Plane set gripes for BoF

[Arlo]

Heh ... all I ever wanted was a regular showing of the F4U-1 in a Pac setting (any and all IJ aircraft ... even subbing something for the Ki-84 until it hopefully ... eventually ... gets modeled). VF-17 would regularly attend ... I'll pretty much guarantee.

[KCDitto]

WOW!

That was a long read......

I flying the 109 can honestly say that what Ihave seen so far is a HURRICANE fest.

I drop down from my 10K perch only to find 4 or 5 hurricanes on me and once you give up that alt you are dead meat to a hurricane on your 6.

I have managed to escape a few times but for the most part I hear a constant ping of those annoying little guns untlill I lose a piece of my airplane and go down in flames.

Now Sunday I did have a great fight with 68 in his hurri and me in a 109 at 21K. I found at that alt the 109 could turn with the Hurri. But as "PAPPY" said all furballs gravitate DOWN and we ended up fighting on the deck and I managed to get him with a shap shot but I was losing at that point.

The A-20 in this set up is VERY FAST, now I guess if I flew the 110 I could catch em but in the 109 no chance.

The bottom line is I guess are you having fun?

HELL YEA I AM!

How about you ?

ARE YOU HAVING FUN???????

SEE YOU ALL UP!

kcDITTO

[straffo]

Without any of this : MS406,MB151,MB152 ,D520,Potez 631,br691,Léo451 it's a no go.

[straffo]

Originally posted by storch
Does Straffo ever enter the CT ? Why are you posting a thread?

I agree with Magee and Arlo give them the F4U as much as they want.  I don't see why it's not in every mid to late PTO set up. I'd rather see a low F4U than any other type.  They flame real nice.

I believe the Marines flew it the most but two Navy squadrons did as well.

I do try from try to time ,but I've never seen more than 10 people in the CT and I cannot wait to see the number grow cause I've to work and looking at people milkrunning is not what I prefer.

I would love to see more number in the CT but in my TZ it's a no go too

Except when it's a finnish setup but in general I'm away for work when this kind of setup is up in the CT.

[humble]

I've had more than a few good fights vs the 110 in both P-40 and hurricane. Overall i'm amazed the germans survived 1940. The 109 is a piece of junk and the 110 is dogfood if it loses it's E. Obviously the 110 is competitive in the unrealistic enviornment we have in the CT. But it's easy to see why they required there own escort by the end of BoB. Give them a bomber stream to protect and get the allies airborne and "vectored" in above them and you have a slaughter.

The german plane set as a whole promotes (and is designed) for a B&Z fighting style...obviously the timid (er smart) player can pick and choose his fights in the CT in the 110...however if you flew like that in 1940 and let your bomber stream die you'd be shot when you landed (trust me it did happen more than once). In real life the germans were tied to the bomber stream in a close escort role a lot of the time and suffered accordingly.

azhacker

[Slash27]

obviously the timid

[humble]

Originally posted by Slash27
obviously the timid

Comment wasn't actually aimed at you...or any one else. the 110 (in this set up) has the best gun package and top speed (I believe)...certainly is faster than anything (fighter) the allies can throw up. Since the allies are pretty much a .303 gun set the 110 can ignore the threat of the "face shot" that makes later spitties and hurricanes a threat even in a Neg E state. Flown conservatively the 110 should rack up pretty impressive numbers against the early war plane set.