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General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: Kweassa on February 17, 2002, 09:29:36 AM
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Ok. No wise cracks!! :)
Many people use many various aircrafts, but there's gotta be that
special something that turns you on!
Whether you are good in it or not, no matter in what kind of situation,
there's gotta be a plane.. no.. THE plane that you would trust, that you
love, and would dearly want to ride it for just for once in real life!! :)
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In my case, I like 109s.
When I was a total newbie, I guess I was one-of-those-folks :rolleyes: who
thought the dark, sinister and well disciplined image of the Luftwaffe was
really cool. The sort of people who are fascinated by all those legends of
big name aces, how they almost conquered England :)
And the LW being the loser, the tragic/dramatic aspect of a once mighty
being stumbling to ashes caught my attention more than the stories of
the wise-crackin' hill-billy Allies(well, I saw it that way then :D what do you
expect of a total newbie anyway!).
Guess what happened to a total newbie who used to fly Fighter Ace, when
he thought he'd start AH with a plane like 109 :)
Stumbled through many planes, but somehow always came back to
trying 109s, got discouraged.. tried other planes.. but always I came back
to 109s, dunno why.
Now more than a year has passed, I read and study the historic materials
.... the newbie illusions of the "Invincible LW!" are all gone(or, is it :D ??).
But still something remains that keep drawing me to 109s :)
So there you have it :)
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What is 'your ride'??? and how did you fall in love with it?? :D
ps) I'd especially love to hear the personal love story of guys who like
LW planes like me.. like Santa.. Hazed.. Wilbus.. Grunherz and on and
on.. I'd also like to hear the replies from dedicated Allied craft drivers!
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The Spitfire, just because
The P38, for it's balance of Jabo and supression
The A5, black clad death from on high
The Lanc, just because.
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Favorites: Jug, Stang
Do best in: 190A5
Underrated: C205, La5, 109G2
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190 D-9
It's fast, It looks good, and just because :)
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La5, shes a russian beauty. She gets me kills and takes me home in one piece (usually.)
xtpiguyx has 54 kills and has been killed 10 times in the La-5FN
Besides, its the only plane I can fly worth a damn.
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Base/CV defense: A6M, because it turns.
Dogfighting/GP: 109-F4 or G2, because it's a tough but fun challenge to fight with.
Base attack: Typhoon or Mossi, because they have Hispanos and rockets, and they get there fast.
Base attack from CV: F4U-C, because it's got tons of Hispanos and a few rockets.
GV killing: IL-2, 109F or G2 or Typhoon, because they get the job done.
CV killing: Arado, B-17, Lanc, B-26, P-38, F4U or Hellcat, because they get the job done.
Bomber interceptor: 109G-10 or F-4, Because they climb like mad and were made for buff killing.
Field porking: Lanc, because it carries 14,000 #s of bombs.
eskimo
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Ar-234
Gets in and gets out fast, and since you have no defensive guns, you really have to figure out your attack, eggress and what to do if attacked, etc.
Not a big bombload, and the "AR234" icon next to your name really draws the baddies to ya!
Only takes the length of the state of Texas to slow down to land ;)
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109G10 or F4 90% of the time
or P47 / P38 for a change in pace
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F6F - It just does everything well.
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Favorite ride:
Fw 190 A-8
Favorite fighter to piss people off in:
ME-262
Buff:
The 234 of course.
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F6F
I figure it made the most aces out of any US plane in WW2, so it has to be able to make someone like me an ace too (or is that ass? - I always forget how to spell it).
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Ki-61
Positive: Great guns and steady platform, good turning ability, very good range, solid diver, glides like a sailplane and has decent outward visibility.
Negative: A tad too slow, relatively low ammo loadout. Poor climb rate.
Notes: Keep it near corner velocity and it can fight and kill anything. Remarkably good vulcher.
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Spitfire, any version
Positive: You guys obviously know.
Negative: Relatively frail, quite slow on the deck, and has a low cannon ammo loadout.
Notes: Avoid head-on attacks. Great furballer.
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Yak-9U
Positive: Fast, great climber, great outward visibility and a good turner.
Negative: Weak gun package, with low loadout. Poor accelerated stall characteristics.
Notes: Requires attention to E to be most effective. Use "in and out" tactics to stay on the outside of furballs.
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P-51D
Positive: Fast everywhere. Great initial turning. Best outward visibility. Decent guns and ammo load. Terrific flap system.
Negative: Poor acceleration and sustained turn rate.
Notes: Requires careful E management. Avoid furballs. Probably the best vulcher along with 190s.
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La-7
Positive: Fast, faster and very fast. Great climb rate.
Negative: Marginal guns and turn rate. Lousy visibility. Poor range.
Notes: Use speed and zoom ability to terrorize enemy hordes. Avoid turning fights that eat E.
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A6M5b
Positive: Best Angles fighter in planeset. Unmatched low-speed turning ability. Decent gun package. Awe inspiring in vertical plane. Good visibility, outstanding endurance. Scourge of the Spitfire. Remarkably robust.
Negative: Bog slow. Accelerates like it's tied to a tree. Very stiff ailerons above 350 mph. Very low VNe.
Notes: Unbeatable stallfighter in hands of a good stick. Best handled with BnZ tactics, but watch out for skilled deflection shooters. If you want to kill a Zeke, sneak up unseen. Otherwise,
it will simply disappear.... and reappear on your ass. In which case, never pull into a steep climb, unless you wish to add to your death stats. Best escape is to unload, accelerate and roll sharply into a break turn. Zekes will have trouble following at speed, and cannot keep up in any dive that exceeds 400 mph.
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My regards,
Widewing
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Mossie VI
Because it can do everything to some degree.
Mosquito VI Advantages:
The Mossie has a great record of doing many daring raids in WWII. It is one of those aircraft that just couldn't be built in enough numbers as everybody wanted it. Hell, even the Germans wanted it, the spent an obcene amount of effort trying to get a multi-role aircraft like the Mosquito and the Brits had the dang thing handed to them when they hadn't even asked for it. That has to rile the Germans, they never did get a multi-role aircraft as good as the Mosquito.
4 Hispano cannon in the belly with 175 rpg give it that heavy, instant kill, firepower that a heavy fighter needs. 175 rpg also give it enough ammo to do some damage to ground targets.
4 nose mounted .303 Brownings with functionally unlimited ammo (780 rpg) are quite usefull for taking out AA while conserving the precious cannon ammo.
All the guns are centerline mounted so convergence can be thrown out the windo. Just set convergence to 650 for best results and easier lead shots.
It can carry 2,000lbs of bombs or 1,000lbs of bombs and 8 rockets. While not the equal of the F4U-1D, F6F-5, P-38L, P-47D-30, or P-51D, it still does pretty well and as a bonus two of the bombs can be carried internally for a drag free ride.
It accelerates quite nicely, turns surprisingly well and can out run the two most common fighters in AH (Spitfire F.MkIX and N1K2-J) at typical AH combat altitudes.
The Mossie dives like a demon and holds the speed well. This can be used quite effectively in the attack or as an escape move against many fighters.
With full fuel it has a good combat range and the available droptanks extend this even further, though at the expense of some ordinance.
You can see over the nose to see what is ahead of and below you. No other aircraft, that lacks a glass nose, can do this.
It is a great looking aircraft.
Mosquito VI Disadvantages:
It has poor climbing characteristics. Never, ever try to use a shallow climb as an egress from an attack on an enemy fighter. Always do a gentle pull up to the verticle or use a level, or slightly decending egress.
Its low altitude tuned Merlin 25s mean that it peaks in performance at the low altitude of 13,000ft. The WEP does absolutely nothing above 15,000ft, don't waste WEP by using it abouve 15,000ft.
At no altitude can it be considered speedy in the AH MA. A top sealevel speed of 338mph and a top speed at 13,000ft of 380mph means that many, most in fact, fighters will chase you down over the long run, if they don't get bored.
It is a big assed target. Its 54ft wingspan is 2ft larger that the big assed target that is the P-38L (another great aircraft).
It is fragile. It is rare to have one hold together after having been hit hard. It does happen, but you will notice it as an annomaly when it does.
Being a twin engined, mid-wing aircraft has a negative impact on visibility from the cockpit, as in the P-38L. However this is somewhat eased because the pilot is positioned further forward in relation to the engines than in the P-38L and the stepped wing grants a little more visibility in addition.
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Fw190A-8
Fw190D-9
Ta152H-1
Fly em all about equally, just depends on what I feel like flying. I like a plane that can go fast in a straight line. If it can't turn, that's one less thing my feeble mind has to worry about. :)
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P51b
-It's green and mean looking. Put the rocket tubes on it and it looks even better.
-There's just something satisfying about putting that much lead into an enemy.
-LA7s always think they can out turn you and kill you. They are wrong.
-Great to whip out in a duel as 90% of the time the other guy doesn't know how to treat her right and ends up stalling all over the place asking "why in the hell would you fly this thing???"
-Put 75% fuel in it and you'll always have enough fuel to get home...even if you rarely have that opportunity!
SOB
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Yak-9T , one shot one kill with that 37mm.. Its fun to try and see how high of a kill streak I can get with the limited ammo. Its also a challenge to get close enough to kill with that gun.
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SpitV: Very fun for furballing, eats n1ks that try to turn with you.
Typhoon: I love bursting in and out of furballs with speed in this thing- 4 hispanos make a mess of anything.
Mossie- My fave bnz aircraft. The 4 nose mounted hispanos do an awful lot of damage with quick snap shots. Handles well up to 400mph so you can manouver for the kill in the last second of the dive and spray with those hispanos.:D
Karnak you sure about the mossie durability? I usually take loads of damage and usually manage to limp home with leaks, dead engines, missing parts and all sorts.
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P-38
'cause everything else is either crap or dweeby *G* :D
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bf109 g-10
it's beautiful and fast.
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Bf 109G series. Same explanation as Kweassa.
P51B. Same explanation as SOB.
F4U-1C/D. chog = eskimo's explanation. dhog because I love the satisfaction of seeing .50's raining continuously on your foe :D.
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P-47
1. Its beautifully menacing.
2. This is the AC that the USAAF met a very lethal and dominating Luftwaffe with. Consider that 98% of the US pilots had never sen combat and then, welcome to the ETO. Gerry is shooting at you. 1943, was a very hard year for the US.
3. The 56th FG. This group produced many aces in the "jug". Names like Bob Johnson, Gabby Gabreski, Jerry Johnson, Hub Zemke, Dave Schilling......
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P51B - Same reasons as SOB, even though I don't fly them much anymore the P51's have always been one of my favorites, they don't call it the cadillac of the skies for nothing.
F6F-5 Because it's tough as hell and lets me wade into the fight in ways you could never get away with in the p51, you can just be really aggresive in it and make a couple mistakes and still make it home. Dogfighting in this plane is just fun.
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Yak 9U
DF - Fits my flying style and fits into the MA
P-47
Jabo - Blows the hell out of stuff, buckets of ammo
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P47D-30
1.No one ever expects to have a Jug spraying them down after a +30 sec fight :D
2. Eight .50 cal :eek:
3. See -ammo-
4. Pretttty :p ;) :o
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P38, frequently underestimated, does most things well, and always gauranteed a fight 'cause it's such a bit target!
ts
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I like them all. I dont think I have ever seen an airplane I didnt like. In the MA I tend to go on streaks where I fly a certain airplane almost exclusively for awhile. Then after a week or two, I switch to something else. Of course there are the standbys that I switch to when I need to accomplish a certain task. Then there are my all time favorites, the ones that I just keep going back to.
F-4U: When I was a kid, the Corsair was my favorite plane period. It looks cool, had an awesome kill ratio, and was feared by the Japanese (also by its student pilots). If I was as rich as Bill Gates, I would own a real Corsair instead of a business jet. (actaully if I was that rich, I would own a Corsair AND a jet) In AH, I use the D for ground attack, but for some reason I like flying the -1 a lot too.
P-47: The Jug is in close contention with the Hog for my favorite WW2 plane. In real life the Corsair and T-Bolt possess many of the attributes that I would want in a fighter: exceptionally durable, reliable, roomy and comfortable, and fast.
In AH the P-47 is the very best for attack missions, carrying a ordnance load that rivals some bombers. It is then capable of defending itself once the bombs/rockets are gone. I set my personal 1 mission kill record in a P-47d-30. (10 kills + numerous acks and town building destroyed.) I have had streaks better than this against pt boats or ground vehicles, but against actual fighters this was the best.
C.205: From the first time I ever saw a C.202 in the Smithsonean Air and Space Museum I have thought that it was one of the most beautiful fighters ever. The stories of Allied pilots that flew captured examples confirm that it was an extremely sweet flying aircraft. If the Mustang is the Cadillac of the skies the Macchi is the Ferrarri. When I read about the C.205 with its superior armament and speed, I liked it even better than the 202. In AH this is undoubtedly the most underrated fighter. It isnt the best at any one thing, but it does almost everything well in air-air combat. Not only that, but you get really good perks for using it.
C-47: This is my oddball pick. Historically speaking, I believe that the C-47/DC-3 would make anybodys list of top 10 greatest aircraft of all time. In air combat its mostly a target, and gets little respect from a fighter that sees one, yet it does something that no other plane in here can do, it captures airfields. Flown correctly, you can on rare occasions embarass an enemy fighter in one as well. I started practicing dogfighting in a goon after one successfully evaded me for several minutes when I first began playing AH. You can really frustrate a fighter pilot in one sometimes, using the slow speed and tight turning circle to advantage. I have 7 manoever kills in the goon to prove it, and Im here to tell you that there is nothing quite like the feeling of taking a goon to an enemy base, dropping troops, then getting jumped by 2 enemy fighters on the way home, and having both of them auger while trying to get a shot on you.
Other favorites:
FW-190 d9 (probably the best air-air fighter for me although I didnt like it the first few times I tried it)
Bf-109 G10 (climbs like a homesick angel)
B-26 (best bomber in my opinion)
Mosquito (great for ground attack)
Typhoon (my choice for dealing with gvs)
Tempest (my favorite way to lose perk points)
Hurricane (defending vulched fields, and shooting gvs)
Ju-88 (town flattener par excellence)
Me-262 (its nice to be invincible sometimes, just stay away from ack and bomber gunners and refuse all HOs)
La-5 (underrated but a nice ride)
P-51 (who doesnt like the Mustang)
I'll stop here because this post is getting too long, I will just say that I like them all, but the 4 that I listed above I love the best.
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f4u- i could make up some technical bs to justify it but it more likely comes from too many saterdays watching 'black sheep squadron' as a kid
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In MA - Yak 9U. If it wasnt for the low ammo load and the low lethality Id claim it was the best plane in the game. Fast, manuverable, and able to "out fly" just about anything. I will admit - the P-47D30 is growing on me...
In CT - 109F4. The Axis/Allied planeset is awesome and the ability of the 109's to play their strengths is readily available in this enviroment.
Mazz/Mike
<-TFC->
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Do you need to ask? :)
190 Of course, why? Because the Power of the Wurger will allways remain superior!
For yay did the sky darken, and split open and spew forth fire, and through the smoke rode the Four Wurgers of the Apocalypse. And on their canopies was tattooed the number of the Beast, and the number was 190.
And lo were the Spit-dweebs swept from the sky, and raineth British aircraft parts onto the Euro terrain for forty days and forty nights, and long could the vile scream of BMW engines be heard over the still flat and lifeless scenario terrain.
Book of Dweeb
Chapter 2 verse 5 and 6.
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P38 take one look at it and you will understand :)
Damn good E fighter. toejamy dive tho.
F4U-1C-D gotta love those gull wings and that big bellybutton wasp radial motor :)
Damn good roll rate and good initial turning. Bad climb rate.
Cw
PS the P-38 should be called the Cadilliac of skies. P-51 flies like toejam compared to it. And proably the best handling fighter when hanging on the props for dear life at 30mph :)
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190's for fighter sweeping, Dora the mostly
109G2 for base defense.
Lately trying out Allied fighters sometimes, P38 is very nice (very good alround plane)
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P-51D Mustang.........it's so sweet!
Thorns
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i'm a spit tnb dweeb who has been forced into a p51d (which i fly pretty much like a spit, sorta - it does have a merlin after all) so i can chase down the planes which (practically all of them) run from the spits.
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P51D because nobody ever expects pilots that fly in dresses can actually turn the damn thing and kill you with it.
What I find truly amazing is that 190's and 109's still try to scissor with us. Scissors? Hey, no sweat; we can even buttonhole and chain-stitch without breaking a nail... and since we switched to short dresses, flying inverted is a treat for everybody.
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190D9, cause I'm retarded :D
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Fighter-->Me 109 G10
JG 52, great buff hunter, great E, great B&Z, great 1vs1...with 109 G10 don't have limits.
Jabo-->F4U-D
With 2x1000lb + 8 rockets I can send to the hell 2 or 3 GV and after I have 2400x13mm for spray.
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190 strictly(Miss D and a5 mostly),,,,,,,,well sometimes the JUG for jabo.
It would be a nightmare for me to find out,,,,,that I performed better in spit:D
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109G-2 ...just because of the "von Rosen crosses" and MT-222 serial markings :D
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P47D-30 in MA. Turns well, suprises enemy with it's low speed turning ability, as well as high 400mph turning ability. The higher the alt, the better it performs speed wise. Does a great scissors also. 8X.50s imho very close to lethality of 4XHispanos'.
FW190A8 in CT. Roll rate very good. Fair mid alt performer. Almost same charachteristics as the Jug except for turning, Scissors well. And I use the 4X20mm option instead of 30mm. 30mm almost useless in a scissoring fight against fighters
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For Yak9u (or P51 when range is needed)
For turnfighting : Typhoon Rulezzz ... lot of fun guaranted ;)
in doubt : 100% Typh00n + 2* 1 K Bombs :)
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For turnfighting (about 180 degrees) 190A5
For B&Z (about 3 passes than lost all E advantage) 190A5
For base defense (cause its THE fun ride) 109F4
For bombing (cause its so great if you manage to get home) Ju88
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I'd have to say the P-38. I've always had a fascination with the P-38 and is my favorite of all the WWII warbirds, so almost 9 years ago when I got the chance to "fly" one online, I jumped at the chance and never climbed out of the cockpit.
Ack-Ack
(http://www.hispanicvista.com/assets/479th_shield.jpg)
479th Fighter Group - Riddle's Raiders
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I like em all, well most anyway :)
G10 if I want to survive, F4UD, P47D25 or P38 if I want to get kills :)
My olde 190A8 has let me down lately :(
Thx for the tip on the MOSS Karnak, will try it out again soon.
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If I had to choose one, I'd choose the F4U-1D, it carrys 8 rockets, 2k of bombers, 6X50's.
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Well its only been 8 months so I'm still trying all the planes but so far
A2A 190-D9
Buff Hunting 109G10
JABO Typhoon, Mossie, or P38
Base Defense or CV ops Spit or F6F
Best use of Perkies - Tempest
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Originally posted by mrfish
bf109 g-10
it's beautiful and fast.
Finally, something fishman and I can agree on. :)
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P-51D...what Hang said, cept the part about dresses...13th TAS been flyin Nekkid for 11 years:)
I suppose we are speed junkies as well as the fact that if flown correctly, we can turn with about anything in the arena at least 2-3 times....jabo works as well and not to forget, great ammo load and fuel load.
Having seen and heard them up close, they are just sexy!
(http://www.13thtas.com/rudesig.jpg)
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I prefer the Spit V because it maintains impossible E in the vertical, turns unrealistically well, goes much faster than it ever should (it can even catch a 190D9... that can't be right!!), performs much better at high alt than it ever did historically, possesses not one but TWO overmodelled Hizooka uber 20mm cannons, can pull 180 degree turns without losing any speed to catch BnZers, guarantees me a 3:1 K/D ratio in furballs (re: Hristo and MANDOBLE), doesn't punish me for consistent high G manuevers because AH doesn't model pilot fatigue, and that's not even mentioning its numerous other unrealistic and totally overmodelled UFO flight characteristics.
The real question is why anybody would fly anything else.
-- Todd/Leviathn
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Originally posted by Dead Man Flying
The real question is why anybody would fly anything else.
-- Todd/Leviathn
Uhhh, because some of us like a challenge? ;)
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Aye Aye Rip!
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My "ride" is Aces High... because it lets me fly so many different aircraft that really do have both distinctive and somewhat "realistic" flight models, and because it lets me fly them in a variety of ways... free flight, formation flying, level bombing, dive bombing, strafing (would be much more fun with infantry ;)), bomber gunners, and of course my favorite ACM versus other people in HTH and CT formats (don't really care for MA).
As a kid I was partial to both the P-51D and the F4U-1D, so I have flown them enough to be somewhat proficient. I also spend quite a bit of time in the P-38L and P-47D. I definitely prefer American Iron :) But, due to my spending most of my online time in either the CT or in HTH teams, I have really flown Bf109 (F4, G2, and G10), FW190 (A5 and D9), Yak-9, and La-5 (La-7 wasn't out back when I was playing in Russian team fights) quite a bit too. When I get tired of being killed by Spit IXs, N1Ks, and Tempests in HTH, I just hop in an A6M or a Spit V and have a party :D
I am least proficient with the flight models and gunnery of the LW, I am at best average in Russian aircraft, I have enough time in A6M to do pretty well, but I have the most fun trying to tnb with Spits and N1Ks while flying American iron. For me, there is no greater pride (or insult to the opposition) than to beat a tnb plane in a turn fight flying a P-51D or P-38L down in the mud (below 5000 feet). Of course high-deflection snapshot shooting skills is a must and one circle too many depletes the energy American iron needs... but I am willing to die repeatedly to enjoy the challenge, and I don't always die :)
P.S. I have almost no time in N1Ks or Tempests... I wonder if I should fly them more so I know their limits better? I definitely have trouble flying Tempests/Typhoons and also fight the worst against them.
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Originally posted by Ripsnort
Uhhh, because some of us like a challenge? ;)
Well, you also miss the fact that it's fantastic at earning you perk points. The more perk points you earn, the sooner you can fly more challenging and less uber planes like the Tempest and/or 262. :)
-- Todd/Leviathn
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My main ride is the Yak-9U, but I've been playing with the 9T this tour. The 37mm sure is good for laughs.
When badly outnumbered, I've been known to grab a Spoit, or Chog. I feel so dirty....but they do the job.
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Originally posted by popeye
When badly outnumbered, I've been known to grab a Spoit, or Chog. I feel so dirty....but they do the job.
Would you feel "dirty" if you grabbed a Typhoon? Faster than a Chog, same guns...:D
DMF, I agree with the "more challenging perk planes"...its a challenge to stay alive in them! If you get low enough in a furball, you can be creative with your Conga lines, getting them to do big S turns ! :D
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I hereby invite Rip to fly TA152 with me :)
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C.205 and La-5 are my rides of choice. Mostly because they are underrated by opponents, and challenging to do well in. They are also very sexiful looking. :)
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Originally posted by Wilbus
I hereby invite Rip to fly TA152 with me :)
Hehe, I know better, remember when Krusher and I set up what ended up becoming Wild Wednesday, (we called it Monday Night Fites or something like that..in the dueling arena, unlimited planeset), there was Wilbuz, stalking everyone low with his TA152...it reminded me why the damn plane is perked so high! ;)
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Originally posted by Ripsnort
Hehe, I know better, remember when Krusher and I set up what ended up becoming Wild Wednesday, (we called it Monday Night Fites or something like that..in the dueling arena, unlimited planeset), there was Wilbuz, stalking everyone low with his TA152...it reminded me why the damn plane is perked so high! ;)
Whoa:) While I enjoyed thoroughly those brawls, I believe Wild Wednesday had different roots.
BTW, Did I say my favorite ride was the Beautiful and rugged P-47?
I would just love to see our D25 painted in USAAF PTO colors, maybe 348th. That would be awesome!
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hmmmm... where is the NIKI crowd??? :rolleyes:
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They're all dead. I killed em in my P-38. Oh, that's OK..no need to thank me..I enjoyed it immensely. ;)
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Originally posted by bigUC
hmmmm... where is the NIKI crowd??? :rolleyes:
they cant play til dinner and homework are done.
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The Niki crowd don't dare to go in here, they will be labeled and chased down till they are no more niki dweebs!
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Anything Allied or Japanese. :)
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I suppose my favourite 'ride' is the Ostwind! I love defending towns from capture, often getting multiple kills in the process... :D
On the offensive, my favourite ride is the Lancaster, closely followed by the B17. The Lanc for all those big, nasty bombs which I like to see make a big mess of enemy airfields, and the B17 for all the guns.... :)
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Ill just stick to favourite LW stuff as I dont fly the others enough to really appreciate their querks...
Bnz- 190d9-109g10
furballing-190a5-109g10(SERIOUSLY :))-190a8 2x20mm
jabo 190a8/f8- i can hit a knats apple from a thousand yards ;)
base defence when pressed-109g2 3x20mm or 109g10 3x20mm or 190a5 4x20mm
anti bomber- 190a8 4x20mm (with a nice low bomber :p)
overall still love the 190a8 for some reason, those 4x20mm kills are great :D. It can use its advantages to suprise those that think its a dead duck :) especially if you load it light.
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F4U 1-d - cuz I like it
P-51D - cuz I like it too
C-205 cuz it has cannon, can climb, can turn, and cuz I like it
P-47D-30 cuz it slices tails off Spits like buttah
F4U 1-C cuz it cuts tails offa anything, and cuz I like it
Me 109-G6 cuz I got used to it flying in my first AH scenario, so I like it too
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FW 190A-8 (it's just so damn sweet in AH)
FW 190A-6 (most fighter of 190 series, would be my RL choice)
P39q-10 (uhhh...great ride. But not in AH either. I've been practicing in WB FH for the future)
I wish i could play AH.
:mad:
Damn Asus GF2 let me down and didn't cooperate with AH and me.
I'll be back someday...
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Nik1! call me a dweeb but i like turn fighters, and i find it the best turner overall plane around. and no i dont HO (unless forced etc)
B17! cant believe noone mentioned it before, most beautifull airplane of all times by a huuuge diference, and lovely turrets (specially with AH auto aim the rest feature)
Kisters
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My main ride is the JU88 due to a stupido bet that Canada would beat Team Sweeden.....:mad:
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Spit V...because it's the only bird that I can get to do what I want it to :cool:
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Mossie ->Great for buff bustin' when it gets gloomy and dark... Good range+speed+U don't need another pass.
Hurri, Spit V, and LA-5 -> Great planes for field defence.
Bf109F, G2 with R6, and 190A8 ->For furballing when U are not alone.
190A5,D9 and 109K ->When U are alone.
190F and Tiffie ->JABO!
Ju88-> When U gotta bomb 'em...
Who? Me? I wast just wandering about in my messerschmitt...
-Charge+
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Spit5 Great handling, alot of fun and suits my style as I enjoy knife fights more then BnZ
...-Gixer
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a6m , 190 a5 and typhoon for fightin
yak 9t and il 2 for ground attack
b26 and ju88 for bombing
i think the ju88 is the best looking FM
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Ground attack: F6f- (good loadout...and it can defend itself)
CV ops and Base defense: Seafire (sometimes La7 for base defense)
Pure fighter: Spit IX (best fighter in the game IMO)
Bomber: B-17
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Yak 9t ..........because i find it's great for racking up kills
Love the speed and has wep unlike the 9u
Turning is good and feels very sturdy
The cannon is just mean:mad: theres not very much but one round can blow someone out the sky.
Plus it's great for flying through hangers in
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finnaly a confession of a spitIX dweeb! lol j/k :cool:
looked all through here and no one will fess up to it. Maybe if i get bored here at "work" i'll take a gander at the people on this posts stats to see what your REAL favorite rides are. Theres atleast 100 spits in the MA at any given moment so some of you arent telling the truth :)
Favorite ride buy far: p47-30
Pro's:
Much style; big, sexy, lethal looking.. to bad its white.
Fast, great high speed turning, rolling, stability.
Fun gun platform, theres something to be said about unloading 8x50s into something and shredding it (normaly put a extra hundred or so rounds into the target (for the hell of it!:D).
Once dove over 25k in a 0 G dive when very low on fuel and engaged with 3 mudstains who were working together (not a fun fight for me). I made it home, which is more than i can say for the hot headed one who followed me down heheh :Cool:
Cons: the pilot
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Other great rides i fancy. im actualy quiet fond of the F6F hellcat, almost rates up with my thunderbolt.
Pro's: in comparison to other planes in the MA theres not many "uber" characteristics besides its great short-term dive. What makes this air-craft so great is it is a "jack of all trades, master of none".. it doesnt everything good.
Cons: the pilot.
Also should add my love of the F4U-1a.. great bird as well, probably fly it more than the hellcat. Its all about style and class.
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Originally posted by Shift
Yak 9t ..........because i find it's great for racking up kills
Love the speed and has wep unlike the 9u
Turning is good and feels very sturdy
The cannon is just mean:mad: theres not very much but one round can blow someone out the sky.
Plus it's great for flying through hangers in
Last tour, I took up a 9T just to feel it out. On my landing approach, I spot a B-26 making a low run over the field. I pulled up gear and flaps, roll in on his high 6. BAM, BAM, BAM..... Three cannon shells later - no B-26. Awesome gun.
My regards,
Widewing
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p-47!
well, she's not pretty, she doesn't turn, she does not accelerate...
There's a saying: "even the best french girl can only give what she has got". but this big american mama can always pull that little 'extra'... nose up, speed droping, you drop a notch of flaps, speed droping, tracers start buzzing near you... 100 mph plaps down, still steady as a rock.. just a little more... litteraly frozen in mid air but still controlable... and the bandit stalls... PEWW... nice and smoth flipover and he's all yours :D
try pushing the F4u squeak a little and you'll get slapped across the face :)
she's not the best preformer, but she has a kind heart and we love each other.
and when she's not looking, I'm taking her f6f daughter out to town :)
Bozon
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I like the YAK9U
Turns on a dime, slippery as an eel, relatively fast, takes a lot of abuse in handling, and is a small target. Decent views. It really seems to fit my style of flying. After reading the other posts I may try a 9T. :)
Cons:
No Wep, dinky little ammo load out. Actually the ammo load-out may be a plus, as it keeps the YAK from being perked. :D
Darn nice little plane, just checked my K/D in the YAK9U it is 20/5.
I like the NIKI in furballs, along with the SpitV, although this tour I've been spending some quality furballing time in the Spit 9. The YAK is a survivor in furballs, but not much of a killer in them.
My favorite would probably be the F4U-4 if the darn thing wasn't so unreasonably perked.
AKEagle+
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109G-2. Normal weapons loadout (no gondolas). I like the all-around uberness, as anything in Finnish markings is bound to be near invincible. Plus if you lean to the left you can see the oil cooler thingy.
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only G10 and FW-A5
G10 is my Fav ride. Best Climb, very good Speed and its a great dogfighter. Buffhunting is cool too. I fly it w 30mm only, i hate this 20mm and the Gondolas killing there performance.
A5 is very good Fighter, its a mix from A8 and G10 for me. Great Dogfighter w a Waeponset like Starship.
i hate Allied Planes and cant fly it, i use it only in Mission.
Niki is great too :D :D i used the Niki only by Mass Attacks from GVs, 2xeggs and his Cannons are for me the best GV killer in Game.
greeeeeeeeeeets
ede
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I like pain. I fly the P-38. Take it from there.
xBAT
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I guess I'm the only La7 pilot with the balls to say so here.
The La7's been my ride for 3 TOD's so far and I'm still getting better in it. All the whines about perking it and the general squeaking about it on these boards gives me that extra bit of satisfaction when I get a kill, especialy since you have to get up close and personal do kill anything :D...it's a good feeling being able to land a 10+ kill sortie and they're happening more and more for me now :p
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>>Theres atleast 100 spits in the MA at any given moment so some of you arent telling the truth <<
Amon:
Bingo! You got that right :) Spits are like a cloud of locust in the MA, and nobody here fesses up to flying them much :)
LOL
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Originally posted by Don
Bingo! You got that right :) Spits are like a cloud of locust in the MA, and nobody here fesses up to flying them much :)
I unabashedly fly the Spit V. It is, after all, the only way I can get kills.
-- Todd/Leviathn
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Originally posted by MrLars
I guess I'm the only La7 pilot with the balls to say so here.
ROFLOL, point for u Lars.
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Originally posted by Dead Man Flying
I unabashedly fly the Spit V. It is, after all, the only way I can get kills.
-- Todd/Leviathn
Don't you believe him, folks. Put 'ol Leviathn in a Hurricane IIC and he'd be as big, or even greater menace. Why? Because, that Hurri has 4 monster hizookas and a tighter turning radius than the SpitV.....
Really, the Hurri draws geeks like no other fighter. They rush to get the easy kill, only to find they are out-turned and vaporized by those mighty Hispanos. How well does it turn? Good enough to get a SpitV and La-7 while still hauling two 1,000 lb bombs, which I forgot that I was carrying.:eek: Dumb luck was probably a major factor as well.....;) Sometimes it's better to be more lucky than good. A little of both doesn't hurt.
My regards,
Widewing
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AH aside...I'd give my right testicle for a ride in a pony.
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Gotta agree with SunKing and Shift. The Yak-9T has become my favorite ride. It's my prefered buff killer by far. Most buff's ignore the Yak's because they assume it's the Yak-9U, fatal mistake. :)
The 37mm has very little drop so I find kills are pretty easy once you get in semi-close to the enemy. One shot for fighters and 2-3 for bombers. Also the limited load helps develope better gunnery skills for other rides.
Oh yea, the LA-5FN also has a special place in my heart. :)
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190D-9 Dora>SPEED
109G-2>Turns-Climbs very well
(http://www.x-plane.org/users/steveewing/eaglek.jpg)
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Spit V for fighting
F6F for jabo
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Anything British.
... and not for any reasons that have anything to do with K/D or K/S or kill streaks or uber this or that. My tastes were formed long before personal computers were around.
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Hmmmm.....lot of good answers but none for the true suprise of AH.
Give me a 205 anytime....it's not the best at anything but it'll get the job done against anything. A great ride for fun in AH.
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Whatever i feel like at any given moment. :D
Normaly, i try to fly what my squaddies are flying in, i try not to limit myself to any 1 plane, as i find that would just take away from the enjoyment of AH.
My biggest hope for the future?
That would have to be an F8F-1 Bearcat, and a B-29 on the Bomber side of the house. (yes both perks, because none of the current perks give me the desire to waste the perk points i'd lose dying in them)
:D
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I fly a pony because it is the sexiest fighter from WWII. No other reason really except that it's fast, has great firepower, can stay airborne for a week and everybody else gets pony envy when you fly by.
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The 109G6.
I used to be a dedicated buff driver....spent hours in B17s and Ju88s, and scoffed at the thought of 'driving' anything with a mere one engine.
Then my squadmates and I discovered a need for an escort, and the fact that they are extremely hard to come by when you need one.
So, being squad CO, I figured if you need something done, do it yourself, and decided to learn the art of fighter driving so's I could give my mates in their bombers a bit of cover on those long port runs ( this is back in WB days).
Being a LW squad, I decided to fly 109s and started with the F model.
It wasnt long before I discovered that not only was it great fun flying a fighter, the 109, if handled properly, was a killing MACHINE.
Moved to AH, first ever sortie here I upped a 109F4 and got a kill...with the old 1.03 energy/drag model, it really excelled in the vertical fights, whipping the pants off anything bar another 109 if you fought the vertical fight entirely.
After a while, I noticed that every 109 you saw was either a G10 (by far the most common) or an F4, with a couple of Finns flying G2s...no G6s, or at least VERY rarely were they to be seen.
I tried the G6 out, and found it to be a heavy, sluggish, pig of a machine...guess that explained the lack of interest in it.
By this time I considered myself fairly competant in the F4 model, and decided to 'restrict' myself to the G6 for a challenge, for the same reason, the extra challenge, I decided to allways add the extra 20mms, as apparently they detracted from the performance even more.
(Also, a great bloke by the name of Rekkof, a real clown, but one of my early online 'heroes', used to spank me all the time in my 109F, flying a G6R6 in WB....I figured if he could do it, I sure as hell could learn )
Anyway, with the gondolas attached, it WAS a complete pig, and it forced me to learn an entirely new aspect of combat flying...the Energy fight.
I found that after some time, I was actually beginning to like the G6R6 a LOT, once you learned her peculiarities, she would more often than not get you home again with a scalp or two to boot.
Tried most other planes in the game at one stage or another, and allways find myself strapping on a Gustav again ASAP, because nothin' else likes the way I fly.
So thats it, I originally flew a Bf109 G6/R6 almost exclusively out of sheer arrogance really, learned her 'tricks' and 'dont do's', grew to love her, and have yet to find something that suits the way I like to fly better.
Still struggling to be more than mediocre in anythin' though....guess they're all right when they say it takes time to teach an old dog new tricks :)
In Gustav we trust.
Blue :)