I kinda though like u bilwit,but now im rank almost 12 on usa and i have found the use of p47 after many fails. And kitty hawk its really cheap and has very good maneouver,high climb rate and ok machine guns(and u can use 3 bombs on it btw which always seems to sum up some lions in the end).I have taken lots of planes down with kitty on domination maps as u can fly over airfields and near enemy front lines and atract them out of the cluster and do the kills and assists if u can take the back of planes instead of frontal charges(unless agasint low burst planes against which u can take some risks if needed, 3.64 kg burt its not a peashooter!
). While it doesn not excel at any single thing over other high tier planes,its good at everything for a cheap cost.
Anyway the airacobras(all of them,from the lowest one to the rank 9 ones) are very good planes,and yes its cause of their cannons. They act really good as bomber hunters and kingcobra has 3 500lb bombs setup also.For some reason i like the rank 6 cobra that has the lowest top spped over the other lvl 6 oneç( what the hell: even over the rank 9 aira cobras... cause of the upkeepp/performance rate), ,but i like the looks of kingcobra and the others too,and its good to have some of them if not all to be able to repair them while u play with the others,not usuing autorepair.
The use of p47 in my opinion its a hybrid of fighter/bomber. So actually u can dive into ground targets(obviously better on maps like "two towns"), with 10 rockets and 3 bombs + machine gun and take out 10 or more ground obejctives in a single low and fast pass while ure far from as weak as a bomber in terms of dogfighting and small plane fighting. Get out there,get high again, do some lonely plane hunting while u reload rockets and repeat. If u survive enough ull reload bombs at some point and rockets again and repeat.
The p47 lacks cannon but u can use rockets in frontal attacks(which are better to avoid with any plane btw),or to take out fast some big bombers which fly towards they ground objective already at same speed as u from shorter distances. I must agree that the time to repair the p47 and its upkeep cost its too high for what it can do on the air versus other "more agile" fighters of other countries,but its a fun choice to use sometimes.
P38 its not bad,but lacks maneouver. Being cheap in upkeep,very powerful engine and cannon+machine guns,lack maneouver,but its good in big open maps of bombing cause u can get fast anywhere as long as u do not lose inertia too much and u avoid dog fighting
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Im looking to try b17 for bombing but still 1.2 lvls from it and using havoc at the moment with a very good crew i can reload 4x500lb bombs in 35 sec.If u manage to get to 4.5kmeter altitude or more ure mostly safe unless their fighters are bomber hunting( see like 2 enemy spitfires and a p39 flying at 3 kmeter altitude not a good sign
). Over 5.3 kilometer altitude most AA will not even shoot u. (unless the ones placed at mountains etc cause they are higher).
Anyone else doing anything with catalinas btw? they seem totally free kills for me when they are in the enemy team or a "1 pass bomber" or 2 at the most if i use em
Btw Buffalo F2,the lvl 2 one its surprisingly a great plane that lacks only a bit of cannon power cause u can get the back of anything in the game int terms of dogfighting....and its soooo cheap to repair....so fun to get 2 or 3 fills with it on a row gainst spitfires and yaks :DD and challenging!!!
Recently aquired the wildcat rank5 and seems to get better with a new engine(probably will be better whne i get air resistance) and acts alike the kitty hawk but with better turn rate. Cheap and good also.
Anything about crew builds? Im putting most points on G tolerance,reload speed,keen vision and visibility(which seems to act as a ninja cover if enemies planes dont have high keen vision). Some points at vitality and stamina cause they are cheap to get( 10 xp points till 40 or so) and u can get good bonuses when u train ur crews to basic and expert. This helps to get to basic and expert point faster even when im not sure about the utility of stamina and vitality here.
Lately i been putting points into repair rank and repair speed cause im not using autorepair anymore(got enough planes to play for some battles then let them repair em).
Thats about fighters, on bomber crews i have put some points on gunners and got 2 expert gunners on havoc which they suck actually but sometimes they get some hits on planes while ure really busy diving down an objective and make tail hunters have to evade at least a bit and do not shoot u for free while u cant attend ur tail gunner cause u shooting or bombing something else.
What about u guys?
