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General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: Guppy35 on June 24, 2008, 01:17:50 AM
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Just curious after reading the Spit 14 debate. Why did you choose a certain bird as your main ride in AH?
I know I'm a 38G snob. But I fly it because of the history I 'feel' when I fly my cartoon 38G along with wanting to see what I can do in something that's not the latest and greatest.
I'm assuming there are others with the history angle like me that may choose a 109 version or a Mustang, or a Spit for the same reasons. It gets them a bit closer to the stories they read over the years.
So what make you 'fly' a particular bird? Is it just to be able to compete? Is it history? Is it performance? Is it the challenge of doing more with less?
Not passing judgement, juse wondering.
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My favorite ride is the Mossy, I fly it so i have an excuse why i died......LOL Besides, it's just so dam sexy :D
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I fly the D9 in AH because it's the same plane I flew in AW, and the K4 because it's a fun/challenging plane to fly.
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I've flown the P38J in one form or another for a long time, longer than AH has been around. What strikes me is no matter how much I learn about it, there is always something new to learn.
It is an easy plane to get around in but much tougher to master...
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I fly the A6M simply because it's the one plane I know how to fly better than all the rest. I know it's limitations and capabilities like the back of my hand. Simply put, I just feel most comfortable in the A6M.
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I generally fly with two rides, one to learn in and one to fight in. Right now, I'm generally in an F6F, but I'm trying to learn the 109 side of things, a plane I've never really flown before. Going between the two extremes seems to keep me at my best. But, there is that something which hooks a man once you've dove into a horde on those two big engines and come out at the other side with 9 kills, with that one engine left carrying you home to land.
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I generally fly with two rides, one to learn in and one to fight in. Right now, I'm generally in an F6F, but I'm trying to learn the 109 side of things, a plane I've never really flown before. Going between the two extremes seems to keep me at my best. But, there is that something which hooks a man once you've dove into a horde on those two big engines and come out at the other side with 9 kills, with that one engine left carrying you home to land.
OK you lost me here, which plane; the F6F or 109 you fly has two engines? I would love to fly a twin engine F6F...LOL...
I am sure you forgot something somewhere in your post about what twin engine plane you use to dive through a horde and come out with your 9 kills. :D
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Hog-1 My father retired from FAA years ago and he always had aircraft stuff and info lying around the house. I picked up on the hog after I got a model of one when I was 8 yo or so. Then came Baa Baa Blacksheep TV show. I was hooked. :aok
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OK you lost me here, which plane; the F6F or 109 you fly has two engines? I would love to fly a twin engine F6F...LOL...
I am sure you forgot something somewhere in your post about what twin engine plane you use to dive through a horde and come out with your 9 kills. :D
I glue a f6f and 109 together. :rock
I was actually talking about the P38, but I failed to include the plane. It's 2 a.m.
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i first started and i flew B24's and flew them exclusively then tried fighters after a while and learned the spit mastered the spit8. After this i have been all round the plane set. I kind of have a goal learning everything mediocre then advancing to mastering a plane. Right now i have kinda fallin for the 38's (which i just thought were an easy target til hitting lazer and a wingie) . It has kinda grown on me tho so im in the 38L as of right now. Well nothing makes me feel like an awesome pilot like reversing a spit16 its awesome. Out of all the planes i would have to say the B24 for the history and the brave men that manned them.
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Why do I choose the plane I fly?......
(http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh49/dadonkey1234/L10378604.jpg)
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I like the turn fighters because they fit my personality best. I'm not much of runner or a back biter. I love the Spit 8, Ki-84, FM2 and getting back to loving the A5 and 109-f.
Coming from a base taking squad that works as a team, we need to take hvy Jabo's up almost always so I spend most of my time in those. F6, F4U-d or 4, P38 which I really suck in as a fighter but packs a great ground punch and of course the Pony.
I'm not sure if I like the spit 8 or Ki better but I do know i like anything with rockets...... which reminds me. FW 190F-8
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I'm not sure but it must be the BMW 801 that attracts my imagination.
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Currently I like flying the spit 16 cause I'm new and its pretty easy to maneuver. :aok
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Russian squad = Russian rides :)
I was an La7 dweeb, but am now a member of the Golden Yak gentlemans' establishment!
I fly an Il2 when there is insane cap because it soaks up an incredible amount of damage.
If only we had some Russian buffs :lol
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I don’t fly any particular plane in the main arenas but all the planes I fly they have something in common. Eventually they all get shoot down :noid
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There is something menacing about the Bf 109 that I've always liked. Apart from that beautiful howl of the supercharger, it just looks mean.
Youtube link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z71gYnaGyb8 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z71gYnaGyb8)
0:22 and 1:21 are perfect examples of that demonic noise that seperates it from anything else.
Back in high school I hung around with some guys that were huge on German artillery and the ground war.... I was always interested in aircraft and their interests just put me onto the Luftwaffe and it went from there. Since that I've spent hundreds of dollars on books and spent hours pouring over the internet and the 109 has always grabbed me.
The G-10/K model has always grabbed me as the best looking, the Earla haube, lack of cowl bumps and the taller fin all look beautiful.
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I must say that my favorite plane is the G14. I fly the A8 as much or more at times but the G14 is in my book one of the most sexy planes out there. Its not easy to fly either, and with me beeing a mouse user it can be a handful if you dont take care of your E. It has limited ammo and that is also appealing because you cant just spray if you want a chanse at more than a couple of kills.
I also find myself only picking out allied planes when flying it unless im helping to clear someones six :) If im in an Allied ride like the 47 or f6 i tend to look for axis rides. Just makes things abit more realistic :) Spixteens and Lalas are my favorite meals.
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Yak9u for low to mid alt fighter sortie
Better range than la7, better performance at alt, good maneuverability, good speed, good climb. Its very resistant and has a great all around view. Of course the guns aren't the best but you get used to it.
Ta152 for high alt fighter sortie.
I'm used to the hub cannon so the aiming is easier for me. The range is awesome, so is a zooming capability. Makes a great bomber hunter.
From CV's I mostly use F6F's. good load out good fuel and its very resistant to ack fire.
Lancasters for bombing. 280mph at alt, hell of a loadout, nothing to add.
IL2 for gv hunting...thought I'm starting to really like the B25 since I sank a cruiser with the guns )
for base to base attack a bf110G2 does the trick :P
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I'm with Hondo on the mosquito. love it for the looks, the flight handling and the stall character (tough to learn but superb when mastered) and i love it for the history.
but most of all i love those lazers in the nose. :t
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I fly the p39Q or A20G ALOT.
39Q is a decent fighter, dives like none other..and has a huge cannon. :rock A20G can also fly very well for its size and weight, the nose six fiftys are laser guns and she can take a beating, much as the 39 can aswell.
Something about them, and making a plane do what you want.
I never have gotten the same jollys from a super plane, or anything perked.
....Maby i am just old fashioned & greedy? :confused:
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Because it's different, challenging to do well in and very rewarding. An historical interest in the plane itself and the Yak only squads that flew them with great success like the 812th IAP.
Plus the 37mm is just plain evil.. :devil
<S>...-Gixer
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I LOVE the P38L! I think it "IS" the sexiest plane in the game. I was hooked on p51 because of history during my early years of AH1. I would wing with morpheous alot and I think XJ asked us to wing with him in 38s.
My first flight I was hooked.
I think it is a very challenging plane and once you add a bit of history to it it changed the game for me. It should be down right unlawful to have as much fun in a 38 as I do.
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Yak9U. Lately I've found it to be instrumental in taking off fast from a base once an NOE mission is detected. Great goon hunter.
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i've always liked p38's so when i first came in the game, i flew them almost exclusivly to my death rather quickly. felt i was dying too fast to learn anything. tried the pony figuring it was easier. no go for me. moved to the spitfire, and she kept me alive a bit longer to learn. moved into the zeke/hurri's for the same reason. they all kept/keep me alive lng enough to manage to learn some acm, and some gunnery. now, i venture into the likes of the hellkitty, and the lightning again. hopefully, soon, i'll be able to get out of the ""easy""rides alltogether.
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I try and fly a little of everything... but mainly Jugs and Pony's when I'm trying to get something done, although even then it depends on my mood. HTC has put too much work into too many aircraft for me to justify flying any one or even a select few too often, and flying them all a little gives you a solid reference when fighting.
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I fly Spits a lot because I've always been enamored with them ever since I was a kid. I built models of them and had a really nice balsa/tissue Spit IX until I crashed it one day :lol Spits are, IMHO, the most beautiful looking ac ever built. As someone once said, flying a Spit is like putting on a glove.
I fly F6F's because they are among the best attack platforms in the game and they are great fighters once the ord is gone. They produced more fighter aces in WWII than any other ac, they can operate from carriers, and how can you not fly a plane called the Hellcat? Here Kitty kitty kitty...
I fly FW190A-8's because they are among the best buff hunters in the game and far too many fighter jocks underestimate their ability to knife fight. 2x20mm, 2x30mm, 2x7.9 (or is it 13?) mm = best gun package of any single engine fighter plus the armor protection is nearly unequaled (except for maybe the Grumman Ironworks).
Finally, I fly the 109K-4 when I'm not quite sure if I'm going to be running into buffs or fighters. Nearly as good as the A-8 at buff hunting but with better turn/stall/knife fighting abilities it's a perfect cross between the Spit and the A-8 when I'm not sure what to expect. Regardless of what's out there, I'm nearly positive the K-4 is going to get me home with at least a couple of kills.
I've always been more interested in the European air war then the Pacific air war and, other than the F6F it shows in my plane choices. Beyond these I fly everything but these are my staples.
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When I first started playing online back in WB I flew spits almost exclusively, that was because I grew up watching BoB and loved the history behind the Hurri's and Spits. In AH the 109G-2 and C205 are my favourite rides, both planes are so sexy and they just look lethal (tho it'd be nice if the C205 got a little make over :) ), both planes also hold their own in almost any type of fight.
Seems I have Nilsen's affliction with the lala and spixteen, there's nothing more satisfying then seeing those birds go down :D
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51 for the historical ride of the RL 352nd.
47 has always been a fave of mine (haven't flown it much lately, tho)
KI-84 - my favorite lil' dogfighter. If I'm up in a base defense scenario, I'm in this lil' bad boy.
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well my plane of choice is the tiff, i started out flyin the nik and then i met up with kermit, he started pickin on me calling me a "nik dweeb" so i told him to teach me to fly the tiff.
after spending many long hours and many sleepless nights in the DA, playing tag with many other fellow AH'ers, and learning my ACM's i began flying the tiff in december of 2005, its been my ride of choice since then. i like the tiff because i know how to fly it, after learning the tiff it made it easier to fly planes because i tend to fly them the same way i fly my tiff, sometimes i doesn't work very well others it makes me almost dangerous. the tiff is misunderstood and those that fly it just to bnz or to vulch or take down ord dont know the real ability of it. if others would take the time to fly it they would see the tiff has more potential than they realize. most people that fly the tiff they go for the HO. take time to learn it, its a fun plane.
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51 for me, to me that bird is just pure sex. I'm also a bit of history geek when it comes to the 8th AF 51 groups, 352nd 4th etc etc. so thats a big influence on what I fly. I also spend some time in the Jug because of the history thing (4th and the 352nd did time in jugs) but I'm just not very good in it. I love the eight 50s and it dives like a lead weight but I have never found an effective way to fly it other than pure BnZ. My secret love would have to be the spit9, next to the 51 most of my time is spent in that.
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My interests in AH have always just been an extension of my historical interest at that point in time. A age old love of 40's aviation brought me here, I grew up visiting the AFB where my grandparents worked, my grandpa was a B25/B17/B29 pilot, his brother flew B-25's in North Africa and Italy. My other grandpa was an armorer in the Navy stationed in the Solomon Islands. Seems I just had airplanes in the blood.
Joined up back in Beta Tour 1 where there wasn't much to choose from, started flying the P-51. Having read Bud Anderson's book so many times I needed to re-glue the spine twice I really wanted to recreate the dogfights he described. I discovered that I wasn't good enough to mix it up in the 51 like Col. Anderson describes it and I was getting frustrated, having a friendship with Mathman that pre-dated AH he got me interested in the Navy planes and the F6F in particular, I switched a flew that for years, I finally found a plane I could mix it up with. After buying several books on the carrier battles and the Guadalcanal campaign I started to wonder about what the army was up in that big island of New Guinea just to the west. Started reading up on the 5th air force and I decided to give the P-38 a try and I really enjoyed it, I've always thought it was just a beautiful bird. I've also discovered that since the B-25 was added that I really enjoy flying that as well, family connections to it I guess, just finished the unit history of the 345th, love those low level strafer's. :)
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109's. Mainly the F4, G2, K4. Because I enjoy their flight characteristics over other planes.
I always try to fly the plane that you don't see in the air that often (in the MA that is). So I avoid the P51, Spits (unless drastic low alt base defense I take the V), LA's. I don't fly too many perk planes, maybe the 262 or the C-Hog. Hate the Typhie/Tempest.
I've been trying to mix up the planes a bit as of late.
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Hurri II
I have a cheap joystick, no rudder pedals or controls - use keyboard when I remember it, Im left handed and the throttle control is at the bottom of the stick opposite my views keys on the keyboard - so i kinda forget to play with the throttle most of the time.
I fly it because it for me has been the most forgiving to my poor equipment needs - It retains E way more than most seem to expect so i can crawl up the BNZ'r rear faster than expected, it has big fat bullets that I lob way ahead of the turner and remove airframe parts with....
I get my fair share of killz and i have a lot of fun just turning a lot - and not cruising for 10 minutes to get to 20k.... 20k in a Hurri is suicide lol
NwBie
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I fly the Typhoon for three basic reasons.
1) It has a fabulous nose-low deflection view which greatly enhances the deflection at which I can take shots without them being blind (obstructed by the engine cowling). This is incredibly important for me as my gunnery exceeds my flying ability by a factor of 3 to 1.
2) It has four Hizookas which allows me to kill quickly which is so, very ,very , very important in the MA where every second you linger on a single foe is another ganger saddling up on your 6 'o clock.
3) It's fast, especially low where speed really counts, this allows me to maintain the initiative and dictate the terms of my engagements in most situations against most planes.
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Just curious after reading the Spit 14 debate. Why did you choose a certain bird as your main ride in AH?
I know I'm a 38G snob. But I fly it because of the history I 'feel' when I fly my cartoon 38G along with wanting to see what I can do in something that's not the latest and greatest.
I'm assuming there are others with the history angle like me that may choose a 109 version or a Mustang, or a Spit for the same reasons. It gets them a bit closer to the stories they read over the years.
So what make you 'fly' a particular bird? Is it just to be able to compete? Is it history? Is it performance? Is it the challenge of doing more with less?
Not passing judgement, juse wondering.
I'd have to say mine is either the P-39D/P-400 (20mm package) or the 109F. :aok
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I don't fly "one" plane..
Unless a special need arises, it the F4U-1A. Does everything well. The best platform in the game, but you have to take the time to learn it.
Base defense, but only if there is a horde present, it's the LA7. Raw power and big guns...
Ground Attack requires a D Hog. Same as the 1A, but carries more bombs and rockets.
For inbound buffs to an undefended base I am about to defend, the Bf-109K4 gets the nod. Climbs like a beast and those 30mm's do a job on buff wings..
There are several others I fly when the mood strikes, but you will find me in one of those normally.
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Been using the KI-84 alot this tour as my main fighter.
Its pretty fast,manuverable,and the guns ain't bad.
You can glue yourself to the 6 of just about anything you encounter.
Lots of fun to fly. ( unless I'm trying to catch a runstang)
I also think the KI is undermodeled.
The Typhoon is my main attack ride.
2-1000lbers, fast down low where the attackees live.
Done dropping ord? I am now free to do as I please with 4 mighty Hispanos!
And I like using the Niki for base defense, especially against a CV borne attack.
Still waiting for the KI-84IB,
Boner
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Spitfires and Hurricanes for fighters because like me there beautiful & British. :salute
F6f for attack....nice ords, great turner, good guns and looks peachy in a Brit skin. :salute
B17 in early skin....great history decent load out. :salute
Lancaster... great history lovely load out and like me beautiful & British. :salute
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Currently I like flying the spit 16 cause I'm new and its pretty easy to maneuver. :aok
The exact reason why this game is going down the tubes.
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I fly mostly American planes. P51 and F6F are my favorites.
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The exact reason why this game is going down the tubes.
and how long have you been playing? :D
Plus, spixteens are easier to kill than Spit Vs, or Spit VIIIs... :rolleyes:
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Spit 16 b/c it pisses ppl off when they get shot down by a spixteen. Also I am learning the Ki-84 from A8Tool and will move to another from there. But mainly the spixteen to piss ppl off.
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I actually started to fly the 38 when i first played AH, It was the first plane i landed successfully, unfortunitly i got tired of dieing every flight, after going thru bomber and GV phases , Ren got me back to fighters in a P51D, I was also flying Spit IX's for a while. The P38J is an awsum ride I still suc at it, but I'm getting better.
I think the P38's hold a big attraction for me becuase of all the guys in this game that fly them so well, if I can be half as good as most of the SAPP guys I will have accomplished something.
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F4U-1, I have loved the corsair as far back as I can remember. With the -1 I don't ever worry about ENY, it is available in all arenas except early war. It's big it's blue, and it can take off and land on carriers. When flown right (something I never seem to do) it is deadly, and it's fun killing late war rides in it. Not to mention the perks you can accumulate with it.
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The exact reason why this game is going down the tubes.
Hello Davey,
I do not know why you choose to continue this inane conversation with little or no facts to support your argument. I would counter that ingorant/uninformed pilots with bad attitudes are ruining the game environment Sir. Further, please try not hi-jack every Spit related thread with unrelated topics.
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My choice is the Spit 8. The British planes were always what came to mind when thinking of WWII. They are just plane (get it? plane? :lol) sexy. Right Davey?
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The exact reason why this game is going down the tubes.
Youv been registered for 1 month and your telling us why the game is "going down the tubes"? :huh
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Youv been registered for 1 month and your telling us why the game is "going down the tubes"? :huh
I've played for 4 1/2 years, not all under DaveyJ. It's not as long as most people, but I've seen the MA in alot better state then it is currently.
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I take the Spitfire because I love the turn fight, and the Spitfire is one of those planes that CAN turn fight but it's still a challenge with some other planes. Also, its just the greatest looking plane ever! :D :aok
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They are just plane (get it? plane? :lol) sexy. Right Davey?
No.
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F4U's thanks to Robert Conrad.
109's thanks to a general affinity for leather undies.
If Messerschmitt made a Hog, I'd be gay.
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F4U's thanks to Robert Conrad.
109's thanks to a general affinity for leather undies.
If Messerschmitt made a Hog, I'd be gay.
:rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl
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I've been flying the Bf109G-2 lately. I seem to like turn fighting.
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I've played for 4 1/2 years, not all under DaveyJ. It's not as long as most people, but I've seen the MA in alot better state then it is currently.
So we have to guess right?
But I do understand that badmouthing the Spit-16 is now the "in thing" to do for the air Queens and their drones.
The rest of us unwashed serfs couldnt care less what cartoon airplane the other guy flys.
Currently I like flying the spit 16 cause I'm new and its pretty easy to maneuver.
Oh gosh Davey, the entire world is going to end because noobs are flying planes they like.
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Dora for me.:aok I like the element of surprise, as in "What the f**k just hit me???" Relatively easy for an experienced pilot to counter, but you can be one Hell of a pest. :devil Very unforgiving if you screw up.
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So what make you 'fly' a particular bird? Is it just to be able to compete? Is it history? Is it performance? Is it the challenge of doing more with less?
Have always been a P-38 fan since I was a kid, there was really no other choice for me except which P-38 to fly. Since we have a 479th skin for the J and that's the P-38 that the 479th flew in the ETO, the choice of which P-38 to fly has been a no brainer since we got the J.
ack-ack
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For me its the P-51s, I remember being at an airshow when I was 10 (now 27) and a flight of 51s came screaming by, the sound of the Merlin still echos through my head and gives me goosebumps. Being in an engineering career, the inovation and speedy design time also appeals to my mechanical nature.
As for flying it in AH, it fits me very well, I enjoy the speed, the gun package, and the multiple radiator and oil leaks.
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I have been only playing for a year, and I have my mindset on what plane I like the most. The F4U1-D is one of the best planes in the game. I have been able to out turn spitsixteens and sometimes a zeke and a hurri. It just comes down to the guns, I love seeing the 50cals rip the airplane into shreads in a pass.
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The exact reason why this game is going down the tubes.
Why? Because he's a new player and is flying a plane that is easy for him to fly? Your ignorant comment is one of the reasons game play is going down the tubes, not Rusty's.
Once people like you pull your collective head out of your arses and stop thinking that such and such a plane is a 'dweeb ride' or belittling people for flying Spitfires or La7's that would help improve the game play, telling a player they are part of the problem for flying a Spitfire won't.
ack-ack
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Why? Because he's a new player and is flying a plane that is easy for him to fly? Your ignorant comment is one of the reasons game play is going down the tubes, not Rusty's.
Once people like you pull your collective head out of your arses and stop thinking that such and such a plane is a 'dweeb ride' or belittling people for flying Spitfires or La7's that would help improve the game play, telling a player they are part of the problem for flying a Spitfire won't.
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I've no problems with any Spit but the 16. And I'm sorry but I'm not the only person with the viewpoint that the Spixteen is a dweeb ride.
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I've no problems with any Spit but the 16. And I'm sorry but I'm not the only person with the viewpoint that the Spixteen is a dweeb ride.
Well, quite many people also agree that the collision model is bugged or that tanks can shoot through hills...which doen't make it more true. :D
Besides that, everytime I read complaints about dweeb rides, the more I feel the itch to fly them :P
(after all those years I finally have picked up the Spit 16 for a lot of jumps this tour...nice plane, but I still die in it more than average in other planes)
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I've no problems with any Spit but the 16. And I'm sorry but I'm not the only person with the viewpoint that the Spixteen is a dweeb ride.
Who cares? Who cares what he flys? Maybe when he becomes an AH Queen then he can vulch 30 planes on a runway in his 4 cannon perk Corsair. :rofl And then come here and brag how he only likes 20 eny + airplanes. :rofl
Until then leave the noob to fly what he wants. Its his $16 a month.
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I fly...
the LA5 when I need an excuse for why I can't hit anything further away than d100
the FM2 when I need an excuse for why all I can get are assists
the Spit 9 for when I need an excuse for the fact that my ACM consists of "make a hard left turn... repeat... repeat... repeat..."
the Zeke when I need an excuse for why I spend so much time on fire or without a left or right wing
the ME110G2 or IL2 when I need an excuse for stealing kills from the hardworking GVers. ;-)
the KI67 when I really need an excuse for flying while reading a book
- SEAGOON
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Well... Skyrock told me to stay out of the Corsair, cause I stink em up. So... of course now I can't fly anything but the gull winged beauty......I hope he doesn't tell me to stay out of the Yak, I can't hit a thing with em.
<<S>> Mark :)
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Tempest - because you can out muscle everything with that plane
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I've no problems with any Spit but the 16. And I'm sorry but I'm not the only person with the viewpoint that the Spixteen is a dweeb ride.
I know you're not the only one but it still doesn't make it a correct statement.
Those that usually whine about the Spitfires, La7 or the like are the ones that usually get their arses handed back to them by those planes. So like you, to ease the pain of being shot down by a Spitfire, they'll immediately brand it a "dweeb" plane so it doesn't hurt their ego so much.
ack-ack
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B17...gotta love it! Takes huge amount of damage......puts out a lotta lead!.......drops a decent load......AND GETS YOU HOME!
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I like the C-205, D-9, Bf-110, and B-24. I've tried most planes but those are the one that work best for my style. :D
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I love me the 38, especially the J. Always have. Always will.
It's big. It's mean. It looks like nothing else out there (the Black Widow doesn't count). It can do just about anything you want, and still get you home to a Guppy styled landing. :aok
Want to bust tanks? Check. Intercept Bombers / goons? Check. Bomb something? Check. Rocket some GVs? Check. Escort Bombers / goons? Check. Dogfight? Check. She can do it all. Good at everything, master of none.
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Why I fly a me109g6 - Just look at the screenshot, the paintjob is so sexy!
(http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/7664/109g6ej6.jpg)
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I fly pretty much all of them, too many fun planes to limit myself. Also, mastering (or attempting to master in my case lol) multiple planes allows you to learn lots of different skills.
I fly the:
f6f
f4u (all models)
p47 (d models)
109's (all but g6)
190a5
ta152 (new addition)
spit IX (sometimes)
Mossy (gotta love it)
p38's (oh yeah)
p40's
yak9t
n1k (my original dweeb ride)
a20 (for bomber dogfights)
D3a (hehe)
The list goes on....
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Been flying the D9 and the FM2 a mo0re lately when I'm not uppin buffs. Found the LA-7 to be a nice ride as well. But still is nice to be able to get a few kills in the FM2 against the Spits that come around. As with most everyone, loved the P-51 as a kid. But, have grown to love many others since I got a little older. Find the D9 to be one of the sexiest planes ever built. The german engineering during WWII was amazing.
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For me, i like to fly a few rides. But i dont have one particular ride, but i do have a top 5.
1. Spit16 (Dweeb16)- One of the most easiest planes to fly but also one of the most funnest as well
2. 190d- Mostly used for defense and medium range missions
3. N1ki5- Has to be "one" of most powerful gun package in this game, nuff said
4. Hawker(Hurri)- Mostly for quick air defense and tank killin.
5. Zeke - Only used off of CV for attacking and defending
All in all i like to fly almost all the planes/bombers. They each has its own style and are used for certain situations.
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I've no problems with any Spit but the 16. And I'm sorry but I'm not the only person with the viewpoint that the Spixteen is a dweeb ride.
Your right ... there are quite a few more myopically ignorant people that play this game.
Now ... back on topic.
I fly whatever plane, at the time and circumstances, that will provide me the biggest "fun" bang for my buck.
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I know you're not the only one but it still doesn't make it a correct statement.
Those that usually whine about the Spitfires, La7 or the like are the ones that usually get their arses handed back to them by those planes. So like you, to ease the pain of being shot down by a Spitfire, they'll immediately brand it a "dweeb" plane so it doesn't hurt their ego so much.
ack-ack
Well ... his main ride is the P-38L, which he dies in more than he kills in ... and I'll bet ya can't guess what plane kills him the most.
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F4U's - I like the turn ability with the speed to catch most planes, especially the 4-Hog. -1A is my favorite of the group.
F6F-5 - Just my favorite WWII fighter.
A6M5 - when trying to upped from a capped base or heavily outnumbered.
262 - being horded from by both sides and there's not much else i can do.
109G-14 - is the plane I'm enjoying right now that i first flew when i started and forgot about.
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Why did you choose a certain bird as your main ride in AH?
And a sub-question, if I may. Why would you want to have a "main ride"? AH has so many different planes, why do so many people pick just one, or a small handful, to fly 90% of the time?
I mean no disrespect with the question, because I respect many of the people who do this (Guppy being the most obvious example). But I've often thought it's one of the main reasons the Axis v. Allied arena draws such a comparatively small number of people. And, on a broader level....don't you get bored flying just one plane all the time...?
- oldman
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Well ... his main ride is the P-38L, which he dies in more than he kills in ... and I'll bet ya can't guess what plane kills him the most.
LMAO, I never said I was a good stick, and I couldn't care less if I have more deaths than kills. I fly how I fly and I have a good time doing it. If I was looking out for score I would have stopped flying the 38 a long time ago.
And, once again, it's not just me who gets killed by Spixteens the most, there are LOADS other people.
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And, once again, it's not just me who gets killed by Spixteens the most, there are LOADS other people.
And would they be the same ones that feel that need to label it as a "dweeb" ride ? And would they be the same ones that would poke a newcomer in the eye for flying one because it is a forgiving plane and one of the best planes that a newcomer can learn with ?
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And, once again, it's not just me who gets killed by Spixteens the most, there are LOADS other people.
SRI Chief....
The fact that you and other get killed by guys driving Spit 16's doesn't make them a dweeb ride. In point of fact, there are no "dweeb rides"...only dweeb players.
BTW, I like to fly planes with kewl skins. I really like the 202 with the Kermit the frog skin. I do wish I could shoot a bit better tho. :)
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I suck at this game. It doesn't matter what plane I'm in, I'll still suck.
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I suck at this game. It doesn't matter what plane I'm in, I'll still suck.
Whew ... now I don't have to keep that a secret anymore ... ;)
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Whew ... now I don't have to keep that a secret anymore ... ;)
:D
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I have no main ride any more. I used to have one, but I started to switch it more and more frequently while spending less and less part of my gaming time in my "main".
Nowadays the plane I have most kills in a given tour has rarely more than 15-20% of all my kills in that tour.
Usually I fly/drive between 40-60 different planes/GVs per tour, though there is a "core" of about 20 I have about 90% of my time in.
So many planes - so little time!
The downside is I can't get really good in any of them, unlike the guys that concentrate on one plane... but that's a price I'm willing to pay ;)
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I suck at this game. It doesn't matter what plane I'm in, I'll still suck.
Pppssstt!! It's not the game...you just suck!!! :devil :salute
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P40E - It feels right for how I like to fly, and every flight is a challenge in the LWA.
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If I reincarnated as a warbird, it'd be the 152. Probably with an MK103 in place of the 108, no 20mm's and the larger wooden tail, though.
No other plane (maybe the 410) comes close to fitting me as well.
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My favorite ride is the Mossy, I fly it so i have an excuse why i died......LOL Besides, it's just so dam sexy :D
Yip... nothing like the sound of a pair of Merlins roaring at 320mph on the deck! Sexiest sounding plane ever!
Hondo, we need to wing up again.
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My main dogfighting planes are English models. Spit8s and XIVs, Hurri2c, Temp, Typh. As for American ride i like to dogfight in are p51D, f4u-4 and C models along with F6F. I also enjoy dogfighting in IL2s and A20s.
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i fly lots of virtual planes, but the ones i fly most often are the F4U-1 and -1A and the F6F.
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I understand and appreciate those who like to take up one perticular ride. :aok
I view the hangar as my toolbox. There's a tool for every kind of job in there and I pick the tool for the job.
ROX
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I fly pretty much all of them, too many fun planes to limit myself. Also, mastering (or attempting to master in my case lol) multiple planes allows you to learn lots of different skills.
I fly the:
f6f
f4u (all models)
p47 (d models)
109's (all but g6)
190a5
ta152 (new addition)
spit IX (sometimes)
Mossy (gotta love it)
p38's (oh yeah)
p40's
yak9t
n1k (my original dweeb ride)
a20 (for bomber dogfights)
D3a (hehe)
The list goes on....
Planes that I know well?:
C.205 and 202
all F4Us
all 190s and 109s
hurris
Niki
P47s
P51s
IL2
all spits
Temp
and Yak9U
Thats my catagory of planes.
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I have a family connection to two planes - the mossie and the F6F.
My father was Canadian and flew the mossie with the 105 Pathfinder Squadron. He immigrated to the US after the war. I never got a chance to talk to him in too much detail about the Mossie. He died when I was 14 years old as my interest in aviation was just starting and he was reluctant to talk too much about it, as many people of his generation were.
After he died, we were taken in for a while by my uncle on my mother's side - Uncle Steve. He was a recently retired US Navy admiral who lived in Washington DC. He was a very down-to-earth, modest and generous man who had an interesting career and traveled in some lofty circles. He fostered my interest in aviation while constantly calling me "plebe." He was a 1933 US Naval Academy graduate. Remarkably, Congress had a squabble over the number of officers authorized for the navy, and the Annapolis class of 1933 was not commissioned - they were sent away to be civilians. It goes to show you that Congress has always been worthless.
Congress came to their senses a year later and my uncle received his commission, spending the next 5 years as a line officer on destroyer and cruiser duty until 1940 when he went to flight training. In 1941 he was on the USS Wasp flying the F4F Wildcat and spent the first year of the US war in the Atlantic. His pug nose came from an intimate encounter with the gunsight of a Wildcat that got away from him on one carrier landing.
He transitioned to the F6F and in 1943 was commander of VF-35 (The Grim Reapers) and CEAG-35 (The escort carrier equivalent of CAG - F6F-3s and TBMs) on CVE-28, the Chinango. He flew the F6F-3 during the battle of Tarawa and other operations at the end of 1943 through 1944. He was promoted to Cdr and was assigned in 1944 to form a new air group, CAG-94. They were deployed to the USS Lexington (CV-16) in 1945.
Here's a couple photos of him from the CAG 94 cruise book:
(http://tech-rep.org/cdr.jpg) || (http://tech-rep.org/cdr2.jpg)
Our default skin for the F4U-4 is VBF-94 from the time my uncle was CAG, but he flew the F6F-5. I'd be pretty happy if we could get a new F6F-5 model with a AG-94 skin and 'double nuts' (00) number for his plane. ;)
That's why I fly the F6F quite a bit. I rarely look at my stats, but I was surprised to see I used the F6F so much. I had 95 kills and 8 deaths in it last tour. I'm hopeless in the mossie, though. ;)
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Honestly I don't fly a particular plane all the time.
Here's my list of planes in which I fly a lot during a tour:
F4U-1C
109F
F4U-4
Ar234
Ta-152(new)
Spit9
38s
F6F(when not in mood for Chog)
Me262(I try to lose at least one per tour :D )
D40 (when I need a challenge)
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I would have to say the NIK2-J. I have been towered in most of the aircraft here but have found the nik to be the most exciting to die in. There are so many variations, the best is getting your drop tank hit.
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I fly the FM-2 cause its a great plane, maneuvers well, and can keep a dive without locking up
-BigBOBCH
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As my main rides I've flown a variety
By "Main rides" I mean planes I've flown almost exclusively for an extended period of time (months)
Typhoon.
FM2
NIKKI
109f
190 A5
190 A8
190D9
Havent been able to fly in 2 months now due to my machine croaking on me
In the proccess of doing a new build which I hope will be done within the next month.
Im determined not to Charge any of it. So its going to take some time.
When I get back I'll be happy to be fling just about anything
cept a spit
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Well ... his main ride is the P-38L, which he dies in more than he kills in ... and I'll bet ya can't guess what plane kills him the most.
Slapshot, I'll take Spitfire Mk XVI for $500 please.
ack-ack
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And a sub-question, if I may. Why would you want to have a "main ride"? AH has so many different planes, why do so many people pick just one, or a small handful, to fly 90% of the time?
- oldman
I get asked this question a lot a lot. For me, it's that no other plane holds my fascination like the P-38 does. Ever since I was a little kid and I first saw one at an airshow, it was quite literally instant love. Even today after all these years no other plane has come close to matching the fascination I have for the Lighting and flying any other plane feels strange, like I'm cheating on my Lightning. I don't think I'm limiting myself at all as the P-38 is a handful to fly even for us that have over a decade dedicated to flying it, nor do I feel that I'm missing out on the planeset. I can fly any other fighter just as well as I can the P-38 but as I mentioned, they don't give me the chubby that my Forked Tail Devil Mistress gives me. I'm also lucky to be a part of a squadron that was in real life a P-38 squadron in the ETO and allows me to indulge the Walter Mitty in me.
I hope that at least partially answers your question.
ack-ack
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Youv been registered for 1 month and your telling us why the game is "going down the tubes"? :huh
"What tubes?"- George Carlin.
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I like American carrier based planes.
When I was a young kid I watched an aircraft carrier cruising to Alameda in the SF bay, and I was just simply amazed by it. My interest never faded, and when I stumbled on to this game I automatically was drawn to the CV rides.
I'm terrible in all the planes, but I enjoy failing in the F6f-5 the most.
I like the F4u-1d and Fm2 as well.
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If I reincarnated as a warbird, it'd be the 152. Probably with an MK103 in place of the 108, no 20mm's and the larger wooden tail, though.
No other plane (maybe the 410) comes close to fitting me as well.
With your avatar, I would have thought this have been more fitting for you.
(http://www.flyingboats.ca/_common%5CGrumman-JF-2-Duck-a.jpg)
Grumman JF-2 Duck
ack-ack
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And a sub-question, if I may. Why would you want to have a "main ride"? AH has so many different planes, why do so many people pick just one, or a small handful, to fly 90% of the time?
- oldman
Because to you it's more rewarding to fly and enjoyable then the other 99% of planes available. Discipline, more of a challenge and as AKAK pointed out there is the historical squad aspect.
Not forgetting the big gun novelty of vaporizing fighters with a single round is an added sweetener to the experience. :t
<S>...-Gixer
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1-HOG will straight up, PUNK a spit16 :rock it's just another ride Daveyj! stop being intimidated by it and start paying attention on how to kill it ;)
I've no problems with any Spit but the 16. And I'm sorry but I'm not the only person with the viewpoint that the Spixteen is a dweeb ride.
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Slapshot, I'll take Spitfire Mk XVI for $500 please.
ack-ack
You are a genius.
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Why did you choose a certain bird as your main ride in AH?
i like upping caped /vulched bases,with lots of reds around, more action ,fun, i never care about landing kills,k/d ,score and i don't care if I'm getting vulched : il2 is the best tool for the job, F3 mode, takes lots of punishment, 2x23mm deadly gunz.
It's fun winging for "IL2s Hoing party" with Waffle ,Impala,Dantoo,MiamiAce ,OneAce and more bish not afraid of death in catoon planes, we usually break CAP ,or bust missions,unless are 20+nikis and C-hogs vulching.
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I like the p-51D because it's a great all around aircraft. Good speed, high speed flaps, dives great, carrys enough ord to take out a hanger. Awesome fuel loadout and some really good skins too. I think the P-51 is the best looking plane in the game. To me, it's what a war plane should look like. It has good cockpit views, lots of ammo, and the gauges are easy to see and understand. :aok :salute
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Spits because I have loved them as far back as I can remember. Almost every WWII avaiation image/model I saw as a child included.
F4U, I have loved the corsair ever since an old AWer name Rocketman took time to teach me how to fly it. Not to mention its historical impact in naval/air combat.
YES
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And a sub-question, if I may. Why would you want to have a "main ride"? AH has so many different planes, why do so many people pick just one, or a small handful, to fly 90% of the time?
I mean no disrespect with the question, because I respect many of the people who do this (Guppy being the most obvious example). But I've often thought it's one of the main reasons the Axis v. Allied arena draws such a comparatively small number of people. And, on a broader level....don't you get bored flying just one plane all the time...?
- oldman
A legit question. You know I'm a long time Spit fanatic history wise. I suppose if my squad was RAF based I'd be in Spits. The history is such a huge part of it for me that being an 80th Headhunter means 38s to me. I just have the most fun that way. I'm hard pressed to explain it beyond that :)
I don't get tons of time to fly too so it's my baby the 38G when I can.
Thanks for all the replies btw. Interesting stuff. Nice to get a look at what makes folks tick in AH :aok
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The IL2 is a surprisingly effective base denier. First off nobody wants to HO you and the F3 view is a huge asset.
Lately tho I cant seem to get enough of the P-38L. Up to 10,000' with bombs and rockets, take out various targets, and then dive right back in for more 2 engine grins. I find Im doing much better in it by turning horizontal into vertical and visa-versa. You can limit pilot wounds by staying as vertical as you can as often as you can.
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I understand and appreciate those who like to take up one perticular ride. :aok
I view the hangar as my toolbox. There's a tool for every kind of job in there and I pick the tool for the job.
That is the same for me, ROX. The way i see it though, i have two tasks to accomplish in AH2: air to air combat and having fun with people, thus I have only two tool choices. Take a fighter to play the game or a formation of bombers to chat to some people. I very rarely take a fighter with ords nowadays, i definitely class the mosquito or the A20 as fighters in our game. I used to enjoy score padding an F4U-C sortie with some GV kills to start and land 10 vulches instead of 8 but it feels like those days are long gone.
For me now it is flying to intercept enemy aircraft in a fighter or just hanging out with friends and not taking much notice of the game.
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With your avatar, I would have thought this have been more fitting for you.
(http://www.flyingboats.ca/_common%5CGrumman-JF-2-Duck-a.jpg)
Grumman JF-2 Duck
ack-ack
It doesn't have a smoking tater gun in the nose! Nice plane tho :)
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Well I first flew the spit 16 in the old 8v8 arenas and when they got destroyed I stopped playing for a few months and joined the MA in january. I was quickly scared to death that somebody was going to kill me if I flew the Spit 16. :uhoh I quickly came to the 190D-9 after that but changed to the P-38 l/j because of its lack of dogfighting ability. I did better in the 38 but I always felt like I was flying a plane that was out of my league. I then got in the g-2 and loved it but felt like I needed more speed and climb. This is were my obsession with fast planes with good climb comes in. I then went to the K-4 and have flown it about 50% of my sorties. I also went throug quick phases of flying the yak9-u(good speed manuevarability and climb), KI-84(why not), Spit 8(had a spell of suckiness which was fixed with this), 109f-4(just for fun), p-47(suck in it but just can't stand not flying it no matter how much I die), and C.205(fun plane). I also freguently visit the 38 and have come to like the 51 after landing my record 6 kills in it. I just can't stand flying 5 eny planes for some reason. I feel like im letting my self off easy. I hate fighting spixteens in my k-4 though because I only have spee and climb to my advantage which are great to have unless he has more E than you.
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if you're about my age and British you could probably identify a Spit from about the age of 5, icon doesnt come close to describing the importance of this aircraft to us. gorgeous to fly, look at and a pilots favorite (even Galland wanted a wing of em!) Spits, Hurris and their pilots won the BoB. nuf said. :salute same for Lancs and Mossies really (Mossies were made just down the road from me)
since the LW arenas are effectively just PTO, I also fly the F4U-1A alot (with Greebo's lovely FAA camo skin :aok)
otherwise its whatever tool is good for the job (and if it has a RAF or FAA skin its a bonus :))
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Spitfires and Typhoons because I'm a Brit'.
Spitfires and Wellington bombers were made just down the road from were I live.
Some Tours I fly Luftwaffe,then I fly the 109 K4 and FW 190 A8 as fighter jabo respectively
Like RT Holmes said,the spitfire has mythical status if your British.
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So what make you 'fly' a particular bird? ... Is it history? ... Is it the challenge of doing more with less?
Bingo! Though I do less even with more :D.
Mostly the P-38J before DGS for a lot of fun. Then afterward, I've been flying the birdcage hog for historical/sentimental reasons, and after many moons can have about as much fun.
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109.
Aside from What it can do theres more to it for me.
Ever since I was young I had always wanted to play the part of the bad guy..In EVERY little back yard game I had with my siblings and cousins I was always the bad guy. The villain, and I loved playing that role. Then as I got a bit older I got into WW2 aviation and of course I wanted to play the role of the "bad guy", the German. But after getting even more into it I started reading stories and Diaries and Biographies from these so called "Bad Guys" and I came to the realization that they were human too and had no choice but to Fight. They was some sort of Sympathy in me for these German Luftwaffe pilots. They were doing nothing more than thier Allied counter parts which was trying to survive this war and performing thier duties. I read stories From Johannes Steinhoff in the Mediterranean, Gehard Barkhorn, Gunther Rall, Erich Hartmann, and other Luftwaffe Aces, and all of these great pilots Flew one aircraft Exclusively and that was 109. Also there was something about the 109 that made it look Sinister. Like it looks like its gonna shoot you down. Then to top if off there was this one Quote I read somewhere that had me hooked.
"Me-109: A legendary plane flown by Legendary Pilots"
(http://www.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/LRG/images/bf109main.jpg)
:salute :salute
I guess this is where my Infatuation for the 109 came to be. :aok
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I used to fly the Spit16 just to piss people off. Then I flew the Spit1, which piss even more people off.
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My preffered ride is the Spit 9. I have always regarded it as one of the best flying spits and get great enjoyment out of waxing spit 16's regularly in it.
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Spazz
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The exact reason why this game is going down the tubes.
If they are new and prefer a plane that allows them to compete then I see nothing wrong with that. Your comment is ridiculous, if you have any ability at all you should be able to deal with a newbie in a spit16. Please refrain from posting in the future, your dribble benefits noone.
Spazz
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Why? Because he's a new player and is flying a plane that is easy for him to fly? Your ignorant comment is one of the reasons game play is going down the tubes, not Rusty's.
Once people like you pull your collective head out of your arses and stop thinking that such and such a plane is a 'dweeb ride' or belittling people for flying Spitfires or La7's that would help improve the game play, telling a player they are part of the problem for flying a Spitfire won't.
ack-ack
Agreed!!!!!
<S> Ack-Ack
Spazz
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LMAO, I never said I was a good stick, and I couldn't care less if I have more deaths than kills. I fly how I fly and I have a good time doing it. If I was looking out for score I would have stopped flying the 38 a long time ago.
And, once again, it's not just me who gets killed by Spixteens the most, there are LOADS other people.
This has to be the best back peddling I have seen in a long time. You have gone from saying that the spit16 is the reason that game play has degenerated to saying that you fly how you fly and have a good time. So which is it, do you have a good time flying or are you miserable because game play has been destroyed by the spit16?? Make up your mind and stop dancing.
Spazz
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You are a genius.
Oh, you flatter me. Though, while I may not be the dullest tool in the shed, I can hardly claim to be the sharpest. However, 99% of the time it's a safe bet that the plane the person is whining about is usually the plane that kicks the person's arse the most. So, it really was a no brainer.
ack-ack
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When I first started playing I flew the LA because of my family's Russian ancestry. After about a month of that I got tired of the horrible ballistics of those cannons and went looking for something that shot straight, ended up with the P-47. I think I chose it because it was the American ride I was least familiar with historically (other than the P39 which I was also very unfamiliar with, but wasn't in the game yet) and I wanted to learn more about it. Also the 8 .50s doubled how far away I could hit moving targets compared to the LA.
I flew the Jug exclusively until some time last month, when I decided I needed to learn more about other planes. I decided to fly the F4U starting this month because it was supposed to be a challenging ride and it could launch off carriers. Also I remembered the F4U from the Battlehawks 1942 computer game manual... that manual was a veritable history book on the pacific theater of WW2, including a great chapter about how incredibly lucky we (the US) were to have our carriers survive the early half of the war. Ironically, the F4U wasn't even flyable in that game, but it was featured in the manual a lot. So I wanted to fly the Corsair first in Aces High.
That's where I am right now, but the P-38 will be my ride next tour.
Oh, some linkage: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battlehawks_1942
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109k4 because anything else would be too easy.
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109k4 because anything else would be too easy.
My k4 hero
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This has to be the best back peddling I have seen in a long time. You have gone from saying that the spit16 is the reason that game play has degenerated to saying that you fly how you fly and have a good time. So which is it, do you have a good time flying or are you miserable because game play has been destroyed by the spit16?? Make up your mind and stop dancing.
Spazz
I'm sorry,but you really havent an idea of what I'm getting at, so I'm not going to waste my time addressing you.
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Close to 6 years ago I started flying the niki.
It is one of the better de-ackers in the game (its 20mm guns have good splash damage), great legs (especially w/ the d/t), decent ord, lot's of ammo (because to this day my aim is horrible), and it just seemed to suit my flying style. (then and now my typical loadout is 100% fuel, d/t and ord). It can turn with most turners, dives well, kinda a cruddy climb but w/ flaps it handles nose up maneuvers well.
Just sorta "average" in most respects.
Similar reasons why I always took up f6f's for CV ops. It's pretty average in most all performance respects. Sorta a jack of all trades. (been leaning towards the Dhog of late though...)
For VH's and towns I tend to opt for the 110G2.
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I fly the Mossie and Spit 8 quite a bit. As of late I have been upping 109 G-14s some. Oh, and I really enjoy the A-20 when there are GVs to bomb.
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I have a family connection to two planes - the mossie and the F6F.
Excellent Post, I enjoyed it very much :) :salute
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I'm sorry,but you really havent an idea of what I'm getting at, so I'm not going to waste my time addressing you.
No, we know what you're trying to say and, in the simplest terms, it's wrong.
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i like flying German rides. Main reason - Allied fighters are over rated. All you ever hear about on tv is how great allied fighters were (they were of course), but i want to learn about German iron!
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i like flying German rides. Main reason - Allied fighters are over rated. All you ever hear about on tv is how great allied fighters were (they were of course), but i want to learn about German iron!
Für Deutschland!
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Für Deutschland!
i didn't say that i knew other languages :D
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109.
Aside from What it can do theres more to it for me.
Ever since I was young I had always wanted to play the part of the bad guy..In EVERY little back yard game I had with my siblings and cousins I was always the bad guy. The villain, and I loved playing that role. Then as I got a bit older I got into WW2 aviation and of course I wanted to play the role of the "bad guy", the German. But after getting even more into it I started reading stories and Diaries and Biographies from these so called "Bad Guys" and I came to the realization that they were human too and had no choice but to Fight. They was some sort of Sympathy in me for these German Luftwaffe pilots. They were doing nothing more than thier Allied counter parts which was trying to survive this war and performing thier duties. I read stories From Johannes Steinhoff in the Mediterranean, Gehard Barkhorn, Gunther Rall, Erich Hartmann, and other Luftwaffe Aces, and all of these great pilots Flew one aircraft Exclusively and that was 109. Also there was something about the 109 that made it look Sinister. Like it looks like its gonna shoot you down. Then to top if off there was this one Quote I read somewhere that had me hooked.
"Me-109: A legendary plane flown by Legendary Pilots"
(http://www.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/LRG/images/bf109main.jpg)
:salute :salute
I guess this is where my Infatuation for the 109 came to be. :aok
Absolutely spot on, I'm exactly the same with the Luftwaffe, the 109 and Germany.
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For straight furballing I love the spit8.
Off a carrier I take the F6F.
Strat runs it's normally a p51d.
Killing CVs it's the b26.
I fly almost everything from time to time, with the same net result....death.
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F6F
Well I like the Hellcat for a few reasons. The Hellcat is sort of an average plane that can really pull off a few tricks to kill you. It’s not the fastest bird but if you can out run it, it can easily out turn you. With the addition of a DT you can easily use full left rudder, high elevator, and right aileron to whip its nose up and around, sort of like the modern day cobra maneuver. The drop tank is sort of the difference between a well balanced plane that can run, and a non balanced plane that can slip around.I first learned about the F6 by watching my father AKOwl fly it. I guess I could say it’s the first plane I learned to fly, and the only plane I will fly.
AKRaVeN
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I just can't get out of the Yak 9 (U). Sure, limited ammo, but still, beautiful fighter and i think smallest plane in game?
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This tour I've been flying (if you can call it that lol) the 38L a fair bit - find the plane absolutely fascinating. Whilst I can auger in a split second (and do so, frequently), its just so much fun to fly. I'll fly whatever takes my fancy at any particular time - if base is capped, I'll up either a Hurri IID or a IL2 - really fun times then.
I die all the time and the only time I get frustrated is when I do something stupid (which is most of the time) - but the most important thing (to me anyway) - is to have fun.
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Wurzel