your favourite type of flying

[haitch40]

just something to compare peoples skills what is your favourite type of flying
believe it or not im better at dive bombing and torpedo bombing than dogfighting

[P-51]

I am awefull at bombing! Although i do like a good ground attack with some rockets and nice big cannons :cool: I also love shooting down bombers. Well they dont put up much of a fight do they!

[David603]

I am awefull at bombing! Although i do like a good ground attack with some rockets and nice big cannons :cool: I also love shooting down bombers. Well they dont put up much of a fight do they!
Depends on which bomber it is :)

[P-51]

yes but if you BnZ them it doesnt realy matter.. your in and out so quickly they dont have time to shoot!

[David603]

I once saw a fight between a B25 and a Fw190. The B25 was quite low, but everytime the 190 attacked it would start manoeuvring like crazy, and with the turret mounted .50cals the B25 was getting hits on the 190 with every pass. After about 4-5 passes the B25 was pretty beat up, with one engine out and a lot of damage, but on the 5th pass the gunners finally managed to take out the 190, sending it down in flames. By this point the B25 was literally on the deck, and with one engine out it didn't have the power to climb back up or manoeuvre, and it almost seemed like a shame to knock it down with my 109G. Even here the guy put up a fight, firing the top turret at me as a came down, but he was out of effective range and didn't really stand a chance.

[He-111]

Believe or not I LOVE high altitude bombing raids in big formations of heavy or medium bombers, fighting of the enemy fighters with your machine guns.

I also like the oposite, intercepting big formations of heavy bombers im my Bf-109G.

[haitch40]

i love it when you find a nice big battleship or a flat-top and dive down on it or launch a torpedo

[Skii]

- Freeflight, nothing I enjoy more than sight-seeing in my favorite aircraft, fire her up, some aerobatics, altitude tests, hign speed run, go check out my favorite landmarks, and back for a textbook 3 point landing.

[haitch40]

how is free flight gonna help win matches?
i need a different thread title just couldn't think of 1 this is for deciding what role ud have in modes like strike

[trk29]

What do you want the title to say?

[haitch40]

What do you want the title to say?

i dont know lol

[trk29]

just something to compare peoples skills what is your favourite type of flying
believe it or not im better at dive bombing and torpedo bombing than dogfighting

Well now we know to to pick as the bomber when we go up in Strike:grin:

I like to dogfight, it is so fun trying to get away from someone on your six, diving low to tree top level and hugging the hills as you fly.

[haitch40]

im good but not brilliant in a heavy bomber i excel in dive bombing and torpedo bombing

[The_Goalie_94]

I love doing multi-role stuff like F-18...or in this case F4U. But with one or the other,i have to say i am best air to air combat, but think bombing is the funnest for me. Especially low level high speed :P

[Porcho]

Dogfighting is sort of my thing. I learned all kinds of maneuvers from an F/A-18 pilot in a virtual airline company I'm in, he played IL-2: 1946 for over 5 years, and is the best pilot in the game out of all of us. He taught me lots of tricks to gain a significant edge over my opponent.

On the other hand, I also love bombing runs. Maybe not in bombers itself, but more of multi-role fighters. I remember flying the Corsair and scoring perfect bombing runs, than going back up to shoot down a couple of planes, and fly home.

Dive-bombing to me is a joke, its too easy, just fly straight up, aim with your sights on your way down, and if you do it correctly, your bomb will hit right where your sight is aiming.

[Soviet Ace]

I'm going to have to say my favorite type of flying is the quick and fast turning and diving of a dogfight. Chasing your enemy rather than having him just lag along in a bomber or on a ship is just to easy. But when your at low to medium altitudes, you've got every chance of failure and success, riding on your skills.

(There is a reason why I call myself 'Soviet Ace' :P)

[TexRoadkill]

I'll probably be doing frantic turns and loops screaming "get him off my six!!!!"

[butterfield]

I have 2 favorites (from IL2 - PC online).

Saving a wingman from some a-hole on his tail is always a really good feeling.


....another personal favorite is when you've got yourself in a jam trying to outrun 3 bandits about 20 meters off the ground. You have absolutely no energy left so you pull a very hard bank at 0 throttle. Just good enough to have a bandit go sailing past you for a quick kill. That always brings a smile to my face....of course you always get shot down a few seconds later by the other 2 bandits ;)

[David603]

I'm going to have to say my favorite type of flying is the quick and fast turning and diving of a dogfight. Chasing your enemy rather than having him just lag along in a bomber or on a ship is just to easy. But when your at low to medium altitudes, you've got every chance of failure and success, riding on your skills.

(There is a reason why I call myself 'Soviet Ace' :P)
Wow...I would never have guessed just from looking at your profile :D

[xNikex]

how is free flight gonna help win matches?

I would imagine it would help everyone get the feel of all of the aircraft. You can costumize combat conditions and practice a little I guess.

I'm sure glad we can do that since one of my friends is getting me a Dazzle DVD recorder for my birthday and I plan on making music videos and stuff like that with BoP and I can create some combat situations. :grin:

Oh yeah, I like bombing and shooting down bombers as well. Hehe.

[Camo-234]

I like bombing but I love strafing ground targets and using rockets. And I also like to dogfight.

[Soviet Ace]

You gotta love dogfighting, I mean if you can't dogfight then :P LOL