They are as powerful as any other, but they get belts with 3/4 for them.
Yesterday a Me 410 broke my B7A2s wing tip with its 13mm MG 131. Later I scored several Ho-103 hits on a Yak-9T and he was flying like nothing happened.
With realShatter and unrealistic damage models you can never know what is going to happen.
It’s basically a coin toss.
I think he would be able to win if he decided to spiral climb and then tried vertical. I guess he didn’t/had not enough time :)
Japanese and Berezin hit harder than MG131, a lot harder, but 2 bullets from MG131 will rip the wingtip anyway.
Meanwhile I sometimes fail to do that with 2-3 MG151/29 M-geschoss, but the funniest thing happens when MK108 M-geschoss fails to do that too
He tried that but he stalled way earlier:
https://warthunder.com/en/tournament/replay/306900594692493586
Time 13:20 to 15:20. Decide by yourself…
I mean, while my B7A2 Homare turns nicely, I know Yak-3 can outmaneuver it if given enough time as I’ve seen that happen, I mean, eventually something else killed me, but guy had the right idea.
Similar story with G.56 vs Ta-152H. G.56 can pull tighter at a wide range of speeds. But start just turnfighting while going up, and at one point he inevitably is much lower or much slower, and latter scenario is easier to exploit but way more difficult to notice properly. I am v. bad at it, but I sometimes manage to pull some ridiculous BS vs Spitfires while flying Ta/Yak-3, because most players don’t expect getting energy trapped with 80m of vertical separation haha
You fly Yak-3??? Seriously???
I mean you are imho way too good to need artificial help to get kills…
I killed some of them in my G8N 😉 We have similar rip speeds 😎
Edit: If you fly a Yak to increase the BR: Fine with me👍
I like flying easy planes. Remember I play this game for fun. My definition of fun is squeezing highest efficiency possible out of a plane while minimizong the amount of brain use required. Hence I absolutely love playing Wyverns on good days where people just take head-ons and die, lol.
I would be flying BI if I could get my hands on one.
And I would whine and cry about it being OP every day in these forums, mind you.
EDIT: I used to play Fw 190 A5/U2 a lot when it was the best Fw 190 at 4.3, I didn’t know about stealth belt being best back then, but it was fun to win with a plane that “wasn’t exactly the best”, facing J2M2s, Mk IX Spits and Yak-3s. It was fun and challenginf.
But these times are long gone as A5/U2 flight model got curbstomped. So I’m just playing good planes in a brainless manner hoping one day I’ll learn to duel and properly dogfight…
Okay but last I checked the datamines the G.55 has a fantasy FM where it’s wings have like 1.5 CLmax instead of 1.3.
And the Bf-109’s also have fantasy FMs
What’re they supposed to do? Not arbitrarily buff the FM and then nerf the guns? Impossible
The instructor behavior on the 109s is more egregious than that. In a hard turn at any speed, the slats won’t ever fully deploy.
nobody goes higher than 5km without being completely useless
You’re self sabotaging if that’s your goal
Playing bad planes is even more self sabotaging,as they require a lot more effort to do anything, and you either play too safe and end up against overwhelming odds or you just end up in 1 unwinnable scenario after another.
Learning to dogfight better requires dueling,as Air RB is anti-dogfight environment and by trying deliberately to go “dogfighting” you’re just increasing enemy’s kill ratio.
that is true, but how many american planes can match that climb and turn time? (lol not an actual question, i used to be a us main and know)
They dont need to climb faster than you, all you need is to be higher than the enemy and not turn at all
They can’t BnZ the ki-44 if its BnZing them…
If you arent above the enemy thats a skill issue
Why don’t you check Ki-44’s climb rate first?
Why don’t you check the climb rate and sustained speed for both at shallow climb angles?
Side climb, its all you need to do
the ki-44-II has a climb rate of 18.8 m/s, while the P-51C-10, at the same br, is about a hundred kmh faster and yet has a climb rate of 16.2 m/s