262 Advice

[Messiah]

Just started flying the 262 recently, never really bothered with it before. Besides keeping it fast, is there anything else I should know? And I would prefer film rather than a wall of text.  Any good 262 sticks have some films of sorties you could post?  Thanks in advance.   

[hubsonfire]

First, quit flying like a *****. That will help you get started. 

[Noir]

I'm no 262 ace, but I can give one piece of advice...flying high in a 262 will keep you alive for sure but you'll have trouble to get any kills as any decent player will see you coming and will avoid easily. Keeping it under 10k adds an element of suprise necessary to kill people, at the expense of taking some risks with the high ponies and jugs. Most 6+ kills runs I've seen or made were at low alt.

As for the driving itself, the error I was doing before is to get under 250mph in loopings, himmelman and all climbing maneuvers. Don't hesitate to pull quite hard on loopings so you don't get under 250mph, the early jet engines have almost no power under this speed. Prop planes won't be able to follow you that way and noobs follwing you will end trying to ho you with their nose straight up...free kills. In fw's, staying fast is best, in 262 its a MUST.

[BaldEagl]

Watch for high cons.  I get my share of 262 kills by dropping on them.  I beat one up bad just the other night.  I think he was surprised when he saw my Spit XVI chasing him down

[Noir]

Watch for high cons.  I get my share of 262 kills by dropping on them.  I beat one up bad just the other night.  I think he was surprised when he saw my Spit XVI chasing him down

High alt cons are not so hard to deal with, most prop planes can't handle well over 400mph, while the 262 is in his element. Small turns and well timed rolls will protect you until the prop plane as bled his E. What I fear is Nikies crossing my trajectory for a snapshot, whatever the speed. The good thing is that not everybody flies the nik like busa01.

[fudgums]

yea  dont get shot down 

[SouthLanda]

No wall of text.

Just watch this and enjoy.
http://www.mediafire.com/?rn3mjk0imtx

You need the XVID video codec installed. http://www.xvid.org/

[Gixer]

262 advice? Yes, do what 262's do best. Picking on people with no or little SA, those that are AFK or buffs. Other then that you'll be in one of the most boring rides in the game.  With every one on 200 saying "whos the dweeb in the 262 at..."   


<S>...-Gixer

[evenhaim]

actaully 262s are good fighters, messi pm when your on ill show you some fun noe 262 stuff 

[moot]

Plan ahead.  Unlike what gixer seems to think, there's little room for error.

[Bronk]

262 advice? Yes, do what 262's do best. Picking on people with no or little SA, those that are AFK or buffs. Other then that you'll be in one of the most boring rides in the game.  With every one on 200 saying "whos the dweeb in the 262 at..."   


<S>...-Gixer

Better hope you don't run into furball.

[uberslet]

We all know we like to TnB some, but don't do it in a 262, and thats been said already. Also, try to keep your turns and climbs under 4G's. if you get in trouble dive away if you can, it picks up speed quickly in a dive, and once you level out you'll be the fastest thing around. I prefer to stay NOE so as to keep a larger element of surprise, and i cant effectivily pick anyone with out compressing. i use a convergance of about 350, but shoot at about 200, trying to keep my piper just above the plane, the 30 mm's lose velocity fast, and drop faster. VansCrew is a great 262 stick, and he flies Bishop like you messiah, I'm not sure how he is on teaching, or if he even teaches at all, but PM him sometime and ask him.

[moot]

The 262 is fun to knife fight.  It's not like the spits and others, where you're allowed to make mistakes.. If you screw up a low speed shot against a prop fighter, the odds are that he'll be getting a killshot for at least one or two times in a row after that, while you take a whole minute to get back to safe speed..  It's a bit more fun than 190s and the like - you have a huge handicap, but on the whole, its stalls are a bit more manageable.
And the perk tag means everyone will want a piece of you.

[Gixer]

Better hope you don't run into furball.

Please... Go entertain yourself with little threats in your tin hat to someone else.


<S>...-Gixer

[Stoney]

The 262 is fun to knife fight.

Agreed.  And to continue Moot's thought here, if you're one on one, don't be afraid to slow down and maneuver hard.  The first notch of flaps is available at pretty high speed, and makes a huge difference in your turn radius.  In a crowd, keep it fast, keep it low.  I find that the speed combined with a low-6 shot is pretty lethal.  You'll be coming in from their blind spot and the cannons will do the heavy lifting for you.  If you get slow from maneuvering, always use a 2-3K altitude cushion so you can nose over and help those engines get you back to "plaid".  Level acceleration is lethargic, but even a shallow nose-down attitude will help immeasurably.  Another facet of the speed is that it is easy to accelerate away from the fight, get outside of icon range, and then turn back in.  If you're just a low dot to the bad guy, he'll react completely different than if he see's "ME-262" beside an icon.

Having a 262 above 10K in-game won't do much for you, unless you're hitting buffs.