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Offline Midway

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Re: Curious, why did who choose a 38?
« Reply #15 on: September 25, 2012, 08:06:48 AM »
Hows it going so far?

Ok, but not near as satisfying as my mighty Spitfire.  :cheers:


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Re: Curious, why did who choose a 38?
« Reply #16 on: September 25, 2012, 08:09:28 AM »



Offline Shamus

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Re: Curious, why did who choose a 38?
« Reply #17 on: September 25, 2012, 09:17:09 AM »
I am picturing Tom sitting back and snickering.

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Re: Curious, why did who choose a 38?
« Reply #18 on: September 25, 2012, 09:58:05 AM »
Because there are two pilots who consistently beat my mighty Spitfire MK VIII in their P38J so I wanted to understand the aeroplane better.  Mercy and TwinBoom are unbeatable for me still - they are the only two P38 pilots remaining.   

I will dust off my stick, climb back in my 38 O Death get a few runs in and then there will be three  :joystick: <S> 

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Re: Curious, why did who choose a 38?
« Reply #19 on: September 25, 2012, 09:58:55 AM »
I am picturing Tom sitting back and snickering.

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I'm picturing Shamus sitting back smoking a stogie and snickering at Tom sitting back and snickering. :devil

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Re: Curious, why did who choose a 38?
« Reply #20 on: September 25, 2012, 10:31:03 AM »
Its ok, Tom asked me the same question not that long ago  :devil
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Re: Curious, why did who choose a 38?
« Reply #21 on: September 25, 2012, 10:32:45 AM »
 

I will dust off my stick, climb back in my 38 O Death get a few runs in and then there will be three  :joystick: <S>  



Bring it in November when my Spitfire is in the air again.  I doubt highly that you will win in a P38.  Just sayin... :devil


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Re: Curious, why did who choose a 38?
« Reply #22 on: September 25, 2012, 10:40:11 AM »
There should be a kiddie forum for prattle like this.

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Re: Curious, why did who choose a 38?
« Reply #23 on: September 25, 2012, 10:47:01 AM »
<--Will beat Midway's Spitfire in November.  :)
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Re: Curious, why did who choose a 38?
« Reply #24 on: September 25, 2012, 11:05:11 AM »
<--Will beat Midway's Spitfire in November.  :)

I'll win with substantial frequency.  You may win a few.  Only TwinBoom and Mercy can beat me every single time making me feel like a cheap toy, but that will change soon enough -- hopefully.  :)


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Re: Curious, why did who choose a 38?
« Reply #25 on: September 25, 2012, 11:09:21 AM »
don't focus on the names Midway,   you have to ask yourself the question HOW are just those 2 beating you? 

Of course the b38 cannot flat out turn your spitty that is just impossible!  so maybe they are just being really limp on the stick and throwing you a curve ball baiting you all the way up into the vertical and then reversing you in their stall.   If you find your Spitfire stalling out beneath them with no chance of a shot then you are only losing the energy fight. 

Make sure you have equal speed into the merge and don't let them trick you into thinking they are actually fighting.    :aok
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Re: Curious, why did who choose a 38?
« Reply #26 on: September 25, 2012, 11:15:11 AM »
don't focus on the names Midway,   you have to ask yourself the question HOW are just those 2 beating you?  

Of course the b38 cannot flat out turn your spitty that is just impossible!  so maybe they are just being really limp on the stick and throwing you a curve ball baiting you all the way up into the vertical and then reversing you in their stall.   If you find your Spitfire stalling out beneath them with no chance of a shot then you are only losing the energy fight.  

Make sure you have equal speed into the merge and don't let them trick you into thinking they are actually fighting.    :aok

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Re: Curious, why did who choose a 38?
« Reply #27 on: September 25, 2012, 11:54:46 AM »
don't focus on the names Midway,   you have to ask yourself the question HOW are just those 2 beating you? 

He needs to figure out how?  It's simple -- they're fighting the 38's fight.

How do many of us lose to Spit variants?  We fight the Spit's fight.

Heck, I'll lose to a brand new player if he or she is in a Spit 8.  A Spit 8 should kill anything that turns with it, especially nose-low.  What can't a Spit 8 do well, besides absorb many rounds?  :lol 



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Re: Curious, why did who choose a 38?
« Reply #28 on: September 25, 2012, 12:01:01 PM »
 Mercy and TwinBoom are unbeatable for me still - they are the only two P38 pilots remaining.   :frown:


This is absolutely laughable.  :lol
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Re: Curious, why did who choose a 38?
« Reply #29 on: September 25, 2012, 12:01:58 PM »
He needs to figure out how?  It's simple -- they're fighting the 38's fight.

How do many of us lose to Spit variants?  We fight the Spit's fight.

Heck, I'll lose to a brand new player if he or she is in a Spit 8.  A Spit 8 should kill anything that turns with it, especially nose-low.  What can't a Spit 8 do well, besides absorb many rounds?  :lol 





Lots of P38 pilots fight their type of fight and I win.  These are the only two pilots I can not beat, ever -- in a 1v1.  They are doing something I do not understand yet.  Something other P38 pilots don't do near as well and it is not roping me... It's something about how they roll and turn.  :headscratch:


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