The F7F-1 is insufferable garbage, why is it at 6.3? thing literally has zero performance whatsoever

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In all seriousness though, it might have to do with GRB. It has 1000lb of bombs, plus 20’s and .50’s. It’s also somewhat fast, so that too

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If you want 1000 lb bombs, you have the F8F-1B.

If you want 20 mm, you have the… F8F-1B.

If you want speed, you have… well now it’s just getting annoying.

If you want .50 cals, you have the… wait, why would you want .50 cals when you already have US 20 mm?

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lol, but does the F8F have two engines XD

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I agree with your main point, but the J21 is definitely worthy of 4.3 imo.

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It’s got below average flight performance in every way. Guns are absolutely the only reason why they sit at 4.3.

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Idk the J21 is a beast in the air tbh, even flight performance wise. I’ve beaten people I shouldn’t have in turn fights before.

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When I played US props a while back (like a year back probably), J21’s stomped on everyone in the lobby.

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I’ve beaten a Ki-61 in a duel with the MiG-3 in ARB.

Beating random players in random situations doesn’t really amount to anything.

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No but I am saying that whatever the stats say isn’t necessarily true as it can pretty reliably turn with 109s and in perfect cases Spits. Again, it’s a perfect 4.3, and it’s perfect for more than just because of its guns

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its one of the fastest props in the us TT

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if you want 3000lbs of bombs and 56 rockets you have the AD-4

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You are joking right

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so what? being good at only one thing grants you nothing. The ki83 has a sustained 35m/s climb rate and it’s still slower than the n1k2j and draggy, making it a very easy target if you have a slight kinetic advantage in the same potential energy state. The Zero turns good but it’s slow and doesn’t climb. The J7W1 has so little drag it can reach mach, but it can’t turn, accelerate or run. The Narval and the sea fury have great high speed handling but neither can accelerate nor have good flaps to maneuver at high speed. Now look at the yak 3s, the spitfires, the ki84s, the 109s, the p38s, the tu-2s… these have a good set of statistics that ain’t the best at everything nor the best at a single thing. They are great at RB because they are flexible and highly adaptable. What they can’t outrun, they can outturn. What they can’t outturn, they can outrun. And still, they have pretty good climbrates and have little drag. Even the Tu-2 being a bomber is more flexible than the f7.

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ive legitimately won more dogfights in the tu2 then the f7f

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I am not it can hit almost 500mph in a straight line

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Your DNE speed in the F7F is 500 mph. And as talked about earlier in the thread, the f8f has the same engine, a better pwr, better areodynamics, and it can’t hit 450 in a straight line. So I’m going to call bullshit. Have you ever even played the vehicle?

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  1. I never said 500, I said close to 500
  2. it has double the power of the f8f
  3. have you ever even flown the f7f?
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  1. Ok and? You are never going to reach close to that speed.

  2. It also has well over double the drag of the f8f

  3. I have flown the f7f-1, and have flown the f7f3, which has better engines, extensively

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yet I have, my engines died seconds later, but I did, I believe I hit somewhere around 480ish

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The P 51h struggles to get to 480, so unless you can provide proof of the f7f reaching 480 in level flight, it’s bullshit