Arado 234, B-17, P-47 in Strike

[Gazz6666]

Originally Posted by Ancient Seraph

Although the B17 is hard to take down, it's possible and I've done it, enough to win every now and then against a B17. The Arado however is impossible to take down unless you have a jet. And although it does have a big turn radius, the time you take turning is the time you gain by being at your target way before anyone else. On top of that, I don't think the time you take to make a decent 180 with a B17 is that much shorter than what you do with the Arado. Turn radius is not important, rate of turn is.

I was going to try the Arado earlier on whilst playing a Strike mission, but opted for the Hurricane instead. Very few players, only myself and three others, but for some reason our two opponents both chose Bf-109's, instead of planes equipped with bombs or rockets.

It took ages to destroy the three ships on the Dover/Channel location. I'm not sure, but I reckon they must have withstood at least 50 bomb runs each before they sank, not helped by the fact that my wingman flew a He-111, got shot down once and quit.

I'm going to try and use the Arado later on. Hopefully the heavier bombs will improve the rate of destruction.

[PantherAttack2]

Originally Posted by mattd27

I was in a pretty good strike room last night, I think Raw Kryptonite was there too. One guy had a B-17 and everyone was clambering to get on his team. I really understood why once we got in the game.

Normally I win a lot of Strike games in my trusty He-111. But even with our team flying at their best, the B-17 just singlehandedly erased all our tickets!

Yeah, I think I was there for that!

Everyone wanted to get on the B-17 player's team. I did see a player flying an He-111, was that you? I stuck with a Ju-87B-2 because I was trying to unlock the Ju-87D-3.

Sort of off-topic there, hehe.


But yeah, the B-17 is a beast of a machine.