Rolling in a FW 190

[Crumpp]

The 1944 A-8 is only good against bombers really. The extra armour is too much against fighters. The A-9 is a slight improvement but will still struggle if there are lots of P-51s around.

There is no extra armor on an FW-190A8 fighter variant on the real thing. It has the same armor as the FW-190A3.

In fact, it has better performance including sustained turn than any other FW-190A variant except of course, the FW-190A9. If you do the math it is obvious.

[Erkki]

Originally Posted by Crumpp

There is no extra armor on an FW-190A8 fighter variant on the real thing. It has the same armor as the FW-190A3.

In fact, it has better performance including sustained turn than any other FW-190A variant except of course, the FW-190A9. If you do the math it is obvious.

Not so in game... Vs. typical enemies, even less so. Dont think the mods do have it any better either, at least relative to opposition.

[Avimimus]

It is useful to remember that the point of the sizzors in the FW-190 isn't to loose speed. Instead it is to gradually increase the aspect angle with each successive turn.

I found this observation in a book that had a chapter on FW-190 tactics and tried it out online. I was untouchable for a little while (This was back in the days when they said the FW-190 was hopelessly undermodelled and the Bf-109 was the only competitive axis aircraft online).

[K_Freddie]

A quickie (50MB) I made a while back...
The idea was to visualise the control actions..

Hope it helps

[rakinroll]

Nice video, thanks.

[noxnoctum]

Thanks for the tips guys, I've gotten a lot better at defensive tactics especially, and offensive too as I improve in deflection shooting... One split second burst is all it takes with the 4 cannons and 2 guns .

Using scissors and multiple quick rolls + split s alone has significantly improved my survivability. Finding "feints" with half rolls very useful especially in scissors. Still got a long way to go though. I'm really struggling with doing scissors without relying on external views too... having a hard time maintaining situational awareness while looking out the back and still flying decently.

Also tough I find is slowing down enough to let the bandit get close to where the scissors is useful and I can force an overshoot without getting shot down in the process (while he's drawing near).