Way to go ghi! It amazes me how many people fall for such a simple tactic. I've flown with ghi on vox many times, and I can say that he honestly doesn't care what anyone says about his tactics. I don't enjoy the same game style he does, but he's a great guy and I love watching him plug pickers/vultures as they miss their BnZ pass.
It's not the tactic, it's the execution. In F3 mode he has full command of the plane the ability to watch incoming bandits/tracers and take evasive action, something he can't do from the pilot seat and which gives this plane much greater defensive capability, hense survivablity, than this plane would actually possess do to it very poor rear visibility. The iL-2 is an excellent turning plane at low speeds which can generate a lot of high deflections shots. Making most of those shots impossible, is the fact that you can't see the bandit or your tracers because they are below the nose. F3 mode allows for target tracking and shot correction in a common situation where neither should be possible.
So F3 mode changes the offensive and defensive abilities of the iL-2 in a away that is not consistent with the game principles.
This isn;t about Ghi, I have no problem with him doing it if it's part of the game. But I think from the replies on the board, many like me did not undertand that iL-2 could be flow from F3 mode hense it isn;t taken into account when attacking the plane. And while many will now be educated, simply knowing about it is no excuse for leaving it in the game.
Ghi is nice guy and very fine stick who has demonstrated his skill, game knowlege, and creativity by understanding how F3 mode could make an iL-2 a stealthy killer. But I think, he's had his fun, and this F3 mode oversight should be fixed.
Vinkman
