Non-Easy Mode Planes

[Slade]

For you long time AH veterans, what would be the top 3 hardest to fly fighter planes and why?

Thanks. 

[olds442]

Any of the GVs... I've never have made them fly.

[Karnak]

Me410: because its high wing loading and poor power to weight ratio make combat maneuvers difficult.  It is also a fairly large target while not being particularly fast.
P-40C: Weak guns coupled with poor performance across the board.
C.202, Hurricane Mk I, Spitfire Mk Ia: Weak guns coupled with lower echelon performance, except in the turn, and, in the Hurri and Spit's case, a gravity fed carburetor.

[Oldman731]

For you long time AH veterans, what would be the top 3 hardest to fly fighter planes and why?

Hummm....

Well, at the top (or bottom?) of the list would be the P40B-C and the P-39D, simply because their performance is so pathetic, even against their contemporary opponents.

Of the more modern planes, I think the FW-190A-8 is very hard to fly with success, unless you're simply blowing through furballs or attacking bombers.  It doesn't turn or climb well, it isn't terribly fast, so unless you are somehow gifted with an opportunity to use its impressive guns, you're going down.

I always thought that the P-38s and Corsairs were difficult to fly well because it took me so long to figure out how to use their flaps to best advantage.  Once that skill set is mastered, though, they're great planes.

Karnak is probably right about the 410, but I have trouble thinking of that as a fighter.

- oldman

[LCADolby]

3 most difficult fighters;

P40C - Slow acceleration, poor climb and turn rate
P40E -  "       "                           "             "
P40F -  "       "                           "             "

[Lusche]

C.202, Hurricane Mk I, Spitfire Mk Ia: Weak guns coupled with lower echelon performance, except in the turn, and, in the Hurri and Spit's case, a gravity fed carburetor.

Unlike the P-40C and the P-39D, I find fighting and surviving in these planes relatively easy. The main problem is getting any kills in them, because every other green guy around is so mach faster than you, either disposing of your designated victim long before you ever reach him, or most graciously clearing your 12 while you are trying to hose down your enemy.

[Karnak]

3 most difficult fighters;

P40C - Slow acceleration, poor climb and turn rate
P40E -  "       "                           "             "
P40F -  "       "                           "             "

Pretty sure the E and F would utterly dominate an Me410 that tried to fight instead of just running away.

[Tank-Ace]

410
P-40C
P-39D

But if we're talking about flying them correctly

 P-38
190D
F4U

never had any luck in them, personally.

[thndregg]

Most fighters for me. Never any time to practice. Always take up a Yak when I do play. Love that nimble little plane.

[RedBull1]

I dunno what you guys are talking about with the P40C, honestly it was one of the most fun planes I had ever flown. Trolltastic aswell!

[Karnak]

I dunno what you guys are talking about with the P40C, honestly it was one of the most fun planes I had ever flown. Trolltastic aswell!

Fun and hard are not opposed to each other.

[Zacherof]

110, 410, 109G6, Ta152

[Volron]

Most fighters for me. Never any time to practice. Always take up a Yak when I do play. Love that nimble little plane.

Same for me, only the A6M3 is my usual choice.

[titanic3]

Non easy mode? People listing P40C and P39Ds, those planes have next to zero chance in the MA unless you come across a 2 week noob, even then, all he has to do is pull back on the stick in a Spit16.

If you're asking for planes that's not uber as well as having some sort of chance of survival, then:

109F/G2/G6/G14
Ki-61
P38G
F4U-1
FM2
110G (though I haven't seen anyone TnB with it besides myself)
Spit Mk V
C205
Mossie
P39Q
Yak 9 (T and U)
P47 (anyone that TnB with one is a winner in my book)
190A5

[Daddkev]

  any off them that require flightsuits!  Nekked!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!