Top Late War Killers

[caldera]

I did this yesterday. I may or may not have a life outside of AH.

I died a bit more toward the end as my hands were shaky and my vision was going cross eyed but damn it was fun.

I think the P51 is one of the most deadly planes in the game. Most people who fly it timidly have no idea how to really fly the P51 and don't get aggressive enough.
                       
                                                     KIlls, Shot down, Killed By, Times shot down.

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Since Tour 117, I have been flying as Snuggie.  I flew the 51 for a just few days in only one tour.  It was so easy and I am not even in your league.

[bozon]

  I very seldom fly fighters because of my eye situation, but recently I had the F4-C hog picked to fly a bomber hunt sortie! First thing I noticed was the lack of any climb performance and I had only a 150 galleon tank as extra load on the beast! Next thing I noticed was the amount of time it took to go from 150MPH IAS in climb, to 275 cruise speed when I leveled off. Even as I dove into the bomber formation, couldn't help but noticed the slow acceleration on the dive!
What is going on?? Have AH "neutered" the "C" hog? It didn't seemed to be that way last year when I flew it a couple of times.
And yes, I raised the flaps after takeoff as I should have!

Raise the gears as well. It helps a lot.

[TonyJoey]

The 51 is a lot of fun in the MA.

[earl1937]

Nothing had been changed with the C-hog or any other model.
Any change to any flight modeling would also require a major game update, which we also did not have for a long time... 

As usual you got me to thinking! Maybe I am flying in the wrong arena, since things don't happen so fast in the EWA or even the MWA and maybe I would do better there.
Can't seem to attract the number of pilots I used to, when posting missions, so maybe I need to move to something else!

[earl1937]

Raise the gears as well. It helps a lot.

Thanks, but I think I have enough sense to raise the gear after takeoff! Its not the Aircraft, its me! Just getting to old to keep up with you young guys!

[Karnak]

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The 51 is a lot of fun in the MA.

I find the 51 to be the most boring aircraft in the game.  Fast enough to outrun most things, but with an acceleration so poor that in most people's hands it can't afford to mix it up much lest it lose its speed and be trapped in a melee that it cannot win due to its terrible turning abilities.

There are some who can get beyond this and learn to be aggressive in it, but most are just painfully timid.

[Hetzer7]

Thanks, but I think I have enough sense to raise the gear after takeoff! Its not the Aircraft, its me! Just getting to old to keep up with you young guys!

I seem to recall recently you landed some very respectable fighter sorties, certainly better than I could have done <S> - Hetzer

[Shuffler]

Just fly a 38j and let them come dive in for you.

[SFRT - Frenchy]

If seems to be a lot of yak 3s around lately.

[JunkyII]

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The 51 is a lot of fun in the MA.

Look at this one upper

[DmonSlyr]

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The 51 is a lot of fun in the MA.

You are not allowed to fly the P51D anymore 

[bozon]

If seems to be a lot of yak 3s around lately.

If it wasn't for the short clip, the arena would have been filled with them. It is a plane that fully exploit every weakness of the AH modeling.

[glzsqd]

Yea, yak3 takes damage better than a Jug smh

[mbailey]

I can't fly the 51's at all. Not even a little.   One of the rides id love to learn tho.

[Shane]

Stats compiled from the AH plane stats page:  http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/scores/planes.php 


Top fighter (most kills in) per Late War Tour ....



La-7 - 24 tours --------> 52, 54-69 <--------     73-74, 77-80, 96

- IIRC, there were some adjustments made to the La-7's flight model, which might explain it's deterioration in popularity.

That was me doing my part in trying to get the la7 perked.