hey you Emil drivers? Success?

[Flyby]

I thought I'd ask Emil pilots how you are faring against the Spit in IL2_CoD. What are you Boomin-Zoomers doing against the Spit that seems to give you an edge (the usual?)? What works to save your hide if you get bounced by Spits? Are you avoiding prolonged encounters? What to do if you find yourself in a Spitfire furball? COOPs make it any easier ?
thanks for the peek into this virtual reality.
Flyby out

[skouras]

ask spit guys what we are doing

[Flyby]

Sir, your mischievous grin and implicative statement won't sate me! Speak clear, man! What's the story? I'm made of sterner stuff and can take the truth! Should I assume by your demeanor the Spit is more technically difficult to master, therefore making the preoccupied and distracted Spit pilot easy pickings Harrumph! You jest me, my man! You jest me!!.
Flyby out

[David198502]

its fun to shoot these beauties!three or four times online,6kills and some more damaged,never been shot down.all on full real servers.

[Flyby]

Originally Posted by David198502

its fun to shoot these beauties!three or four times online,6kills and some more damaged,never been shot down.all on full real servers.

Full real is my preferred approach to this sim when I get it. So I salute any who fly it. I'm leaning towards flying the Emil too. But we'll see how that goes.
Flyby out

[FZG_Immel]

I am actually having problems with my MGFF's... the shells don't seem to explode on impact like they should.

what ammo are you loading ?

[David198502]

yeah full real is really fun.the first approach of a spit,i almost shit my pants,thinking that i would not survive 10seconds.but it seemed that my oponent didnt exactly know how to use CEM.so i outran him easily with long turns gaining angle on his six.about 20seconds later he drowned in the channel.that was the best feeling i ever had in a flight sim.much more immersive than in il21946.
i steady looked at my rpms and ata,oil pressure and water temp.and it worked.

my second fight,one day later, was against two spits.i felt again, that i would not survive this engaging, beeing outnumbered.but again i did well. i even saw off one wing of one of the spits.that was really exciting as it only happened a few times for me as long as i play COd.even offline it happened only two times that i saw a wing off.(and that after 100hours gaming time).i have to confess, the second spit got on my six while i focused on the other.he took his chance and shot some bullets in my wing.but there was no serious damage.i only saw two or three small impact holes on my right wing.so i pushed my stick forward as far as possible,going quickly into a deep dive with negative g,at the same time i gave a little rudder and full ailerons to barrel roll certainly 2000feet down.some meters above the channel i outbalanced my bf and ran away.i observed my six and became aware that the spit couldnt follow me.may be he lost me out of vision.so i maintained my level flight some more seconds to come back later.i tried to gain some altitude and surprised the spit.he didnt even see me(at least i think so),cause he was flying straight back home directing to england.i positioned myself right on his six,reduced the distance so that my crosshair was full of spitty and shot all my remained bullets on this beautiful plane.after that it was less beautiful.no rudder and only one aileron was left,and the engine was smoking.i saw him bailing out.after that i headed back home to france.
i dont claim to be a good virtual pilot,may be it was only luck,but it definetly was a thrill.
it was really immersive and fun.as i already mentioned i played only four times online yet,but never been shot down,does really feel good.i always could make it back home.
so as far as i can tell,shooting spits is possible.but i guess i have not met an ace yet.

[Flyby]

Now that's the sort of combat immersion I think we all want to be a part of. I notice you don't mention having a wingman, so I guess you really were lucky to escape with two victories. No doubt that is a lot of excitement; flying full-real online with no wingman. This seems a sim for adrenaline junkies alright! But only in full-real, of course! I hope that doesn't sound snobbish. I just believe you can only get the deepest sense of immersion into the sim if you fly the most difficult settings. It's just my opinion, and not a disparagement of anyone who wishes to fly the sim otherwise.
Yeah, man. Great stuff. Of course, David, in due time as people become more experienced with managing the Spit, you may have to change your ways, and hook up with a wingman to help insure your survival. One great pilot against two good pilots doesn't seem like good odds to me. Thanks for the post! Aquarius? Or Pisces?
Flyby out

[reflected]

I like flying all planes so here's my experience:

Hurricane: feels a bit sluggish, but it does fine against 109-s if you're careful. Spitfires can devaur it in seconds.

Spitfire: easy to down anything in it.

109: you can BnZ Hurricanes, but don't attack Spitfires unless you have a great E advantage and you have 2 wingmen. Load AP bullets in your MGs, they damage allright! And you have so much ammo!

So the Hurri & 109's relative performance seems to be OK, but the Spit stands out very much, making it a foe with an unfair advantage. RAF planes run out of ammo very quickly, so you can play that card if you're fighting one.

I'm not a luftwhiner, the Spit has always been my favorite plane. Still...

[skouras]

only the Emil 109on full real everyday
some people that flying hurricanes and spits are very good and experience pilots..the spit can turn more quickly than the Emil but i use my rudder a lot when i want to keep someone on my guns..
what i do when someone is behind me i fly really really low so the tracers is above me and cannot shoot me down...it works every time...the trick is not t chase someone for to long cause someone else will be behind you soon..get an altitude of 4.000 3.000 meters enough for dive approach the target and get away
if you ready to shoot don't...wait a little longer
i set my fuel about 50 so i have enough time for patrol and combat..
i use my guns to see where the tracers goes and give a quick burst of cannons
i don't chase to shoot down an enemy in flames but to damage his plane...sooner or later he is going to bail out
hope this help...