AIRCRAFT QUESTION

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aceman0x

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CORRECT ME IF I AM WRONG, IN THE CFS2 THE F4F F6F F4U AND P38 ARE AIRCRAFTS FOR FIGHT IN GROUPS, RIGHT?
AND THE A6M2 A6M5 N1K2-J ARE ALSO FOR FIGHT IN GROUPS BUT THEY STRONG POINTS ARE THE TURNS, RIGHT?

AND ASSUMING THAT THEY ARE 2 PLAYES ON LINE ONE WITH A F6F AND THE OTHER WITH A N1K2-J, THE ONE WHO HAVE THE N1K2-J HAVE MORE OPORTUNITIES TO WIN BECAUSE THE N1K2-J, CAN TURN FASTER THAN F6F, RIGHT?

BECAUSE I HAVE MET A GUY THAT TOLD ME OTHERWISE
 
Ace, I think it's a matter of who is really the best pilot, in flightsim or real life.

The J2M Raiden was designed as a Japanese interceptor, not a dogfighter, A pilot by the name of Akamatsu was known for taking on P-51 Mustangs in his Raiden and shooting them down. He survived the war. Saburo Sakai shot down 60 British, Dutch, and American planes, the pilots were not the untrained boobs nor their planes junk, that history records. He was the better pilot, and after losing the sight in one eye shot down 4 more planes. He survived the war. Bong, McGuire, and MacDonald all were excellent pilots, the P-38 was not the greatest dogfighter, but served them well. The Finns had the highest kill-to-losses ration of any air force in Fokker D-XXIs and Brewster Buffalos, they were the better pilots. There were Soviet aces lying the Mig-3s. Gerhard Barkhorn insisted he and his wingman stay in the Bf-109 G while the rest of the squadron were in Fw-190Ds. They were one with their planes.

I fly a stock Zero with Eric Joiner's trainer skins, I just like that orange undersurface, I trade off between Morton and Lobo DeSilva's panel, and have Lawdog/Obios sound pack.I've shot down so many Hellcats and Corsair's in QC I got bored with it. I'm by no means an expert pilot but I am a dead shot and like Akamatsu I'm a maniac in the air, no matter how good you are, there's always a faster gun out there. Brown got the Red Baron right where he wanted him, goodbye Red Baron.

In online competitions I think two planes of comparable performance and armament is really going to hinge on who is the best pilot, even a great pilot in a plane of lesser performance is dangerous.

Good flying to you

TonyBones
 
SO THAT MEANS, IS BETER TWO F6 AGAINST ONE N1K2, BECAUSE HONESTLY THE F6 HAD WORST TURNING THAN THE N1K2
 
Two F6F's against a single N1K2-J would be preferable, but not really because of the turning radius. The two aircraft could maneuver to protect each other's tails, or "six o'clock". If the Japanese aircraft gets on the tail of one F6F he is vulnerable to being shot by the other F6F coming in from left or right. The N1K2-J may have had a better turn radius than the F6F, but a smart pilot avoids getting into a fight on the other guy's terms.
 
aceman0x said:
....THE ONE WHO HAVE THE N1K2-J HAVE MORE OPORTUNITIES TO WIN BECAUSE THE N1K2-J, CAN TURN FASTER THAN F6F, RIGHT?
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As mentioned above, the outcome of the "no-fun" 100% reality online fights depends on the pilots mostly. But in terms of raw technical agility, the stock George is far and away better than the stock Hellcat in multiplay. Whenever i flew the Corsairs and Cats against seasoned pilots in like models, i could barely hold my own. They had their mounts dialed in and trimmed up pretty good. But with the George i was completely unbeatable in a pure turning fight - horizontal or vertical. Even untrimmed she could outfly any Cat or Corsair jock i faced. With more horses they were faster at running in or disengaging -- B-n-Z stuff -- but if they stayed in the box they got stung! The 20 mike armament was deadly too. The only drawback was the extremely limited ammo capacity of th stock George, which forced me to retire from the fights sooner than the others.

I remember one of my last engagements where i was flying the stock Corsair and getting waxed pretty good. When we switched teams and aircraft, i went to the George. No one could take me down, all i got was a few harmless hits in the rear quarters in my violent maneuvering -- and they were trying oh so hard!. I just kept running out of ammo even though i was being very careful with my aiming. Before long, the 100% rules went out of the window as some frustrated soul got the urge to switch the ROE to mods. So we went at it for a while with our hottest and best mods -- read UFO's -- in hopes of evening the field. Didn't help at all because flight dynamics modding is my thing -- i love to trick out my favorite mounts. But with this style of play you score very few hits and seldom shootdowns, because its hard to keep a UFO in your sights for very long :icon_lol:
 
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