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Title: A new type of flying
Post by: uberslet on October 14, 2008, 05:48:15 PM
tonight i was getting gang-PICKED, not the normal gangbang it was a gang PICK  :O something new ive never seen before...i had to fly a spit 16 to stand a chance from a 110, hog,pony and 190. kinda sucked since i hate spits....new thing though i guess!
Title: Re: A new type of flying
Post by: 1Boner on October 14, 2008, 05:50:47 PM
Why do you hate Spits?
Title: Re: A new type of flying
Post by: Spikes on October 14, 2008, 06:02:39 PM
Nothing new...any guys that can't fight will do anything to get kills.
Title: Re: A new type of flying
Post by: FX1 on October 14, 2008, 06:05:52 PM
Did the 16 give you uber skills. I am willing to bet you died just as fast.

It took me a couple years before i stopped plane bashing. Kinda found out that its the pilot not the plane..
Title: Re: A new type of flying
Post by: Lusche on October 14, 2008, 06:50:26 PM
Kinda found out that its the pilot not the plane..

In that case I should have roughly the same K/D in every fighter

But somehow I just can't get the same K/D in A Hurri I or C205 as I can get in a Spit XVI or Tempest ... ;)


It's not only the plane - but planes are our tools of the trade, and some tools are better / easier to handle then others. A good craftsman can overcome the limtiations of having bad tools, but only to some extend. Same as a very bad craftsman cant really benefit from having superior equipment.
 But when having two pilots of some good & similar skill level, the differences of the respective planes may very likely decide the outcome of a fight.
Title: Re: A new type of flying
Post by: Spikes on October 14, 2008, 07:00:33 PM
In that case I should have roughly the same K/D in every fighter

But somehow I just can't get the same K/D in A Hurri I or C205 as I can get in a Spit XVI or Tempest ... ;)


It's not only the plane - but planes are our tools of the trade, and some tools are better / easier to handle then others. A good craftsman can overcome the limtiations of having bad tools, but only to some extend. Same as a very bad craftsman cant really benefit from having superior equipment.
 But when having two pilots of some good & similar skill level, the differences of the respective planes may very likely decide the outcome of a fight.
Very true. The plane is what the pilot is...the pilot controls what the plane does. The plane has the abilities but the pilot needs to counter or exploit them. :)
Title: Re: A new type of flying
Post by: Guppy35 on October 14, 2008, 07:06:23 PM
Did the 16 give you uber skills. I am willing to bet you died just as fast.

It took me a couple years before i stopped plane bashing. Kinda found out that its the pilot not the plane..



....Wanders by, grumbling something about FX1 and his #%(&#%)#  Spit 16..........:)
Title: Re: A new type of flying
Post by: FX1 on October 14, 2008, 07:11:04 PM
I agree but we do have different areans that some what match up planes. I always said that the plane picks the pilot. Your game play will almost always agree with a certain type of aircraft. A great pilot can change their habits to take advtage of the modeling of each plane in the hangar. Other just squeak and bash players because from the start it was a unfair fight do to the model of aircraft.

During my time i never liked the idea of loosing do to better performing machine. So i started to learn that model find its weakness that way you could exploit it next time.

Bashing a certain model doesn't make you a God.

Also it could be the love of the spit that comes out in me....

He could have taken a K4 and be much cleaner without getting the spit STD. Levi gave me that little virus long ago with the spit 5..
Title: Re: A new type of flying
Post by: E25280 on October 14, 2008, 09:48:14 PM
In that case I should have roughly the same K/D in every fighter

But somehow I just can't get the same K/D in A Hurri I or C205 as I can get in a Spit XVI or Tempest ... ;)


It's not only the plane - but planes are our tools of the trade, and some tools are better / easier to handle then others. A good craftsman can overcome the limtiations of having bad tools, but only to some extend. Same as a very bad craftsman cant really benefit from having superior equipment.
 But when having two pilots of some good & similar skill level, the differences of the respective planes may very likely decide the outcome of a fight.
Lushe!  :huh Quit making sense!
Title: Re: A new type of flying
Post by: Anaxogoras on October 15, 2008, 12:23:55 AM
Lushe!  :huh Quit making sense!

I've seen others say the same thing and they were torn a new one.  Go figure. :rolleyes:
Title: Re: A new type of flying
Post by: Shuffler on October 15, 2008, 02:41:06 PM
I agree but we do have different areans that some what match up planes. I always said that the plane picks the pilot. Your game play will almost always agree with a certain type of aircraft. A great pilot can change their habits to take advtage of the modeling of each plane in the hangar. Other just wench and bash players because from the start it was a unfair fight do to the model of aircraft.

During my time i never liked the idea of loosing do to better performing machine. So i started to learn that model find its weakness that way you could exploit it next time.

Bashing a certain model doesn't make you a God.

Also it could be the love of the spit that comes out in me....

He could have taken a K4 and be much cleaner without getting the spit STD. Levi gave me that little virus long ago with the spit 5..

I could go fly other planes.... but many seem so boring. I'll stick with my 38.
Title: Re: A new type of flying
Post by: VansCrew1 on October 15, 2008, 03:00:30 PM
Did the 16 give you uber skills. I am willing to bet you died just as fast.

It took me a couple years before i stopped plane bashing. Kinda found out that its the pilot not the plane..


 :rofl :rofl :rofl

Spit are Lego planes compared to others, wings pop off like nothing. For example a few days ago me and redtop got into a 1v1 about 11-12K i was in a P51 he was in a spit8. Long story short he had the alt and the E but we got into a slow turn fight, mind you i was in a P51. After a few times i got shots off on his wing. By the third burst his wings went off. It dose not take much to kill a spit.

It's the pilot not the plane. Im not saying redtops bad, he's a hell of a stick. It's all throttle and stick control. Spits are easy to kill.  :rock

 :salute
Redtop was a hell of a fight, if you had it recorded by any chance send it to me please. VansCrew1@yahoo.com
Title: Re: A new type of flying
Post by: MjTalon on October 15, 2008, 03:03:56 PM
I'll stick with my P47, thank yas and have a nice day.  :eek: