Vought F4U Crosair: Hard Plane to Fly

[s u p e r g r a m p s]

I've been having a hard time with the crosair ever since i got the first variant of the series, its slow turn time makes it very risky to turn, but even with it's prowerful engine i fine it hard to climb without losing so much power. Really, I would agree with American pilots that's its a flying bird cage (or whatever they called).

So does anyone ahve any tips for using this? I use boom n' zoom tactics with this plane for obvious reasons.

[Real Goblin]

It's one of the more broken models in War Thunder, it is suppsoed to perform better than it does in this game, even more so at high speed (where the wing design increases maniverability). One can only wait for a patch.

[Fabulous Flamingo]

Yeah, it's not a very forgiving plane at all. Boom and Zoom doesn't seem to really work well with it so I've had to rely on other tactic. I've found myself getting into head on head battles more with it as that seems more effective although you put yourself more at risk. I wouldn't really recommend it much though unless you're using an F4U-1c (which has super badass cannons). I try to stay away from fighters and go for the bombers and ground targets more.

[KonCussive]

BnZ doesnt work?
you have to be talking about arcade and arcade only
cause from my experience the corsair is quite the plane in hb/sb

[Grizzly Summoner]

I own with the -1c in realistic!

[Modaflanker]

Instead of climbing to get away from a plane, fly straight (or dive in an emergency) to reach your maximum speed and extend away from the enemy. Same principle applies to the P-51 which is better at this due to its reduced drag.

The reason why the Americans did so well in WW2 with planes with these is not because they had solo pilots, but pilots working as a team. Grab the attention of the enemy, drag them behind you, and have your teammates pounce on them. The propagandist Tokyo Rose from Japan tried to goad American pilots into turnfighting with their planes instead of being such "cowards" for their hit and run attacks.

As a solo pilot it is definitely more difficult as you need to be more patient, cautious and make the most of every opportunity.

[hegemoni]

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=395238461
thort id share-im trying to keep speed up-not entering turn fights-unless im doing the shooting-bnz-slash the edges-and over compensate your anticipation-always follow route for plane not the obviuos tail-chase
bankings not sharp turnings-get some air and dive -and blast em good-
its my most succesfull plane-use with br-3.0 and youl wreck