17.05.2009, 14:39
I love the P-47 because she is a brain plane. Most Spit and 109 pilots more use their joystick instead of their brain. To the german pilots in the trainings I always say you need a little bit more than a german identity card and a Bf109 G-2 to be a fighter ace.
Like the Fw-190 the P47 can be used as a fighter bomber or as an energy fighter. Over 6000m the P47 gets more and more advantages. Yesterday I went on the Spit vs 109 mod server with my 190 A-3. There were many B-17 over the channel and they wanted to attack Dieppe. So I made much altitude and I reached 6500m. In the middle of the channel there were so many white stripes. A p-38 swarm and some P-47. I wanted to creep to the B-17 but the p-38s saw me. I had to go down and with a little bit frustration I climbed again into high alitude. The B-17 were gone, the P-38 were gone too. Over beachy head I saw a single white stripe. It was a p-47. I was in 7000m and he was in round about 8000m. He came to me with an energy+. I made a gentle right turn flying away from him and when he came into the turn I rolled into a quick hard turn loosing a bit energy. Caused by the high G my view blurred a little bit. The P-47 did not follow me. To I rolled back to the left and I was behind him. But this Pilot was no beginner. You can see this very quick in the movements of a plane. He went into the sun. I could not follow him but I tried to get as much altitude as I could. We nearly stalled at the same time and he was a little bit higher. I made a hammerhead and he came back to me but he could not make an attack because he was unable to pull the rudders sharp enough. Now I was behind him again but i still had not enough energy. This DF went some minutes. Most of it was flown between 7000m and 6000m. I went out of this DF with a long dive into he clouds when I saw 2 p38 over us.
As FW pilots we always respect those guys in their p47 because they are deadly with an energy+. While some Spit Ix pilots were whining in the chat. The p-47 guys went into high altitude and they closed the channel for german figher planes. The B-17 could go to their targets and made their job. When you see a P-47 in high altitude you absolutly know that his is her district.
Like the Fw-190 the P47 can be used as a fighter bomber or as an energy fighter. Over 6000m the P47 gets more and more advantages. Yesterday I went on the Spit vs 109 mod server with my 190 A-3. There were many B-17 over the channel and they wanted to attack Dieppe. So I made much altitude and I reached 6500m. In the middle of the channel there were so many white stripes. A p-38 swarm and some P-47. I wanted to creep to the B-17 but the p-38s saw me. I had to go down and with a little bit frustration I climbed again into high alitude. The B-17 were gone, the P-38 were gone too. Over beachy head I saw a single white stripe. It was a p-47. I was in 7000m and he was in round about 8000m. He came to me with an energy+. I made a gentle right turn flying away from him and when he came into the turn I rolled into a quick hard turn loosing a bit energy. Caused by the high G my view blurred a little bit. The P-47 did not follow me. To I rolled back to the left and I was behind him. But this Pilot was no beginner. You can see this very quick in the movements of a plane. He went into the sun. I could not follow him but I tried to get as much altitude as I could. We nearly stalled at the same time and he was a little bit higher. I made a hammerhead and he came back to me but he could not make an attack because he was unable to pull the rudders sharp enough. Now I was behind him again but i still had not enough energy. This DF went some minutes. Most of it was flown between 7000m and 6000m. I went out of this DF with a long dive into he clouds when I saw 2 p38 over us.
As FW pilots we always respect those guys in their p47 because they are deadly with an energy+. While some Spit Ix pilots were whining in the chat. The p-47 guys went into high altitude and they closed the channel for german figher planes. The B-17 could go to their targets and made their job. When you see a P-47 in high altitude you absolutly know that his is her district.