Friday November 14th

[kanttori]

Still waiting the map chancing... our Squad evening starts after 40 minutes... Brady: Switch the map soon, please!:)

[Oldman731]

Originally posted by brady
Only 40 Shoping days left till Christmass!

Finally I'm back in town, and look at the great setup waiting for me.  Thanks, Brady.

- oldman

[RTR]

Okay...someone better take the booze and lock it back up, Kantorri's getting all mushy.

Like the setup though:aok
RTR

[KCDitto]

I liked the fights I got into last night and think this is a fun evenly matched set up--good job

[brady]

You mean the Wildcat?, if so ,No I will not, as I mentioned above this is a suto 41/early 42 set up and their were no Wildcats their then. Also as I mentioned before it is Inthended to Highlight the P40E and the 202, that means it is an intenionaly restricted plane set.

[brady]

O...so many F-4's in the game dident know what you ment:)

 No I will not, for the reasions I stated above it would give the Axis a tremendious advantage and defeat the basic principle of the set up, which is to highlight the 202/P40E.

[KCDitto]

I can understad your desire to highlight the P40 and 202,

BUT! have you been in the arena this weekend?   DUH  yes you have I have seen you there....

All I see is HURRICANES and 1 or 2 P-40s

Just an observation

KCDitto

[brady]

The 202 and the P40E anr the primary preformes for their respective sides, if folks would rather fly the Slowe Huricane then so be it, it's their choice, my observations the 5 other times I have flow this plane set were folks switched back and forth between their mounts, and so what if they do? That in and of it's self is no reasion to give the Germans a clearly supoiur plane.

[detch01]

Originally posted by storch
OK Brady whatever but it's almost a Hurri fest at this time.
 

  Hurricanes don't accelerate well, can't do negative g maneuvers without losing power and have anemic fire power. They turn well at low speeds but that's about it. The Axis iron in this setup all out run it, out dive it, out zoom it and out accelerate it. Two out of the three axis rides out gun it. People playing the LW side should be encouraging the Allied players to fly more hurricanes .

[SmokinSS]

I have been enjoying the hurri. Enjoying the set-up also Brady.
Thanks

Robert

[Arlo]

HAHAHAHAHALOLOLOLOLOLOLOROFLH AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

[ergRTC]

202 owns this setup, always has.  Amazing plane.  I love the p40, but no point in flying it when 1 202 with alt means you are dead, or 1 low 202 means you will be dead a little later.

Hurricane is the only chance you have, at least you can turn with them then.



me? I will say in the leather pants during this setup.

[Squire]

For a N. African setup, its a fair setup. I dont subscribe to the 100 percent balanced thing to begin with but I have a few comments.

The MC202 is far and away the better fighter to the P-40E, you dont need to "explode" the P-40 with 4 x 20mm cannon to shoot it down. All that LA-7, Fw190 MA flying leaves people thinking you have to have batteries of cannon or the armament sucks. Not true. A P-40E is not a B-26 or an A-20. You dont need that kind of firepower to down it.

As for the 109F, yes it was there, but so was the slower MC200 and the Fiat G50. To just give the axis the 109F and MC202 (the very best they had) and not have any representation of the relative #s of those planes will lead to a setup that is too far out of balance to be playable.

Same reason the CT setups featuring "Normandy" usually dont have the Tempest (that I have seen)...even though it served in the campaign.

I like flying the P-40E, its not uber, but its a close enough match if you fight with a friendly near you.

[scJazz]

Plane comparison of current setup

1) P40E - reasonably fast once it has accelerated to top speed which takes forever. Best gun package available. Loses E far to quickly and can't get it back. Turns very well for 2 or 3 merges then it is out of E and dead.

2) Hurricane - Slow slow slow... 8 x .303s actually isn't such a bad set of guns. No negative Gs can really screw things up. Turns VERY well.

3) 109E4 - Slightly faster than the P40E at some alts. The guns are weak. Don't fire until your at point blank range. Turns adequately.

4) 202 - Accelerates reasonably well. Fastest of all the planes. Only 1 with any chance of catching a Boston. Weakest set of firepower available. Turns well while fast.

Which one is the winner? C.202 by a clear margin. The weak guns are more than made up for in its ability to stay out of NME gun solutions.

[brady]

") 109E4 - Slightly faster than the P40E at some alts. The guns are weak. Don't fire until your at point blank range. Turns adequately. "



 Above 15K the 109E4 is slighlty faster, below that Alt the P40E is Faster all the way down to the deck.