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General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: bustr on July 29, 2003, 09:35:57 PM
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I have been flying the P47D-25 exclusivly this tour for the Frenchy Award and because I agreed with him to do so. I'm finding by flying the same plane every day some of the following:
1. I'm coming to appreciate the plane and learn how to use it to my advantage.
2. Becuase Im in the same flight envelope all of the time, I've started to recognise the strengths and weakness of all the other AC's in AH.
3. I'm more focused on my SA and ACM due to being intimate with my plane's deficiencies.
I know this is reinventing an old wheel. But it is a new awakening to me. How do I go forward with this and make the best next move with it? I know all of the AH, AW, and WB legends passed here before me. I'm hopeing to not blow this hard learned lesson.
Thank you all for kicking my kester so I could learn this.:)
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Fly the 109 G-6 with the tater, master it and become an AH master.
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Originally posted by XNachoX
Fly the 109 G-6 with the tater, master it and become an AH master.
I'm waiting to see someone do that with the A8.
- oldman
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well i think lazerus squad has masted the 190A8 im in the process of mastering the 190 right now.:) :cool:
skull12
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yeah Jg2 in the A8 pretty good
my CO JB42 is ok too.
back to topic. you want to learn the best kept secret in AH?
do this with 4-5 planes. especially the c.205.
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Yeah, the C.205 is far, far better than its usage indicates.
So is the La-5FN.
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I would love to fly 1 plane and get real good at it but theres a problem. I suck at B&Z style fighting and will get killed every time I try it. T&B is just my style, give me an fm2 or a spit 5 ahd I am a happy man and can land kills almost every time. The problem is that the T&B type fighters don't cary a lot of ord like say a p-38, pony or the jug. I am good a jabo type attacks and can take out a hanger or vh in one pass, have no trouble picking off gv's, but if I end up in a dogfight, I'm going to die. I did take a 205 up several times and learned that if you burn the wing tanks first it helps. In fact the only weakness I found is it eats up fuel, and vis from the drivers seat is not that good. Great guns with tons of ammo. Climbs like a rocket, and doesn't start compressing till around 450mph.
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Originally posted by bustr
I know this is reinventing an old wheel. But it is a new awakening to me. How do I go forward with this and make the best next move with it? I know all of the AH, AW, and WB legends passed here before me. I'm hopeing to not blow this hard learned lesson.
Thank you all for kicking my kester so I could learn this.:)
I've always looked upon the art of air combat as an ongoing process and one should never stop trying to learn. In the 10 years I've been playing online flight sims, 9 of those have been spent flying the P-38 exclusively and I have yet reached the point where I've felt I've learned everything there is to know about air combat or the P-38.
If I was you, I'd never stop the learning process, even if it means you have to fly different planes in order to further it. The learning process includes scouring the around for articles pertaining to what you want to learn and even some practical hands-on learning by going to the DA and dueling some of the better pilots and have them teach you the stuff you're having problems with. Last tour I was having some troubles with a certain type of reversal and asked Shane to help me out in the DA. He then showed me the maneuver and worked with me until I had gotten it down correctly. So in other words, you can never learn too much.
Ack-Ack
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I agree with AKAK on this one. I have far less than his experience, less than a year, but I constantly seek to improve myself.
I do not like the idea of one plane for each tour, too boring. However. the argument that you get to learn this aircraft's strengths and weaknesses very well is very valid. I feel at home in a number of fighters, most noticably the F4U-1 and FM-2 and to a lesser extent the P-51B. But here are planes with which I don't do as well in (the F4U series belonged to this category until I persisted with them). So I may choose to fly a N1K2 instead of an FM-2, Fw-190-D9 instead of P-51 etc. You'll notice that the extra few percent of confidence you miss flying otherwise quite comparible planes makes quite a lot of difference. Suddenly you feel less able, less confident. I am perfectly capable of jumping from a Hog into a 109 (a greater contrast is hard to find) without disaster, but right on the edge, where it matters, it can mean the difference between life or death. And of course, there are always planes that will be difficult to master because they are simply uncompetitive. Having said this, SA is the most important here, not pure flying ability. A real ace will trash me one on one in comparable planes, no doubt. But an ace at a tactical disadvantage (especially with regard to numbers) will lose to an avarage pilot 9 times out of ten. Still, maybe it's the hallmark of a REALLY good pilot that he never finds himself at a tactical disadvantage. As far back as WWI, pilots found out that the best way to survive is only to fight at your own terms, never on those of the enemy.
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I flew every fighter till I landed at least 1 kill in it for a tour. I never got above 6k agl to keep it relative. I don't think I learned much more than when I fly my normal 1-4 planes per tour. You learn a lot about the other planes by flying against em... just because I can't do something in a G6 for instance, doesn't mean it can't be done.
lazs
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Flying the same plane for an entire tour sounds kind of boring to me.
But hey, if you like something, might as well stick with it.
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Fly a slow fighter into a furball for kicks. I've been flying the A6M5b Zero for my TnB fix the past 2 tours...never had more fun in a furball....
...trying to get back to base doing barrel rolls etc. to fend off the chasing enemy(s) while out of ammo will set your hair afire!
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I've been flying the jug more and more and its an amazing plane. But I'd say the "best" single plane is the 205. It's an amazing bird for a late 42 early 43 fighter. At one point there was a strong push for it to replace the 109 in 43...was stopped on political grounds. Had the plane been upgraded with a better cockpit and engine it would of been a dominant 44 fighter...as it is its a mustang killer second to none.
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"T&B type fighters don't cary a lot of ord like say a p-38, pony or the jug."
huh , i thought the P38 was a T&B, i guess i been flying it wrong.
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Originally posted by john9001
"T&B type fighters don't cary a lot of ord like say a p-38, pony or the jug."
huh , i thought the P38 was a T&B, i guess i been flying it wrong.
No you haven't, it's one of those planes that is good at both E fighting and Angles fighting but doesn't excel in any one area.
ack-ack
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Originally posted by medicboy
I would love to fly 1 plane and get real good at it but theres a problem. I suck at B&Z style fighting and will get killed every time I try it. T&B is just my style, give me an fm2 or a spit 5 ahd I am a happy man and can land kills almost every time.
Nothing says you can't T&B with a P51 or a P38. You may not survive, but you'll learn that plane's envelope real quick. Heck, you might get some kills you never expected and a little respect from suprised furballers to boot!
I've seen guys like Leviathn do great on the deck in a Typhoon and Nath proved to us all that you can indeed turnfight in an A8.
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Originally posted by Oldman731
I'm waiting to see someone do that with the A8.
- oldman
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