J7w1 seems got a buff for the engine, but a nerf for high-speed performance.
Unlike most of the Interceptors, it doesn’t have air respawn, and due its poor climb rate and maneuverability, it is hard to dogfight or BZ other fighters at that BR, even when it is in full down-tier, it still worse than like KI84/J2M. I know someone will say it has very strong firepower, but consider it only has 60 rpg and bad muzzle velocity, I don’t think it is better than M2/3 or Hisparnos
Nope, it is still a 5.0 plane at 6.0, unless they gave it air spawn and/or moved it down to 5.0-5.3, this thing will forever be ass.
And also I wonder if why J7W1’s FM is so weak? you can’t get any damage on your wing, or you will lose control when you try to turn or pull up
It does have really good high speed maneuverability, which with enough altitude if you side climb can give you the upper hand just for a bit against super-props and even jets, but other than that its really not 6.0 worthy at all, and should definitely go down to at least 5.7 (the entire br bracket from 6.0 to 7.0 needs to be reworked too, some matches where 850kph capable jets fight props feel like silly costume matches…)
any other mono-engine fighters are better (except maybe VB.10’s)
it’s a bit better than when they killed the UFO FM it have way back in the days,… but it still quite underpar anything,…
Even more considering what the XP-55 “Ascender” can do in game, with similar wing configuration.
the J7W also was designed as B-29/B-24/B-17 High-Altitude Interceptors
so the 18.6m/s climbrate is still pretty low, subpar to J2M’s or Bf-109K4 for exemple
P-51D is doing 22.7m/s and it’s 5.0
even the F-82E fatboy is doing better with 18.7m/s, and that’s an heavy one
Speed wise, it’s not better than anyone.
the only reason why it’s a 6.0, is the 4x30mm nose mounted cannons
And as I said, 4*30mm cannons are also overvalued. Gaijin has nerfed that, unlike MK103; now muzzle velocity is 770m/s only.
no, I was flying the j7W1 in sim not long ago and it very much was highly competitive in fights where you were intentionally burning altitude constantly to keep speed over 500ias kph.
Only side climb and make sure there is no Interceptors coming for you, but if is same conditions, most of mono-engine fighters can do better(like F4U4B or LA9)
I was able to consistently match or exceed the performance of planes I faced. (in that specific scenario)
Ah, MB, that’s for Sim, J7W1 in RB/AB is bad enough at least