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General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: GA on March 06, 2002, 09:05:44 AM
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Hi Gents!
Wich is the best Bomber in here?
* B26
* B17
* Lanc
* JU 88
What is your choice when you fly on a bomber mission, and why?
I prefer the B17:
- it have Guns all over;), And under his belly. Can almoust protect you at all time;).
- Its climb rate is good to be a heavy Bomber.
- Good Bomb loaud out
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B17 cause it can bite back.
With a Lanc you are just waiting for that fighter to chew you up and spit you out.
Broesy
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yap agree, a bomber without a gunner under its belly, you are no match for a good fighter;)
Why did the Lanc come with out a Belly gun???, and the same goes for the other as well;)
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the P-47. :D
dh
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AR 234 here
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Personally, I perfer the B-26.
I can maneuver enough to use the waist gunners to cover my belly.
Plane moves fast for a bomber, and those front firing MG's (50 cals?) are great for tank busting and town flattening.
Makes a nice, fast low level, medium bomber.
It's my ride of choice, until the B-29 finds it's way into AH.
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It's not that I prefer ant bomber over the other, they all have their advantages(duh, they where chosen for that or we'd all be flying B24's). It totally depends on the sitiuation. I'm just a bmber potato
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What’s the best bomber in AH?
The one broken in half, smoking from all engines, and twisting toward the ground ;).
Zippatuh
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The one spinning into the ground, firing all it's guns on the way down, 10 sec away from dropping the fighter hangers at the field I'm at. Hopefully.... it took him an hour or so to get to that point.
lazs
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tsk tsk tsk lazs. You forgot about the chute.
Hooligan
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I love those not returning fire or AFK ;)
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Which Bomber do you prefer in AH???
All of them. I am an equal opportunity fluff killer.
Westy
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The ones that insist on taking off at a field you are vulching.
-SW
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I fly the B26 mostly because of its higher climb rate. When a bomber's hard work can be undone with one C47 supply drop, why bother spending 30 minutes climbing to 20K?
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Originally posted by GA
Hi Gents!
Sexist! ;)Wich is the best Bomber in here?
For the guns, the B17 - but for the bombload, the Lanc! :D More often than not, I prefer the bigger bombload of the Lanc and take my chances with the lack of ball turret. :)
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I think the reason he said "gents" was because he already knew what a lady like yourself would choose.
Of course you picked the biggest bomber with the biggest load since size really does matter to women ;)
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he he Sorry Flossy;)
Ladyes and Gentlemen;)
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for me i like the b26 its fast and some what nimble. but i really like the ju88 it is a beautiful fm too bad it has piss poor guns . because we all fly around in these novocaine rides with no fighter escort most of the time i like the ju88 better .
who knows maybe one day we will get the ju188 at least a little better defencive guns
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Originally posted by streakeagle
I think the reason he said "gents" was because he already knew what a lady like yourself would choose.
Hehe, yeah right! ;)
Of course you picked the biggest bomber with the biggest load since size really does matter to women ;)
Ah well, y'see I'm a big girl, so I am naturally drawn to a big bomber! :p
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Originally posted by GA
he he Sorry Flossy;)
Ladyes and Gentlemen;)
Hehe, GA... sorry, couldn't resist! Just winding you up! ;) :p
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I rotate between 2 buffs.... the Ar234 for fast, precise hits on special targets (fuels, radar, ord) and of course, the Lancaster
Yes, the Lancaster isn't nearly as well defended as the B-17. But if you *do* make it to target, you have more than 2x the ordinance to drop on target.
If I'm all out drunk, I'll be doing low level stuff in Ju88s because she is so much fun to fly. Pity those Nerf guns do not do much more damage. One wishes they could throw the co-pilot out the back, that might actually damage a trailing con!
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Ju-88 .. very pretty model. Such a great feeling when you acutally shoot down a plane with those painball guns. Got 3 kills yesterday all in one JU-88 flight, I was amazed.
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Lancaster is good for very lightly defended targets. However the Boeing B17 Flying Fortress can do in Aces High what it couldnt do in World War II-Fight its way to the target and fight its way back. So my bomber of choice is the B17 when theres any chance I might get hit by enemy fighters.
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I never mentioned my preference, got too distracted by the women ;)
I love the B-17 simply because I have always loved it. When I was in 1st grade, I built my first model airplane ever: an MPC 1/72 B-17. What more could a kid ask for than big retractable landing gear, movable guns all over the place, and four propellors that actually turn when you hold it in front of a fan.
I have been mainly a fighter man in all other ways, but the B-17 will always hold a special place in my heart. She just looks like the Queen of the Skies. I have a 1/48 Monogram B-17G hanging over the doorway to my room. The very curves and lines of the B-17 elicit responses in me not unlike those I might get from seeing a pretty woman. Just a solid appreciation for classic beauty.
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Just a solid appreciation for classic beauty.
That's down-right eloquent, man! Where's that box of tissues?
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234 only way to buff now in AH
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I love to fly the JU 88, and I look real good in the AR 234, but I have more time in the Lancaster than all others combined in the MA, howeaver I fly in the CT now so all I fly is the JU 88 (till we get the Peggy:) )
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TBM.
No one expects it and when they see it they laugh and go back to furballing. Meanwhile i level the city/hangars/ack then fly home.
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B17
You can take out all the ack of a large base,then flatten the town with it's guns...No other plane can do that...
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I like the B-26.I like how fast it is. And for an Med Bober, 8 500's isn't too shabie of a load. But I do like taking the Lanc out when I need a big bomb load out. Nothing like it. I just would like to see my fellow Knights come up and cover me.
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Ju88 for the most versatile bombload and best divebombing characteristics.
2000kg for any structure like a hanger, 20 x50kgs for all smaller targets or gvs.
salvo 2x50kg on a gv and it mostly goes pop :)
My typical strike in a ju88 is to drop 3x500kg on one of the hangers, hit acks with single 50kg's then salvo 2x50kg's and divebomb the defending gvs (use that last 500 here :)) then run like crazy at @ 0 feet :D. guns are useless though but its amazing how many think 'ju88-switch off brain..slow attack from dead 6' ;)
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divebombing in a ju88 hazed u have to show me how to do that one of these days sounds fun never thought of that.
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what is a bomber?:p
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B-26 is my first choice because after you drop your bombs you can use it as a heavy fighter. Give me your e-mail and I'll send you a movie of me in a B-26 last month where I shot down a P-51, and TBM with the forward firing .50's and 2 silly spitties with the tail guns. On that mission alone I got 9.38 perkies and I had to bail!
Now with the B-17 my only real gripe is that its guns are too easy to get knocked out. I once had an La-7 come up from behind and banked off to the left trying to spray me with cannon fire. I only heard 1 little *plink* and both my tail gun and ball turret were taken out! Also its not as easy to be aggressive in a B-17 if you are flying it alone, after droppin your bombs you have to just lumber along and wait for someone to climb up to you. I like to cut my throttle back so I'm only poking along at about 200 and then when I see someone about 3k away I'll throttle back up to 100%. And I don't do 35k either, I like either 18 or 20k. I give everyone the same chance to take me out, unless they crawl straight up my six.
JU-88, I like its maneuverability down low but its offensive guns just stink! Its great for droppin a hanger or doing a torpedo run, also with 20 50kg bombs in its bay its great for taking out masses of armour. When laoded up it climbs like a Lancaster, so keep it simple and keep it close to base. You can truely come straight up its six to take it out, this is by far the easy kill of bombers.
Now with that last statement some would say it for the Lancaster. Having no belly turret all one has to do is dive underneath you untill you are directly overhead and pull up. I usually aim for an outboard wing, only a few rounds of cannon will take that off and your last hour of flying will seem like a waist of time. The Lancaster has 3 turrets, the nose guns have 2000 rounds... the top turret has 2000 rounds... and your tail turret has ONLY 600 rounds?!? When you are fully loaded it will only climb at 500 fpm, so when you see one at 20k you can do the math on how long it took just to get up to that hieght. To be honest, many times that I do a bomb run in a Lanc I'll do it while I'm at my office. I will take off from some rear base back on the edge of the map, setup my climb then turn off my monitor and come back in an hour. Now I may be a rare case but I've only been shot down once while doing that. The Lanc is great for stirring the pot, you can drop all the fighter hangers at a large base in just 2 passes. Before you go up see if you can find where Laz2 or Mandoble the wonder vulchers are flying out of and go level the hangers. Then just sit back and listen to all the whiners on channel one and take satisfaction in knowing you caused all there joy for the day! :D
I guess I have to say something about the Il-2... if there ever was a flying coffin this would be it! If you think the P-47 is a turd at low altitude you aint seen nothing till you go for a spin in this thing. Heck even a C-47 can out run you on the deck, and that's no lie.
Well any how that's my two bits... :)