This Friday The Kuriels, AUG 1945

[Wotan]

when this setup ran 3 days last week i had killed like 5 f4u 4 most in an a6m5.

Bradys... I seriously question your motives...

pffffffft what motives brady will fly mostly japaneesesplanes in this set up any way.

Quite frankly what you are offereing is no more then a whine.

I flew last time this map was up and had no problem dealing with the us planes including the f4u-4. I even flew a val a few times.
 

[Miska]

A squadmate and I flew a6m5 last night and combined for 3 Corsairs.  IF the allies fly straight, they are untoucheable, but then again they can't get anything done.  As soon as they try to reach an objective, you can hit them hard.

Also winged with Skurj for a bit.  As you saw, that blue plane was no threat.

[SKurj]

naa not really a threat +)

But i had the same problem the last time i flew in a late war set that included jap vs us.  Only at least this time niks aren't perked.

Seriously tho... AH can only field what ? 2-3 late war japanese fighters if that...



SKurj

[brady]

Man I had had a bit of a revalation last night, I switched from my Belovied Japanese planes to the US side since the Sides were a little un even. Hating Blue planes they way I do I decided on the Wildcat, not having used it much. WOW! on 25% fuel I was out turning N1K2-J's!, seriously they had to use flaps to try and stay with me!, this was a Big suprise to me, I was under the impreshion the Wildcat was not a decent turner, well I got a few Georges with it:)

[cajun]

Originally posted by Löwe

I respect your opinon most honorable Keyapaha, may I have your Saki and Geisha rations when you fail to return?

You can have that, I got his Sushi & Green tea! Mmmm... You made me hungry!

J/K Keyapaha btw, I fly japanese some in there, its not that hard to get kills, speed is definitly not everything, I've shot down a fair amount of russain planes in the A6m, and have even gotten some kills with D3A in the MA.

But I do prefer early war setup in CT, I can live with this for a week, at least its a Very nice map!

Getting pretty late, I g2g to bed now... will dream about Sushi & GreenTea all nite (I love Japanese food!)

[Sabre]

I've flown both sides in this set up, and been equally successful (and unsuccessful;)).  It's actually great training to be forced to switch quickly from B&Z to T&B and back again.  Didn't see that many F4's of any type (I flew F6F when flying of the CV).  It was a shock when that Tony ran me down in my Hellcat...hadn't remembered it could do that).  Fortunately, my evasives held him off long enough for a friendly to clear my six.  Also got to love the toughness of the F6F...got me home on a wing and prayer.

Sabre
CT Staff

[Löwe]

I have to admit, my earlier whines about the set-up are just that whines. It seems the Ij planes are holding up better than I expected, and I am having greater success than the last time this set-up was ran. Could be I am just getting more experianced in Ki-61.
Sabre, coming from an F6F squad to a Ki-61 squad, I always noticed the Ki-61 was a pretty good match against the F6F, now that I am flying against F6's in a Ki-61, I feel they are very close in performance. The F6F is in trouble if he gets slowed, the acceleration on the Ki-61 is greater, and it takes a while for the F6 to chug up enough speed to extend. However the F6F seems to be a much better climber, plus the Ki-61 doesnt have the large ammo load like the F6F.

[gofaster]

Originally posted by Löwe
I have to admit, my earlier whines about the set-up are just that whines. It seems the Ij planes are holding up better than I expected.

That wasn't my experience.  I took up a Tony on Friday just to see what's what.  Didn't see any La-7s. Didn't see any Hellcats.  Didn't see any FM-2s.  Didn't see any TBMs.  It was Corsair, Corsair, Corsair, and oh, a Corsair.  Spent most of the flight time chasing them while they extended out, then they came back and HO'd at me, and when I went defensive, another one would BnZ at me from above.   I couldn't catch them, I couldn't engage them, I couldn't escape them.  The guys flying with me were shot down after two turns.  I was on the deck, running for home, got BnZ'd to death.  Wasn't fun.

I was going to just stay in the MA until next week, but maybe I'll grab a Corsair and fight on the easier side of the war.

Get rid of the Chog and -4 and level the playing field.

[brady]

gofaster, I am sory your experance was a negative one. I would point this out though, with the exception of the Wildcat and the strike aircraft, all the US planes are faster than the Japanese ones(not of course the Early Coursare) Also on Friday the Free F4U4 was a tasty treat for the For the Coursare fans since it was free. Since then I have seen far fewer of them. The CT is a good thing for a number of reasions, one of them being that people can use their favorate rides withen a historical context, a benifit of that is that at times we can include perk planes at little or no cost. After much deleberation I decided that the C hog and the F4U4 were by no means unbalencing, and I beleave to this point that is still the case.

[Slash27]

Yes im 5 days late on this subject but, how the hell is a C-Hog unbalancing? Because it has 4 20mm? Isnt that what a N1K carries? Maybe different types of cannon but its still 4 20mm and far superior in a dogfight when you get your "Blueplane" low and slow. (then dont get low and slow right? ) You dont even have to get that slow. I think those Japanese rides hold there own quite good. Just one mans opinion, Im not taking jabs at anyone Im just not seeing where the F4U-C is the scourge of the skies that has some unfair advantage becuase its well armed. Anyway, feel free to enlighten me. But like I said, Im not starting toejam, Im just not buying the C-Hog argument.