Aces High Bulletin Board
General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: JB73 on June 09, 2003, 01:53:50 PM
-
Me and my squad CO JB42 have been noticeing ALOT of Macchi C.205's in the skies lately. a lot more than usual.
personally it's what i learned to fly in about 1 1/2 years ago, and me an JB42 have kind of had a secret love of it. we both feel it's a hidden gem.
for some reason we both got into flying it almost exclusively in the middle of last tour. man did i get the perks (1 sortie @ 5AM with the #'s in the MA 34 bish 49 knits 11 rooks i got 94 perks for 3 kils!!!):cool: but now it's kind of a bummer to fly because so many of you are in it :( LOL
so whats the deal? why have so many people started flying it? have others found the secret of flying it? do you know what it's strength's are?
oh well i'm just curious and bummed my secret weapon has been found.
-
oh well i'm just curious and bummed my secret weapon has been found.
Don't be bummed, your secret weapon was discovered long ago, there are quite a few threads about it.
People don't normally fly the C.205 because it takes time away from their spit/niki/la7.
-
ra .. i know there has always been a select few that knew about it .... go back in the stats though ... 205 has had only a about 4500 kills per tour total.
here we are near the begining of a tour and it has 1000 kills already !
-
More Italian players?
-
pizza map?
it goes well with the tiger skin paint scheme. Drive these colours over europe and everyone will think you'r a drug dealer or something.
Bozon
-
Originally posted by JB73
ra .. i know there has always been a select few that knew about it .... go back in the stats though ... 205 has had only a about 4500 kills per tour total.
here we are near the begining of a tour and it has 1000 kills already !
Near the beginning? At the 9th the tour is almost 1/3rd over. 1000 don't seem to be that much ;)
-
i fly it on and off, it is the best perk collector! Its the Italian Bird of Love!
-
The 205 is the best lil perk farmer in the game :).
-
I try to fly a different plane every tour. The 205 was mine a couple of tours ago....good plane.
-
Dunno... It's a good bird no doubt but I'm tending toward the La 5 for my perk collections.. Think its the same 40 or so value but has better speed and a lil better turning.
-
Originally posted by NoBaddy
The 205 is the best lil perk farmer in the game :).
What he said...........
-
No Macchi for me, lacks firepower ofcourse one doesnt need firepower when skilled but some extra .50's never hurt anyone (who flies it)
-
Originally posted by frank3
No Macchi for me, lacks firepower ofcourse one doesnt need firepower when skilled but some extra .50's never hurt anyone (who flies it)
You sure we are talking about the same plane? I find the 205's cannons to be more than adequate. Now the 202...those 30 cals on it seem to just piss people off :).
-
202 is fun when yer bored with everything else. I go for the kill shots, too hard to disable a plane with those 30s.
-
the 205 is a mustang with 2x cannons? am i right?
-
Originally posted by Ike 2K#
the 205 is a mustang with 2x cannons? am i right?
pretty much ;)
-
205 for loser that cannot shoot, thats why it has 10,000 rounds of cannon.
I never use more than 9,000 to get a kill.
-
Originally posted by bfreek
205 for loser that cannot shoot, thats why it has 10,000 rounds of cannon.
What are u talkin bout 10,00 rounds?
-
he's just an H2H player who cant tell the difference between the inflated ammo load and the real ammo load in H2H.
-
205 is a really great plane. It looks cool and is average in everything. The prob is in a 1 vs 1 u dont really have a chance when ur opponent is one of the popular mainstream planes.
-
i have been flying c205 alot this month, so far 28/11 in it. Sure is fun in the vertical, rolls a heck of a lot better than a spit at speed.
-
skuro and 2k ya gotta put on the thinking cap.
-
Bfreek, do you ever post anything useful???
-
Early in AH, the 205 was a well used plane at least by a few I flew with like Thunder. It does a lot of things well, and has a FWA8 like worth of ammo. Plus it's guns are easier to hit with compared to say, a Nik.
Because it’s flown so rarely now, I assume because of the addition of so many planes since then, the influx of new players either discount it, don't know it exsists, or don’t know how to exploit it while fighting against it.
When the Chog ruled before perks, the N1K2 was considered the same. The La7 wasn't even thought of. If someone searches hard enough, Fatty told ya so.
If enough good pilots flew the 205 regularly, people would squeak about it in mass. And it may be coming, which is a good thing.
Claiming like Toad, and no offense,but your Lazs2 parrot post " Since eye-popping speed and vertigo-inducing rates of climb are my main interest, I will once again mainly fly the F4U-1 with a smattering of FM2 in the intense short range furballs.
I may occasionally take a Mustang out for old time's sake with the squaddies.
A few other incredibly feared and dangerous uber rides like the C-205 for variety maybe.
The 205 being grouped in with the "manly bad" rides if you played long enough is laughable. This ain't no FM2 or whatever the trophy skilled furballers choose as their "I'm more hardcore than you" ride.
If any of the Italian flyers made a "Frenchy Contest" of sorts, Fester would go 300 kills and 2 deaths in a 205. Easily.
-
I should add regarding Fester, by contest day 2.
Sorry about that ommision.
-
Cowl flap programming bugged over in IL-2 again? Lots of time on your hands while they sort out the true opening/closing times at various speeds?
205's a good airplane in some situations. Overall, in this planeset it's very similar to some of the 109's.
-
Ah ha, finally, I understand the “cowl flap” reference you are adamant about yapping about like a little dog on my heel and biting my pant leg when I post.
I was miffed every time you use it as a rebuttal, and therefore had to ignore it. Now I get it, I assume IL-2 has admitted a bug or something regarding it Toad? Dunno.
I play Il-2 in LAN situations, and don’t read their bbs. We just have a riot playing. No BBS banter to try and get all tough, or promote what we fly is better than the other. We just play the game.
Back to the initial post, the 205 is a beast in AH, in all situations.
You’ll have to try harder to seem all at a disadvantage, cool, and a furbal rebel. The 205 doesn’t fit what the image your trying so hard at to promote. Actually, you come off as a newbie boob.
Fly the 205 for awhile, then you'll hide it's merits, not make us goof on you for thinking you found a good fighter.
-
Flew it for a whole tour a while ago.
Oh. Creeeeeeeeeeeeeemmmmmmmoooooo oooh! You're such a manly poster!
I do enjoy you searching out stuff of mine to quote though. Talk about a yappin' pup.
-
The tweak is complete.
Lol, you damn near shat yerself.
-
"woof?
yip, yip, yip, yap?"
Down, Creamo... Down pup!
-
um ok
-
Bendover shut up ..thats useful
-
205 is, as said, a great perk accumulator
Its quite fast but boy, she loves gas....I'd have more perks if I stopped with the "one more kill, then RTB"...cuz i keep running out of gas and wind up ditching
-
My 205 comes with a mini-bar stocked with Jim Bean, fuzzy pink dice hanging from the canopy, sheep skin seat, leather grip yoke, and rudder peddal cozies, and a cigarrette lighter.
Who wouldn't want to fly one?
-
Sheep skin??
SHEEP SKIN!?!?!?!
KILL HIM!!!
-
I find the 205 very good when you are with other people. Just about everything can outclimb or outrun you so you've got to let cons come to you. Then you pounce.
It's also very good for deacking a field
-
I find the 205 to turn rather well...
-
My 205 comes apart in mid flight for easy storage.
Makes great divets in the ground for that "Moon Scape" like effect. It's a Fen Shue thing.
The burning hulk is also great for Cub Scout Jamborees, toasting marshmellows and weenies.
Love it when the ammo goes off!
-
This topic suggested to me to try the C.202 it is a really great handling plane. The guns are not so great, but has a lot of rounds, climbs well, and it is surprisingly fast - especially in a dive.
Once you get on someone's 6 (in a 1v1) with a 202 they just are not going to shake you. Eventually something important will fall off and you will get the kill (as long as no one else swoops in and kills him first).
I am glad I tried it out, I think I will fly 202 a lot more. I don't prefer the 205 at all. Though the 205 has cannon, it doesn't handle nearly so well as the 202.
-
time for a 202 night :)
come on all take up a 202 for the night. lets fill the place up hehe