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Title: Lucky and unlucky?
Post by: 1pLUs44 on November 21, 2008, 11:45:32 PM
I've finally learned my two lucky and unlucky planes....

My luckiest plane is the P38G... for some reason, I'm just destined to do good in that plane.

My unluckiest plane (and sadly a plane I love to fly) is the F6F... I seem to just get in the midst of the horde when I'm flying that plane :lol

What are your lucky/unlucky plane(s)?

:salute
Title: Re: Lucky and unlucky?
Post by: ColKLink on November 22, 2008, 10:52:57 AM
lucky plane....FM2,.....unlucky plane,....anything british.
Title: Re: Lucky and unlucky?
Post by: Banshee7 on November 22, 2008, 10:55:59 AM
"If it weren't for bad luck I'd have no luck at all..."
Title: Re: Lucky and unlucky?
Post by: Spikes on November 22, 2008, 10:58:49 AM
I fly a pretty diverse plane set...38J, F4U's the most. My lucky plane would probably be the F4U1. I can outturn any plane and seem to survive the longest, sometimes making it home. My unlucky plane would be the P39...every time I fly it, I die in it, bar none.
Title: Re: Lucky and unlucky?
Post by: 1pLUs44 on November 22, 2008, 11:02:07 AM
P-39 is a plane I can't fly worth a damn until I get the feel for it. If it's my first sortie of the day... I wont get a single kill, but if I've warmed up and flown it around a bit, I'll do good.
Title: Re: Lucky and unlucky?
Post by: 442w30 on November 22, 2008, 11:19:15 AM
My most lucky plane is the 234, but that falls into the category of "making my own luck". My unluckiest plane is easily the IL2. No matter what is happening, when I up one, the one nme that is being chased by 9 of my countrymen will get chased directly to a perfect cockpit shot on me.

Title: Re: Lucky and unlucky?
Post by: Shuffler on November 22, 2008, 11:21:22 AM
P38j <> P38j
Title: Re: Lucky and unlucky?
Post by: Wingnutt on November 22, 2008, 11:35:37 AM
In the Jug I seem invincible, in the 38... pilot wound before the gear is up.
Title: Re: Lucky and unlucky?
Post by: Masherbrum on November 22, 2008, 12:07:31 PM
I've finally learned my two lucky and unlucky planes....

My luckiest plane is the P38G... for some reason, I'm just destined to do good in that plane.

My unluckiest plane (and sadly a plane I love to fly) is the F6F... I seem to just get in the midst of the horde when I'm flying that plane :lol

What are your lucky/unlucky plane(s)?

:salute

1plus, no luck is involved.   All you need to do, is fly the Hellcat for a Tour.   Try and get in 60-80 sorties in it.    If you get the crap kicked out of you, roll it again.    If you land 10 victories, roll it again.   Practice, practice.    When you get pushed down in it, get back up and keep at it.   

There is no such thing called luck.   A man makes his own luck.     

I'm out of town until the 29th in Sacramento.   When I get back, I'd be more than happy to help you get better in it.   
Title: Re: Lucky and unlucky?
Post by: grizz441 on November 22, 2008, 12:11:48 PM
My lucky plane is my Ki84
Unlucky plane? Anything german.
Title: Re: Lucky and unlucky?
Post by: helbent on November 22, 2008, 12:12:03 PM
Beat me to it shuff, although I was going with 38L and 38L
Title: Re: Lucky and unlucky?
Post by: Bosco123 on November 22, 2008, 12:17:13 PM
My luckiest plane has to be a 109G-6, no matter where I am, or what I am doing, I always seem to get kills, no matter if I land them or not. Another think is, It dosn't matter what kind of disadvantage I'm at, I always seem to last as long as possible, before someone comes and helps me, and its not just planes that are the same as me, I'm fighting 2 picking ponies, or a spit and a Hurri, or maybe its even 3v1, I always seem to get out of there alive.
My unluckiest plane, has to be the Temp, I love the plane, I always get kills in it, but when it comes out to getting alive, I never land it, I remeber I had 13 kills in it and got HOed by one spit, that came outa no were. Or the one picker in the horde always comes after me when I just come out of a loop, its crap like that, that I never usually land the plane.
Title: Re: Lucky and unlucky?
Post by: JB11 on November 22, 2008, 12:23:56 PM
1plus, no luck is involved.   All you need to do, is fly the Hellcat for a Tour.   Try and get in 60-80 sorties in it.    If you get the crap kicked out of you, roll it again.    If you land 10 victories, roll it again.   Practice, practice.    When you get pushed down in it, get back up and keep at it.   

There is no such thing called luck.   A man makes his own luck.     

I'm out of town until the 29th in Sacramento.   When I get back, I'd be more than happy to help you get better in it.   
:pray Amen.

 :salute 11
Title: Re: Lucky and unlucky?
Post by: Bosco123 on November 22, 2008, 12:33:59 PM
There is no such thing called luck.   A man makes his own luck.     
Technically Karaya, no, the other person makes your luck. You have done what you could have done to make it the best possble situation, its up to the other guy or guys to make a mistake that you can advantage of. In agreeence with the other portion of it yes, I do agree that practice makes perfect. Why do you think I ask other people twice my skill to fight them? the simple fact that it makes you better. There are of course, some tricks on your own that you gain from, which will make you better.
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Title: Re: Lucky and unlucky?
Post by: BaDkaRmA158Th on November 22, 2008, 12:38:01 PM
Uhm i shoot stuff till i get shot down or land.

Luck? if no one shoots at me, unlucky? if i don't notice someone is before a wing rips off or i go -poof-.

 :salute
Title: Re: Lucky and unlucky?
Post by: 1pLUs44 on November 22, 2008, 12:51:38 PM
1plus, no luck is involved.   All you need to do, is fly the Hellcat for a Tour.   Try and get in 60-80 sorties in it.    If you get the crap kicked out of you, roll it again.    If you land 10 victories, roll it again.   Practice, practice.    When you get pushed down in it, get back up and keep at it.   

There is no such thing called luck.   A man makes his own luck.     

I'm out of town until the 29th in Sacramento.   When I get back, I'd be more than happy to help you get better in it.   


I'm good in it, just that since I have less visability than the 38G, I seem to kinda fall into the wrong choice of fighting. I remember when I started getting 3-5 kills for a week, for some reason, I'd either get vulched, or I'd get thrown off the back of a CV. :lol

I'd like to wing w/ you though, see what you do, kinda follow. F6F has to be flown completely different than any other plane in the game IMO. Almost like the P39.  :salute
Title: Re: Lucky and unlucky?
Post by: Ack-Ack on November 23, 2008, 04:52:08 AM
Luckiest plane?  P-38J

Unluckiest plane?  The plane at my 12 O'clock.


ack-ack
Title: Re: Lucky and unlucky?
Post by: thrila on November 23, 2008, 05:27:34 AM
I don't have a lucky plane but i do tend to make lucky shots every now and then
Title: Re: Lucky and unlucky?
Post by: Rich46yo on November 23, 2008, 09:30:02 AM
I've finally learned my two lucky and unlucky planes....

My luckiest plane is the P38G... for some reason, I'm just destined to do good in that plane.

My unluckiest plane (and sadly a plane I love to fly) is the F6F... I seem to just get in the midst of the horde when I'm flying that plane :lol

What are your lucky/unlucky plane(s)?

:salute

That or the P-38 is just an outstanding fighter. Not that Ive come anywhere near mastering it but one thing I have noticed, even tho I bombtruck in it almost all the time, is that its a killer with deflection shots. Really, for some reason it seems as lethal as a Typhie with deflection shots. That and if you pretend east/west is actually up/down you can often manuever it into getting angle shots on the enemy. I often die in it cause Im dropping bombs and end up in bad tactical positions, "but who cares"? Im starting to think a good P-38 stick makes his own luck. Best of all the airplane is underestimated by many.
Title: Re: Lucky and unlucky?
Post by: iTunes on November 23, 2008, 10:08:59 AM
A 109K4 with the JG5 skin for some reason, unluckiest is anytime I grab a G6 orG2 with gondies, I always seem to find myself in a cauldron of light cons all coalt from all directions, last time I upped a Heavy G6n it had 100% + a DT and gondies, reached about 3k when a horde of 16's turned up!
Title: Re: Lucky and unlucky?
Post by: Banshee7 on November 23, 2008, 12:50:07 PM
Luckiest plane?  P-38J

Unluckiest plane?  The plane at my 12 O'clock.


ack-ack

HO'er!
Title: Re: Lucky and unlucky?
Post by: Latrobe on November 23, 2008, 03:03:17 PM
Luckiest plane for me? I really don't think I have one, but my most UNlucky plane has to be ANY F4U. Even if I'm not flying it, that is just one tough plane to learn to fly, and one hard one to beat if fighting someone who knows how to fly it.
Title: Re: Lucky and unlucky?
Post by: Nilsen on November 23, 2008, 03:52:49 PM
What are your lucky/unlucky plane(s)?

:salute

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Title: Re: Lucky and unlucky?
Post by: ColKLink on November 24, 2008, 04:05:31 AM
I'd rather be lucky, than good" only applies to motorcycle racing, I guess :uhoh
Title: Re: Lucky and unlucky?
Post by: whiteman on November 24, 2008, 09:13:46 AM
Never fails F4U-1C some thing bizarre happens every time. Someone warps into me, instant CV 5" death not even knowing a CV was I the area, own auto ack/puffy knocks half a wing off or just blows me up while landing, list goes on.
Title: Re: Lucky and unlucky?
Post by: saantana on November 24, 2008, 12:47:26 PM
Lucky plane: spit 9. If I didn't love the 16 so much, I would fly this all the time.
Unlucky: spit 8. No matter how many times I hit someone, they don't seem to die. I become frustrated and target obsessed and end up getting picked.
Workhorse and plane of choice: spit 16. I like to win  :aok
Title: Re: Lucky and unlucky?
Post by: phatzo on November 24, 2008, 07:56:58 PM
haven't been here that long but the feeling so far
lucky f6f and p-38l
unluky any 190
Title: Re: Lucky and unlucky?
Post by: humble on November 24, 2008, 08:16:09 PM
Luckiest plane=> SBD
Other luckiest plane A-20 :aok


Title: Re: Lucky and unlucky?
Post by: MaSonZ on November 24, 2008, 08:22:42 PM
Luckiest? F4U1A. do my best in it, fly it obsessivly, cant get out of her.
Unlucky? 262. either i die from stupidty, die from a lucky 1K 1 shot kill from a plane, or simply just get to slow and set myself up, i can never seem to understand the 262.