many people says that the british planes are pretty much what they were in real life
then either the rest of popular aircraft are too overperforming, or british aeronautic engineers were on crack.
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I think they perform right, i just think they’re overtiered compared to direct equivalents.
But yes British aeronautical engineers were on crack, the engineering of things like the Spitfire and the engines etc were exceptionally refined with lots of different testing procedures both practical and technical.
Not to say other engineers weren’t just as good, Germany probably could have produced a 109 mark that matched later spits, but they didn’t get that chance (thank god).
war thunder planes britain helds the record for the most god awful thermodynamics and the most amount of “fighter planes” on peace time settings, making them ridiculously useless. Not to mention that Hispano and AN-M shared the same belts but somehow an-m’s are the ones with the advantage. Except the spitfire lf mk9 every british 5.7 is at least a whole BR above their true performance. The Sea Fury is a worse 190 A8 at 5.7.
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the sea fury is on peacetime settings, alas missing 800 horsepower. If it had these it would be comparable to an f4u 4b that shares BR and out does it in literally every single regard. The Sea Fury is so sad at even boom and zooming or running away that russians catch it up far before their wings start to screech.
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Out of honest curiosity, are RP-3s all that reliable in Combined Ground these days thanks to overpressure? Or are they so-so at best?
With the Mk24 going down to 6.7, I feel like I’d enjoy that in Combined. Or also the Triplex rockets on the Sea Fury. Supposedly the Spiteful could also use those.
Imagine if every prop in Britain’s tree which could carry at least 3 RP-3 mounts could instead fit one Triplex.
i had a good time with those in ground rb, they pretty good
they didnt, they have their own ammo, for example the us didnt use sap-i unlike the British that use them extensively, also the the he are not the same either, they are similar as they use the same 20x110 but they are different non the less
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so, this is why the sea fury is so high in BR despite performing objectively worse than the rest of 4.7’s in game, huh? Same issue as the ta152c, and the spitfire mk22/24 and the j7w1.
I’ve recently gotten into them, and after having spaded them and played them a bit, I’m close to the very unfortunate conclusion that about half of British Tier 4 prop fighters are just not worth playing at all.
Tempest Mk V, Sea Fury, and Seafire FR 47 just don’t have the performance to be at 5.7, the Spitfire Mk 18 is the same as the Mk 14 but heavier and the same BR, and the Spitfire Mk 22 shares a BR with the superior Spitfire Mk 24, so there is no good reason to fly the Mk 22 either once you have the Mk 24.
The ones worth flying seem to be the Seafire Mk XVII, Spitfire LF Mk 9, Spitfire Mk 14, Tempest Mk II, Hornet, and Spitfire Mk 24. At least those are the ones I enjoy.
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The Seafire FR47 is still underpowered by a few hundred HP
sea fury is not fine. Source: My most flown prop between 2023 and 2024.
yep, and sea fury has a 0.4 thrust weight ratio which is lower than the tu-2, a frontline bomber, which not only is faster than it but also outdogfights it at all speeds.
Haven’t flown the Sea Fury in many years
Oh my gosh. That is beautiful. I really hope that makes it in game! Someone please make a suggestion for it!
Personally I prefer the Sea Fury, out of the probably 3 games I’ve had with it I’m doing really well.
There are actually 2 suggestions up.
One for the Spiteful F. XVI, the MK.16 would be the absolute best variant we could get and the fastest prop in-game at altitude. Supermarine Spiteful F.XVI - Ultimate Spiteful
There is another for the F. XIV which was higher in numbers but offered a little bit less performance: Supermarine Spiteful F.XIV - The best of British piston engine fighters
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Ty for these
If i remember correctly it is THE fastest military piston aircraft ever. Although i don’t know enough to prove it.
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Anyone else somewhat excited to see the Spitfire Mk.22 and Mk.24 getting Triplex rockets in the next update?
Yeah