FW190-A8

[Lipwig]

Verra Verra nice - was liking the Tiffie but am finding myself more a Wurger sort of chap!

[DEECONX]

Congrats?  


Which gun pack do you prefer on it?

[MjTalon]

Light gun package or 4x 20mm will do.. Those 30's aren't worth the performance hit unless you're certain the only thing you'll be engaging are bombers.

[DEECONX]

Light gun package or 4x 20mm will do.. Those 30's aren't worth the performance hit unless you're certain the only thing you'll be engaging are bombers.

Yeah, I usually roll the 4x20s myself

[Muzzy]

As I've said before, the A8 is my ride of choice even though it's arguably not the best ride out there.  I can get hits reliably, saddle up using yo-yo/bnz tactics and even whirl around low on the deck and still get kills. It's rugged enough to get me home in case of (frequent) engine hits, and killing bombers is not the fear-inducing experience it used to be, just a challenge. If I find the time I'll do a more thorough write-up on this bird.  Honestly, I never thought I'd be so good in this bird, but like marriage, we're stuck with each other and it more or less works out.

[Ruah]

its good, but i still prefer the A5, its a faster accelerator, turns better and has better low alt pefomance.  The A8 is just too heavy for my taste - but I do fly it more then the Dora.

[Muzzy]

I agree, the A5 is zippy and light and a lot of fun to fly, but I have trouble making kills in it, largely because it doesn't throw enough lead in the air for my purposes.

[Oldman731]

and even whirl around low on the deck and still get kills.

I need you to teach me then.  I've been working on the A8 for years, and still consider it just a notch above the P-40B as an iron dog.

So what's the secret?

- oldman

[Muzzy]

Training manual forthcoming.

[ACE]

A5 is a true beast I had a film of me beating a G14 in a sustained rolling sissisorcs somehow I won very awesome film but since I deleted aces high I do not haveit

[Plazus]

The A5 generally performs better than the A8 at most altitudes. The A8 has a faster top speed from 10k to 19k. The only real thing the A5 lacks is in armor and firepower. It can out-turn, out-climb, out-roll, and out-accelerate the A8 at all altitudes. The difference in handling of these two aircraft become more apparent when you fly above 15k. The A8 has a tendency to dip a wing in high-g manuevers, whereas the A5 is a bit more stable in the turns due to the lighter wingloading.

Of the times I have flown the 190, I always used the A5 for pure dogfighting purposes, favoring its good manueverability. And for the A8 as more of a bomber destroyer and with the presence of a wingman.

[LLogann]

I flew the A5 last SEA I was in, 6 kills to lead the whole night..... A8 would never get that many...... But as a porkPlane goes, I LOVE the A8!!!

[Perrine]

190 blows!

it can't even turn with bf110G

[The Fugitive]

190 blows!

it can't even turn with bf110G

Sure it can, it's all in how you use the plane.

Perrine do you even play the game?

[Perrine]

Sure it can, it's all in how you use the plane.

Perrine do you even play the game?

well 190 to me is kinda boring...

in DA i had more success with turnin n burnin 110G.  To lighten the plane I dump the rear guns, 4x 20mm cannons and only keep the 2x 30mm for good insta-kill snapshots.


btw i'm thinking of resubscribing on december