Aces High Bulletin Board

General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: valdals on June 03, 2008, 05:46:23 AM

Title: great morning flying the ki67
Post by: valdals on June 03, 2008, 05:46:23 AM
i flew 2 sorties in a ki-67 at 4 am this morning. sortie 1- attack of airfield town. result  5 kills  2-nik2, 2- spitfires, and 1- p51b. target missed, 2 drones lost, landed safely. sortie 2- attack of airfield town. result 2 kills  1-p51d, 1-f6f. target hit 5 building destroyed and 2 ack guns.  :D
Title: Re: great morning flying the ki67
Post by: Rich46yo on June 03, 2008, 05:56:18 AM
i flew 2 sorties in a ki-67 at 4 am this morning. sortie 1- attack of airfield town. result  5 kills  2-nik2, 2- spitfires, and 1- p51b. target missed, 2 drones lost, landed safely. sortie 2- attack of airfield town. result 2 kills  1-p51d, 1-f6f. target hit 5 building destroyed and 2 ack guns.  :D

There were times I'd drop on an airfield and then circle it, in 67s, daring anyone to up against them. I use them mostly for hitting ords, but also for chewing up enemy fighters. It is an awsome aircraft.
Title: Re: great morning flying the ki67
Post by: thndregg on June 03, 2008, 07:37:05 AM
I remember flying Ki's and ending up being a 262 magnet, much to thier demise. :D
Title: Re: great morning flying the ki67
Post by: Pannono on June 03, 2008, 12:16:59 PM
Pannono <3 top 20mm  :aok
Title: Re: great morning flying the ki67
Post by: 68Wooley on June 03, 2008, 12:22:29 PM
I remember being tasked to fly KI's in FSO one week.

Our escort couldn't keep up, but as it turned out, we didn't need them.  :devil

The logs showed we lost more planes to friendly fire that night than to enemy action. Those 20mils in tight formations are dangerous when kill shooter is off  :lol
Title: Re: great morning flying the ki67
Post by: Hap on June 04, 2008, 09:56:13 AM
Vandals,

No doubt you've done this one.  A 262 zips to your 6 in a Ki, he flies a smidgen high and left sliding upon your high 7 or 8 dropping flaps, no throttle to slow down.

A couple rounds of 20 mm later and . . . well, you know how it ends.
Title: Re: great morning flying the ki67
Post by: Soulyss on June 04, 2008, 10:03:40 AM
Personally I'm glad you don't see many Peggy's flying around.  They're fast which makes setting up your attack more difficult, and it's easy to get sucked into the fire arc of that 20mm if the gunners a good shot you have to be really careful when approaching them. 

Or maybe I'm just lazy, I hate attacking B26's too because it takes longer to chase them down and get in the right position. :)
Title: Re: great morning flying the ki67
Post by: valdals on June 04, 2008, 10:41:35 AM
encountered a 109 last night and as soon as he id me tucked tail and ran.  :D
Title: Re: great morning flying the ki67
Post by: BaldEagl on June 04, 2008, 10:49:04 AM
Forget the big guns.  I fly AR234's.  Speed works great (and I've even managed to kill a 262 and wound another with the fixed tail guns).

Speaking of fast buffs, while I was having my bombing bug a couple of months ago and had to keep testing on-line I got used to using formations of Bostons to make quick runs (and not have to lose more AR234's).  They are very fast and that little bomb package does a lot more damage than you'de expect.
Title: Re: great morning flying the ki67
Post by: Hap on June 04, 2008, 11:31:10 AM
I think 12K is the Boston's speed zone.  Great for zipping over to a semi beleaguered base or one where 8k is the ceiling.  They are speedy.  VH a nice target.  Good for morale on your side too.
Title: Re: great morning flying the ki67
Post by: Rich46yo on June 04, 2008, 12:02:14 PM
Personally I'm glad you don't see many Peggy's flying around.  They're fast which makes setting up your attack more difficult, and it's easy to get sucked into the fire arc of that 20mm if the gunners a good shot you have to be really careful when approaching them. 

Or maybe I'm just lazy, I hate attacking B26's too because it takes longer to chase them down and get in the right position. :)


They also roll very well. Roll the 67 with your pedals and you increase the fire arc of the 20mms by a ton. Not just that but you get very good coverage with your waist guns. Ive spent many an evening keeping ords down along an entire front in 67s. That, and shooting cons.
Title: Re: great morning flying the ki67
Post by: Nisky on June 04, 2008, 03:17:22 PM
Boston 3 is my cv killer although if its full up i have to make another run but its fast and climbs quick.