F86K Sabre

[chicks99]

Hey there's a mistake, on the stat card it says "Jet Fighter" but the only thing its fighting for is the title of worst F86 Sabre in the game.

[Mackerel]

How bad is it? I always wanted to fly out the saber dog.

[TheAceOfSpodes]

Yep. Its pretty terrible. How on god's green earth gaijin thinks that the F-86K deserves its BR is insane.

For a mere .3 BR higher, you could be in a Yak-38M, with superior performance in almost every category, VTOL, and 30G missiles.

Above ~7.0 air is just an absolute ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥. Gaijin ought to be ashamed of the state of it.

[chicks99]

Originally posted by Mackerel:

How bad is it? I always wanted to fly out the saber dog.

The Saber Dog at Br 9.0 is like if an F89 Scorpion and a F86 Sabre had a baby together. The result: A fat and unmaneuverable plane.

The 20mm cannons on this are underwhelmingly below average for its BR with a fire rate of only 750 rpm, meaning enemies can fly right through your cannon shots as the gun fire cycles. The 128 round capacity of each gun is average for its tier (for comparison the G91 R/3 at Br 8.7 has 125 rounds per THIRTY (30) mm cannon.

The engine while a major upgrade over the engines of previous Sabre models, is negated by the fact the airframe is large and outdated. This means that the top speed of this plane and the top speed of any other F86 ranging from the F86 A5 to the F86 F2 are very close and basically the same. You have no speed advantage and only a high altitude advantage against other F86s.

Lastly, the maneuverability or rather lack of it throws this plane into the corner of shame when it comes to the F86 Sabre family. There is an 8g Airframe limit (whereas something like the F86 A5 at BR 8.3 can pull 12g) and the most I've pulled in it is 7g. DO NOT DIVE SHARPLY in this plane because of this limiter, you can easily put yourself into a VERY fatal maneuver as the plane will not be able to physically pull up in time.

Do yourself a favor and don't fly this plane, it is the least maneuverable sabre I've ever flown and if you know subsonics, most if not all are very nimble fighters. It's the worst "sabre" because it has the worst turn, not because of only its BR. It also faces things like the F104 which will run circles around this plane all day and 30g all aspect missiles like the Aim9L. The worst criminal offense though is that it faces the Aim9G which has an insane range against subsonics and is usually launched from high orbit by harriers.