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

[Riceball]

Originally Posted by FOZ_1983

B17 is a beast. Me and my friend wil lboth fly them...we will form up, then head to a target (one agreed between the pair of us), en route we keep an eye out form enemy fighters who want us, and we inform our "little friends" where they are. They go for the fighters and engage.

Any that are lucky enough to get through then have a wall of fire coming from 2 B17's to get through.


Makes for some truly great games.

If you don't mind, give me your GT. I would love to fly cover for a pair of B-17s.

[FOZ_1983]

Dont mind at all. Im on the 360, you?

if your on the 360 my GT is STAR FOZ83

[Wissam24]

"Spell: Outclassed"
"Can you use it in a sentence?"
"Outclassed. As in, the entire enemy team were outclassed by the single B-17 player"

[Riceball]

Originally Posted by FOZ_1983

Im on the 360, you?

Yes sir.

Edit: I work the night shift here in the US, so when I play I should see you more often than not.

[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.

[Riceball]

Originally Posted by Ancient Seraph

Although the B17 is hard to take down, it's possible and I've done it

Me too. With a P-51D no less.

[MorgothNL]

Originally Posted by Riceball

Me too. With a P-51D no less.

sssttt, when the devs read that they might go: 'ah you see, it is a good plane', and they wont fix it

[Riceball]

Originally Posted by MorgothNL

sssttt, when the devs read that they might go: 'ah you see, it is a good plane', and they wont fix it

No, no, no! It took three lives!

[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.