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General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: Letalis on August 13, 2009, 11:50:18 PM
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So there I was defending A8. I am at 10k and grabbing alt in a 190A5 just East of the field when a small horde shows up at around 12k. Typhs, Spits, 51s, maybe a dozen of them but luckily they were more interested in the field than me. I put my tail on'em and keep climbing, intent on vulching the vulchers after a couple more minutes.
A lone P-39 peels off after me. I rejoice at the easy kill and drag him a little farther East hoping to take him out of vox range of his buds should he realize his imminent doom :devil. He closes within 800 and joy of joys it's a D model. :rock Even though the matchup is a 25 eny ride vs a 30 eny ride I think I hold all the cards minus turn radius and initial E. I slowly bleed off his E advantage and go into a spiral climb from 10-14.5k before dropping on him slightly prematurely and missing the shot. Frustrated, I take him down to the deck where my WEP/climb advantage is greatest. Repeat spiral climb, receive pings, miss my shot. :furious The 39 is not using tracers and apparently runs out of .50s and cannon. (:D) Ropes, loops, nothing worked.
Long long story short, this 39D stays with me and turns my wings into swiss cheese. (Though no components lost.) I manage to force one overshoot low on the water during the nearly 20-minute affair and miss a point blank shot with my 20s. :furious I spend all but 3-5 minutes of this fight in a defensive posture. Finally the 39D runs out of gas and I let him deadstick it into the water. I shake my head and land on the nearest CV w 3 min of gas at max cruise and just one very lucky kill. The 39D had 5 quality shot opportunities to my 3 IMO and landed many more overall hits without resorting to the HO when he got low on gas. So here be a big :salute to Vinkman for a great fight in a crappy plane. It was an unworthy end to a good fight.
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Vinkman shows again and again he has more stones than many, including some of the old timers in AH.
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had a run in with vinkman and his 39 over the weekend. Didnt end well for yours truly. I hate 39s now. :salute
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Salute Letalis, Delerium :salute
That was a fun fight.
Vinkman
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. I am at 10k and grabbing alt in a 190A5 ................. and land on the nearest CV w 3 min of gas
Sounds like a tense fight - the best kind .
oh ya - where can I get tail hooks for my 190 or did you do an "almost stall approach onto deck & slam on the brakes & pray" sorta landing?
cheers eh!
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had a run in with vinkman and his 39 over the weekend. Didnt end well for yours truly. I hate 39s now. :salute
So THAT's why you kept picking on me when I'm flying the 39D lately... it's all Vinkman's fault....
:)
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Yup
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So THAT's why you kept picking on me when I'm flying the 39D lately... it's all Vinkman's fault....
:)
Actually it's my fault. Dan mixed some drinks and we forgot to properly inform Texas316. :D
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Its tough bein the new guy
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Sounds like a tense fight - the best kind .
oh ya - where can I get tail hooks for my 190 or did you do an "almost stall approach onto deck & slam on the brakes & pray" sorta landing?
I mighta had enough metal scrap dangling off the plane to act like a tailhook but yep, that pretty much describes it :)
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Sounds like a tense fight - the best kind .
oh ya - where can I get tail hooks for my 190 or did you do an "almost stall approach onto deck & slam on the brakes & pray" sorta landing?
cheers eh!
Just leave the gear up.. piece of cake.
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All US planes seem to handle gear-up landings great but there have been 3-4 times where I've landed the A5 on a CV or Rwy, maybe lose a part or two and sit there. I take my time doing the '.ef' routine and randomly explode 5-10 sec later. Maybe HT modeled hazardous fuel leaks on this bird... :uhoh
Thus I put the gear down on my 190...plus I can't stand that horrific scraping noise for more than a few seconds...
Oh BTW Steve- I noticed awhile back that you topped 100 kills without a single death in the 51. Thanks for making it look easy! :furious :furious :furious