you can do it with the left.
It's a bit harder with the torque, as you said, but it's the same idea, you just need to use more rudder and be more careful when you're landing, if you lose speed and start to drop a wing, adding throttle any other way than very gently will roll you right over before you can do anything about it.
I was incredibly lucky with those B-17s, the screenshot doesn't show that I was climbing with almost full rudder input. I didn't have much speed left so I was lucky to get the shot off when I did.
I don't think the pilot was watching me either, I think he thought I'd bugged out or ditched.
He soon figured out I was there when he caught on fire :lol so, I went home.