Don’t forget the Machbet being unuseable at 9.3, having 4 stingers and a main weapon that is from br 7.3 now :)
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and A10C just going to be just 11.7 while GR7 just sit broken ass and eat s_ at 12.3.
its okay at GB but in AB bruh just let me die
gaijin:who care? no one complain about GR7 is overpower,its fine.
Imho just the result of the average performance of US pilots - it looks like that the majority thinks MEC is part of the word Big Mec…
Only better than average players will benefit from a lower BR - the rest will still try to turnfight every opponent or will end up getting energy trapped at 6 -7 km alt.
I mean we have now 2 extreme examples of a very fast US planes (still in service at VE day) at BR 3.7 (P-51 B/C) and a brand new aircraft which never saw combat in WW 2 at BR 4.7 (F8F) - and just as a reminder: The USSR flew the P-39 N until the end too, low alt performance of this BR 2.7 plane is still good enough to be faster there than a 109 G-6 at 4.7…
Just show me a totally op non-US/USSR prop fighter (no C+P versions) between the BRs 2.7 and 4.7…
Just in case i would give it a try - do you want to share the infinite WEP setup?
Isnt that the case for most aircraft though? Spitfires overheat pretty quickly unless you run MEC
I will forever laugh at the fact some high/top tier jets can afterburn indefinitly despite primary sources stating the contrary because “engine damage from excessive afterburner use isnt modelled ingame” (as per the mig-21 bis’ old bug report on the subject of it only being able to after burn for 2(?) min irl before needing to cool down for ~30 sec or risk permanent damage of the engine…)
Gaijin straight up went “we accurately model aircraft component thermodynamics!” followed by “but not when itd be bad for an aircraft we like”
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Mig-21 BIS still has emergency combat thrust settings as well. Something that they do not model on any aircraft
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Been a while I flew her. However, I think I did a fairly simple approach of…
Climb with 100% prop, rads. 54% mixture on take-off. Swap gear to 2 around 1400-1700 altitude depending on cold/hot/neutral map. Once done climbing and accelerating to speed, prop pitch to 90%, rads to 75% and mixture at 60% at 4 km. It will hit like 85 or 85 oil and like 250 water and stop rising. Prop pitch of 90% and 75% rads should let you hit like 650 km/h TAS at 4 km in straight-line speed.
Just gotta remember to swap gears when diving because IIRC it could cause issues near the deck. No exploding like low-alt supercharger does in real life at least. At 2 km you might get some yellow oil with supercharger on, but performance makes it worth it and yellow is usually fine.
I do agree on average performance though. Not even the “turnfight spits and zeros”, more the “use every plane as a ground strike/bomber.” 4.0-6.0 U.S air felt like I was the only american fighter in a team of bombers in disguise.
Justifications for that tend to be “props are boring and bombing gives more consistent RP so i can go to top tier” and people grinding CAS planes with similar reasoning.
@Morvran and fair point on the spits! I do see people complain about their heating as well, but people claiming F8F at 4.7 is fine because it’s “useless due to heat” kind of stood out to me as a possible contributor to its reputation/mishandling. In hindsight though, being able to carry 3 x 1000 lbs bombs in a 5.0 fighter that is incredibly fast (650 km/h at 4 km, like 600 at 2 km with minimal effort) probably contributes the most in what one could term the “Wyvern Effect.” That is: spawn in, rush base (no attacker or bomber will reach it before you), drop bombs, die and push BR down.
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Yeah, Also the fact that US/USSR are the most common nations for new players and I reckon the average player would have no idea what MEC is if asked.
So not surprised at all that the influx of in-experienced/bad players knocking down the BR of what is probably actually a few good aircraft.
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Just checked on the 6.3 version, and setting the oil radiator to 72, and the radiator to 52 prevents it from overheating on the test flight map.
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