I flew the N1k2 my first ever sortie in aces high even before getting my stick scaling proper and immediately landed two kills the first 5 minutes of flight.
I haven't flown it since other than during my testing to see how every plane in aces high performs at super high altitude.
Yak 3........maybe 10 flights total.
P51..........maybe 5 flights total.
LA7..........maybe 20 flights total.
190D9......two flights
Tempest....maybe 15 flights total.
109k4........never
spit 16.......once
ki84...........twice
I prefer 110s, using tu2 as heavy fighter after bombing enemy, I16, and Yak9u for chasing runners.
I don't consider any P47 to be uber and worthy of perks and will attack them in any of the planes mentioned above.
I do feel perks may be necessary for super limited production late war cannon monsters and the other fighters that streak in, drop the VH with crazy heavy bomb loadouts rarely used in action, strafe down the dar and ammo, take out a few acks and then run away for two sectors the second any opposition shows up.
I enjoy seeing someone state in the buffer that they need to go farm perks in an early war plane when I know that "perks just happen" but that "more perks happen" if you simply incorporate flying earlier planes into your experience instead of performing some task that these pilots consider drudgery and work to "farm perks".