FW190D9 on Realistic or sim

[HauptmannMolders]

Hey guys,

Living in canada I have only just got the game and am working on Stalingrad so... I'm impatient and am curious what your thoughts are on the D9, I hear the 190A5/F8 are pigs to fly what about the Dora anyone use it? Anyone like it?

[Von Heydte]

I was trying the Dora out last night on a training mission and I'm having a hell of a time flying it. Spitfire IX was running circles around me while I was having difficulty climbing an diving with him. Speed was decent and of course turning was not recommended. Rolls were great though. I'm not an experienced Fw driver but I am having a difficult time justifying flying the FW over the 109. You can unlock the 190 in one of the single Bulge missions.

Trey

[Soviet Ace]

The Dora is a good plane.... kinda. Usually if I try it out, I roll into a turn since they do have good roll rates. But it handles the same really as the A5 & F8 sadly. Though when I did get it, I called my mother and asked why she was named after a Fw-190 (she wasn't really.)

[mattmanB182]

I tried it in 1 online match. Its perfectly fine as a hit and run aircraft. If you are good at gunnery you will be fine. Knock them down soon because you wont be able to turn with them.

I did find it very easy to get away if I ran into trouble.


The ME 262........now thats an entirely different story.

[HauptmannMolders]

Originally Posted by mattmanB182

The ME 262........now thats an entirely different story.

Do tell! I haven't flown hardly anything yet...
I've flown against 262's in Team Battle and every once in a while they'll zoom by through the fight, fire a couple of shots and disappear for a few minutes while they circle back. They usually end up with 1 or 2 kills and no deaths, it just doesn't seem that exciting. Am I the only one that thinks kills should be just a little bit easier on realistic and sim? Obviously arcade is way too easy but I think the other two modes are a bit too hard... Basically you have energy fighters and turn fighters and from what I can see the energy fighters cannot do enough damage in one pass to be effective. It's a shame because some of the best fighters of the era ecelled and running and gunning but are not as effective here... at least as I've experienced so far.

[Soviet Ace]

You've probably seen and read about it already? The Me262 is just a flat out terrible plane to fly in BoP. The speed, doesn't seem to be as fast as it should, and I don't fly it so much because of the terrible turning (obviously because it's a jet and going WAY faster.) And just the controls are really hard to keep stable.