Hellcat or Mustang?

[Zeon Did Nothing Wrong]

Finally Gaijin wins my gold, so what should I get for British premium sale? Hellcat or Mustang? And why?

[Scrotum Scratcher]

Both are alright but I think the hellcat is more forgiving. Mustang might be able to accomplish more however if you have discipline to maintain energy.

With the hellcat, you can actually dogfight with bf-109s. And these bf109s will if they're stupid, cause they don't expect a giant hellcat to outturn their nimble aircraft. The hellcat has giant wings that create a lot of lift and the rudder gives good control. If you stall to around 220 km/h and pop combat flaps, you will turn on a bf109 very fast. It is also quite durable compared to the mustang. But, it has early 50 cals with no API-T rounds. If you play ground RB, then the hellcat is probably better as it also has a good payload. MEC is also good for the hellcat as it has 3 supercharger levels. It is more sluggish than the mustang however.

The mustang gets 20mm but it doesn't turnfight as well. You'll have to maintain your speed with the mustang and BnZ. But the rollrate and control stiffening is more forgiving compared to the hellcat.

[Jepicus]

Well I bought the Hellcat about an hour or two ago, to go with the premium Cromwell, and maybe the premium british 3.7 ship in the future. Tiny tims at low tier is awesome if you're into ground RB. Heaps of ammo, good loadouts, good speed, a torpedo just in case. I haven't tested it in air RB yet. Plus it's an Aussie plane, so I like it even more.

I don't know much about the Mustang, hasn't much ammo, a little slower, no payload, probably roughly the same climb speed and turn time, hispano MkIIs aren't very good, and it's a little bit more expensive. I'm sorry I can't offer a detailed comparison, but I'm just saying I'm enjoying the hellcat, its a very nice little plane.

[Col. Cornbread]

Air RB or ground RB?

[Zeon Did Nothing Wrong]

Originally posted by Col. Cornbread:

Air RB or ground RB?

Air RB

[Col. Cornbread]

Originally posted by Locker Boi:

Air RB

Hellcat, the ability to carry bombs and stuff allows you to get extra SL in Air RB.

[Zeon Did Nothing Wrong]

Seems everyone favoring the Hellcat, thanks guys.

[Jaes]

Yes, I would favor the Hellcat over the Mustang Mk1. The only thing the Mk1 offers over the Hellcat is that it has the body of a Mustang so can handle high speed turns better. Other than that, The Hellcat does virtually everything better.

You could argue that you should take the 20mm Mk1 Stang over the .50 cals, but I rather enjoy accurately blasting a 109/190/Yak/La/A6M5 etc. from 1km away.