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General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: fdiron on May 31, 2002, 02:36:11 PM
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Specialty fighters are good for morale, but multi-role fighters are what win wars. Whats your opinion of the best 'general purpose' fighter in Aces High? Take into consideration : range, turning ability, maximum speed, climb rate, bomb load, ammo load, and durability.
My vote for the best general purpose fighter in Aces High goes to the P51D. It is fast, turns ok, carries a large amount of ordinance, has 6 50 caliber machine guns, climbs well, has good visibility, excellent range, and is able to withstand quite a bit of damage.
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P47D-30 or P38L...
Tons of ordinance and both are far more durable than the P51D.
They can also turn with a notch or two of flaps.
8x.50s or 4x.50s+1 20mm.
Plus P38 has two engines- lose one and you can still make it home.
-SW
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In AH the F4U-1c and F4U-4 both have some significant advantages in your specified list of characterstics over the P-51D. I would place the F4U-4 at the top in the multi-role category.
Hooligan
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F6F. If you can't turnfight against your opponent, you can e-fight against them. You can jabo with rockets and two thousand pounders, de-ack with six fifty's, strap on a tank and fly forever or use the tank to arrive at the furball with dogfight fuel. It's available at carriers, has an ENY of 22, which makes it a decent perk gatherer, it is more durable than the 51 and finally it has good all around visibility. I'm starting to really like the kitty.
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In terms of AH, I would have to agree with Hooligan. The F4U-4 can do it all, and from a carrier as well.
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Typhoon has to figure in there somewhere.
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I would have to say that the best all-purpose fighters (excluding perks) are the P51D Mustand, F4U-1D Corsair and the P47D30 Thunderbolt.
These guys have long range, massive loadouts, good speed, and can do almost anything but low-speed turn fights.
Hehe and of course, therein lies the rub. The way the game plays out now, 70-80% of the action is in low alt low speed furblass ~ which is why there are so many Spit IX's, N1K's and 109's around all the time.
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P-38 no question about it.
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Tempest V.
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American iron has always specialized in being multirole ;)
P-38 certainly has its advantages, especially since economics don't come into play for this game. In real life, the P-38 was too expensive for its performance. The P-51 was cheaper, faster, and longer ranged.
P-47s, F4Us, and F6Fs are all about the same to me. They trade some top end speed for durability compared to the P-51. Of course the F6F and F4U are carrier capable too.
Depending on your exact needs, any of those aircraft can get the job done almost as well as the others. I love and fly all of them.
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B26 :D It can turn, climb, dive, and it's rather durable.
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F4U-1C
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bf-110G2
Nuff said...
NUTTZ
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I forgot to vote the P38 ~ what a fantastic plane.
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f4u-4 (or 1d if you want non-perked)
Can do anything, from anywhere, including carriers.
p38 is excellent except for the lack of carrier ability...
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F6F dominates all. The Hellcat can take damage like no other, carries the most 50 cals other than P47 with 2400. It can carry 6 rocks and 2 x 1K bombs, which is excellent. Its turning ability is awesome! It dives really quickly. Level flight may not be that good, but it can turn with pretty much everything. I have outturned an A6M many times in an F6F. If this isn't the fastest fighter, it has a great roll rate with speed, turns great and can fight with the best of them. P51, P38, P47.
~BlueiceJ~
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as much as I like the jugs and the hellkittens, I must admit that the best all around fighter in AH is the......
P-38L !
flew it a bit last tour, and it's a monster!! :eek:
builds E fast enough, turns well for an E fighter, zoom is great, big load, good range, good guns, good alt preformance, rugged as a tank....
Bozon
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P51 BEST All Around plane .... Yeeehaaa :p
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Me-262
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The La7 with WEP.
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I'd have to say the P-38L Lightning or Typhoon Mk Ib.
Perk planes aren't because they can't be used in the ground attack role by anybody who hasn't got gobs of perk points.
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P38L gets my vote too.
It is above average in every catagory.
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Sorry my vote is for the 110 G2 and you get some hvy 30mm to boot :D
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P-51D if flown properly followed by Yak-9U.
Kuben
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Originally posted by Kuben
P-51D if flown properly followed by Yak-9U.
Kuben
yak-9U?
Detects someone is smoking the funny stuff..
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It's a killer and fun as heck to fly.
Fly it like the P-51D and you'll have an epiphany.
I'm on Codine for the pain...go easy man!
Kuben :D
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I have to chime in on the side of the F6F. Does everything but speed well. (P-38 ranks up there as well.)
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P38 coz it outclimbs all fully loaded and so it is mostly first on target
it also carries a cannon wich helps in jabo.
and can lose an engine while deacking :)
great use as fighter as well
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Originally posted by Kuben
It's a killer and fun as heck to fly.
Fly it like the P-51D and you'll have an epiphany.
I'm on Codine for the pain...go easy man!
Kuben :D
The Yak is one of the best fighters in the game. Doesn't get a great deal of use, largely due to its light gun package. Nonetheless, fly it to its potential and it a very dangerous adversary for any fighter in the game.
I must point out that the Yak is a premier killer of the Mustang. I'm 9/0 against the Mustang while flying the Yak-9U, 50/7 against all types in the Yak. For than matter, I went 62/7 against the P-51 in this tour.
Now, as an all around fighter, the Mustang beats the Yak due to the Yak not having any provision for ordnance. However, as a pure fighter, the Yak wins hands down.
The Yak-9U has 458 kills and has been killed 382 times against the P-51D.
The Yak-9U has 49 kills and has been killed 35 times against the P-51B.
My regards,
Widewing
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mosquito, p38, p47, f4u, typhoon
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p38
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I guess it would have to be the P51D for me, a good ground attack plane, fighter and escort aircraft.
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Tiffie for me, i use it for everything. :)
It's very fast down low, about 400mph @ 20k- so fast enough to catch bombers, has 4 hispanos (never a bad thing), can carry 2k of bombs and it turns alright.
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N1k2j
Two 500lb bombs, four 20mm cannon, 900 rnds, more fuel than you'll ever need and that's without the 300liter drop tank . Oh and it's been said that it is somewhat capable at air to air combat .
f4u1c is runner up .
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F4U4...:)
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F6F, P38, F4Us, P47s
sry i don't fly p51...i like the hellcat alot better
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P38 by far.
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F4U-4 should edge out all others because it is carrier capable along with it's other advantages.
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P-51 , P-38 , f6f , P-47