Unperk the Mosquito Mk. XVI

[tuton25]

It simply doesn't have the speed to compete with P-51's, La-7's, Spitfires, and P-47's like it did early and mid war. I'm all for perking more planes but it just cant compete with alot of late war fighters when its only defence is speed.

[Butcher]

ever fly it at 25k? mmm yeah, tried intercepting one once in a 109k (very late war 109 btw) - 5 sectors it took me to get to 25k - he simply dove and was gone before I could even get to alt.

[Wildcat1]

ever fly it at 25k? mmm yeah, tried intercepting one once in a 109k (very late war 109 btw) - 5 sectors it took me to get to 25k - he simply dove and was gone before I could even get to alt.

It took you five sectors to get to 25k in a K-4? What K-4 was that?

[RedBull1]

I would agree to LOWER the perk cost as it does not have 1 damn gun so if ANYTHING catches you, you ARE dead. But I do not think the entire perk cost should be removed.

[tuton25]

The mossie was used down and dirty at tree top level.
with a perk cost most people will stay away from that
(I do it anyway)

[BaldEagl]

I chased one at over 20K in a Spit XVI one night.  He literally ran me out of fuel and I had to glide home.  I never got in range for a shot.

[pembquist]

Lower the cost. If the bad guys see you behind the lines it easy for them to climb up out ahead of you.

[icepac]

You're using the wrong planes or not enough fuel if you can't intercept a mossie.

[tuton25]

You're using the wrong planes or not enough fuel if you can't intercept a mossie.

My point exactly.......UNPERK THE MOSSIE

[Meatwad]

When did the Mossie start getting perked?

[Karnak]

Mosquito Mk XVI was not a low altitude Mossie.  Its best speed is had at 28,000ft, at which altitude the only F4U that can catch it is a -4.

If you think intercepting the Mossie XVI in anything other than a rocket is easy, well, you've never had to intercept a Mossie driver who knew what he was doing.

Let me put it this way, if a Mossie XVI crosses a sea level airfield at 28,000ft at the same time that a Bf109K-4 takes off to intercept it the Bf109K-4 will be so far behind by the time it reaches 28,000ft that it would need to run WEP for 45 minutes in order to reach firing range. Good luck.


Further, if it were unperked, it would just end up being used to sling 4,000lb bombs at GVs.

When did the Mossie start getting perked?

The late war bomber version, not the fighter version, Meatwad.

[SWkiljoy]

Mosquito Mk XVI was not a low altitude Mossie.  Its best speed is had at 28,000ft, at which altitude the only F4U that can catch it is a -4.

If you think intercepting the Mossie XVI in anything other than a rocket is easy, well, you've never had to intercept a Mossie driver who knew what he was doing.

Let me put it this way, if a Mossie XVI crosses a sea level airfield at 28,000ft at the same time that a Bf109K-4 takes off to intercept it the Bf109K-4 will be so far behind by the time it reaches 28,000ft that it would need to run WEP for 45 minutes in order to reach firing range. Good luck.


Further, if it were unperked, it would just end up being used to sling 4,000lb bombs at GVs.
The late war bomber version, not the fighter version, Meatwad.

THIS. 

[icepac]

I can intercept a mossie regardless of his altitude in yak9, ta152, spit XIV, Spit IX, P51d, p51b, all p47s, 190d-9, and a couple of F4U by climbing above and running him down in a shallow dive or simply by flying at my plane's best speed altitude.

[danny76]

I can intercept a mossie regardless of his altitude in yak9, ta152, spit XIV, Spit IX, P51d, p51b, all p47s, 190d-9, and a couple of F4U by climbing above and running him down in a shallow dive or simply by flying at my plane's best speed altitude.

I sometimes wonder if there is anything you can't do

[Tracerfi]

The mossie was used down and dirty at tree top level.
with a perk cost most people will stay away from that
(I do it anyway)

your thinking of the (Mossie 6) Fighter the bomber (Mossie 16) was a high alt bomber