even in arcade u can fly faster than a hurri with the g6 for example. get into a nose to nose situation. your cannons wil clear the sky...


a flatspin is also a good countermeasure.

The Spits are wonderful planes, but there's over 40 planes in this game, and I only ever see two. So while it's an amazing plane, I'll continue flying my IL-10/Yak/Po-2/Anything that's not a Spit. Unless it's a B-17. Like you said, cannons are the way to go. Fuel up the He-162 for an anti bomber run and you can wrack up around 20 kills or so in a drawn out match. Not to mention it just feels good to fly planes you hardly ever see anyone else in, or that no fighter will ever catch you. And Siteseeker, I've flown against you. I remember you. We've had some hellacious CTA matches. I look forward to even more brutal ones. Those are always good fun. I also look forward to eating your tail guns in my He-162. And so on and so forth. Cheers, have fun with the B-17!

I'm primarily a hurricane pilot but i heartily agree when it comes to a b17 you need cannons, a 109 g6 or a spitfire even a fw190 if your brave enough( i'm not :) ). One great thing about a b17 is 153 noobs/aces cannot catch you lol

Well as a b17 jock the only things that worry me are g6's and spittys are they can rip you apart in seconds if the guys even half good or IL2/ 10's as they take so much punishment. I think it's more about the pilot though and their ability to hit the wings/ engines or as dk says the belly. The 17's fun in team battles (did I say that) as it turns into the 'great b17 giveaway' in that they line up behind it giving your guys easy pickings!

Watch out for Me-163 Komets..... the B-17 has little chance of survival as this is a specialised B-17 killer.

The same goes for the Bf-109 G-6, Bf-109 K4 and Bf-110 C-4..... all specifically adept at bomber killing. The Bf-109 K-4 has frontal armour just for this purpose.

Best method for killing B-17s...... climb above, wing over and drop down from above where they can't shoot back and aim at the wings.

Bf-109 K-4 has frontal armour...

the last secret is fallen... :(

The Hurri's always done the job for me but maybe I'm making hard work of it. [Pondering 109's]

[QUOTE=Panzergranate;139782]Watch out for Me-163 Komets..... the B-17 has little chance of survival as this is a specialised B-17 killer.

Sadly though they're a little to flimsy and can be shot down with a quick accurate burst. Plus there aren't many who can actually fly the things properly, most tend to just whistle about between ground and 41,000ft which yes in real life is up where the B17 flew but as in the game the bomb aim only works upto 14,000ft means there's little or no point to it. As I've mentioned earlier in the thread there's only a few pilots I consider a risk when I take it out and that's because they know what they're doing and do it quick.

I was playing strike last night and there were 2 b17s on the opposite team. I picked the 109 g6 and as it's not as manuverable I couldn't do my normal belly or roof shot. I started shooting at the wing tip and it blew straight off imeditaly. Tried this on the next one and same thing, almost instant kill. Racked up 10 b17 kils in space of a few minutes doing this. Each time exactly the same wing destruction. I wouldn't expect this to work against someone like gilly or branko though because it relies on you getting nice and close behind the b17. That's not going to happen with an ace opponent!

Speak to Mr McQ about the G6, he has the above, wing drop, dive and rip the wing off method down to a tee. That's the move that always tells me someones good but yeah yor right them damn cannons are lethal!!! That said dk you've always managed in most things you fly to be pretty effective and devastating!!!
*this is gonna hurt* !!!!!