Aircraft Performance

[PG_Raptor]

Hey guys, I just thought of something. What with all the planes in PF, it would take one person a long time to figure out the advantages/disadvantages to each plane. So when you've flown/flown against a plane, post what you noticed about its performance.

 

P-40 = I've always liked the rugged look of the P-40, but after flying it in PF, I'm not so sure it's as good as I imagined. It seems to stall really easily in sharp turns. One really needs to learn to ease into maneuvers. If you don't, you'll find yourself in the dirt very quickly. I havn't really tinkered much with the plane, so I can't really talk about it's total fighting ability though.

 

P-38 = Again, I havn't spent much time with this plane. However, in the little time I did spend with it, I learned that this plane is VERY fast. Two engines make a difference :D However, I didn't think it was that good in a turning battle, as it also stalls pretty fast with abrupt inputs.

 

F4F-3 = Again, havn't spent too much time with this one. It did seem to be a good turning fighter though, and rather agile. However, I don't think it's got the power to fight vertically. I could be wrong, most of the time I spent with it I didn't realize that I had complex engine managment on, and thus the cowl flaps were closed :blush2: Oh well, you might have better luck.

 

F4U-1C = I really like this plane. It's decently agile on the horizontal, though not the best. It's strength comes with it's power. Unlike some of these other planes, it's got the guts to keep a fight vertical, which can be a huge advantage against some lighter, more agile aircraft. It's also decently fast, so I've been able to outrun some Zeros once I got too wounded to keep yanking with them. Oh, and it's armament is awsome, the cannons are very powerful. Tears a Zero to shreads on the first pass :D

 

B-25 = Gunner positions are fin :D

 

A6M2 = I already knew that this plane was very light, and very agile. And it's modeled into PF well. Fighting against it in my Corsair, I was luckily able to keep the fight vertical, which I already knew the Zero was pretty weak. However, I was not aware that the Zero could climb very fast, although not sustained. Makes sense, I just hadn't thought of it before. So yeah, almost lost a battle because of that :D

 

I know you guys have experience with several of the other planes. Put up what you know and have found!

 

[SDirickson]

Definately enjoying the Hellcat and Corsair. Pretty agile little birds. They can almost boom and zoom as well as the Jug.

 

Anybody tried out the gyro sights in the P-51? Fly the latest one, then twiddle all the automated bombsight controls until you see a 'Gyro Sight' message. You'll definately see why it was nicknamed the Ace Maker.