Author Topic: Flat Tops in Navy Blue - 1943. June 1st setup (Read 1288 times)

Guppy35 · « **Reply #15 on:** May 30, 2007, 04:08:49 PM »

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Originally posted by Soulyss
lol, wish I could have stuck around longer last night. Was a good brawl we all had going on there. As for next week my personal preference/opinion is that the F6F provides a more interesting match up than the F4U does, as it is closer in performance I think. (N1K vs. F6F is one of the best in the game I think). That being said this looks like a pretty solid setup, I expect some good fights, and I expect to get slaughtered if/when I get bounced @ 3k by high zekes.

Nothing wrong with 3K. It's the place to be

Soulyss · « **Reply #16 on:** May 30, 2007, 04:10:31 PM »

never said there was anything wrong with getting slaughtered by high zekes @ 3K.

daddog · « **Reply #17 on:** May 30, 2007, 07:22:52 PM »

Gents,

Here is the general area of the fights. Also the general locations of the IJN and American CV’s.

KayBayRay · « **Reply #18 on:** May 31, 2007, 01:20:01 PM »

Why no F6's? Just curious.

Any chance they could be added to the mix?

Later,
KayBay

daddog · « **Reply #19 on:** May 31, 2007, 03:08:26 PM »

With the information I have the F6F did not come out till 44. This is a 43 setup.

Shifty · « **Reply #20 on:** May 31, 2007, 03:19:04 PM »

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Originally posted by KayBayRay
Why no F6's? Just curious.

Any chance they could be added to the mix?

Later,
KayBay

The AH F6, is the F6F-5 a 1944 version. F4F's were still common on USN Flatops in 43. Hopefully the F6F-3 will make the stable one of these years, along with some other badly needed Japanese planes for historical setups. The big money is in the MA though, so I'm not holding my breath.

Oldman731 · « **Reply #21 on:** May 31, 2007, 03:27:24 PM »

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Originally posted by Shifty
The AH F6, is the F6F-5 a 1944 version. F4F's were still common on USN Flatops in 43. Hopefully the F6F-3 will make the stable one of these years, along with some other badly needed Japanese planes for historical setups. The big money is in the MA though, so I'm not holding my breath.

Heh, they're funny over there, still arguing over whether the arena split was good or bad.

I so love the AvA.

- oldman

Shifty · « **Reply #22 on:** May 31, 2007, 03:32:06 PM »

Yep it's like they're arguing over the color of the lipstick they want to put on the pig.

Dichotomy · « **Reply #23 on:** May 31, 2007, 04:05:37 PM »

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Originally posted by Oldman731
Heh, they're funny over there, still arguing over whether the arena split was good or bad.

I so love the AvA.

- oldman

Indeed

Soulyss · « **Reply #24 on:** May 31, 2007, 04:24:35 PM »

F6F-5 doesn't really over that much over the F6F-3 in terms of Air to Air performance, they added water injection and the roll rate is improved somewhat but I'm not sure if it was the degrees per second that was increased or the stick forces required to deflect. (not sure how much of an improvement it made, I'll have to check when I get home)

While important I don't think it would through things off too much. The F6F-3 was already faster than the opponents it faced, and even with the spring tabs I the roll rate isn't the best out there.

More concerning, and I consider the strongest argument for using the F4U-1 instead of the F6F-5 is the ordanence capability of the -5 Hellcat.

toonces3 · « **Reply #25 on:** May 31, 2007, 05:37:44 PM »

Any excuse to take up my beloved P-40E.

I'll be shooting down a few of you tomorrow night.

See ya,
Toonces

TheBug · « **Reply #26 on:** May 31, 2007, 05:55:21 PM »

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Originally posted by Shifty
Yep it's like they're arguing over the color of the lipstick they want to put on the pig.

Storch wears make-up? That's disturbing.

Shifty · « **Reply #27 on:** May 31, 2007, 06:41:55 PM »

Is that stink bait your tossing out? Storch is no bottom feeder. I'd classify him as more of an aggressive game fish. I'd switch to a top water lure. Besides it's more fun to see the actual strike than it is to just watch a cork sink.

TheBug · « **Reply #28 on:** May 31, 2007, 06:48:52 PM »

I'm thinking he's pretty hungry..

daddog · « **Reply #29 on:** May 31, 2007, 07:41:07 PM »

Gents since the 1st is tomorrow (Friday) it might be better if I set this up Saturday morning early. Apparently the first of the month causes problems due to the arena's resets and I would have to set it up all over again on Saturday anyway. I hate doing things twice when you don't need to.

I am checking with Fork on what I can do. At this point I am planning on setting it up early Saturday morning. About 9 AM Eastern (6 AM my time).