Anyone have a BV-238?

[mp81996]

I'm thinking about getting one after seeing phly's videos on it.

Looks amazing, even tho its got its drawbacks of being a big plane, really slow turning.

What i like about the bomber is that it has an impressive payload and all around protection of quad 13mm's and two 20's on the roof.

Because of how big the fuselage is, it can absorb bullets and cannons to an extant, it can endure an engine fire without being burned out which is something i was impressed by.

When i do get it, once the crew is assembled i would max out the skills promote them to Ace and see how i do with it in battle.

How does that sound?

[relliK]

here is a picture of my current stats with the BV-238 - http://i.imgur.com/rTuMXKL.jpg
(pure arcade player though ^^ so i cant say how it performs in realistic or simluator mode)

to me it's still an absolute killer plane even though it has been slightly uptiered some time ago and ofc some players have learned to shoot it down rather quickly or at least not trying to stay on it's six for more than a few seconds ^^

still i think that 975 air kills in 668 flyouts is quite nice xD also the number of ground kills isnt too bad considering that i usually focus on the minibases (which unfortunately cannot be destroyed one pass atm (yet again - arcade mode - ) but they arent shown in the statistics anyways.

good moneymaker and due to being premium also quite nice for researching other planes (in the appropriate tiers)

due to it being quite sturdy (compared to other bombers) i occasionally even go fighter hunting with it ^^ on domination maps anyway - diving into the enemy furball getting 3, 4 sometimes even 5 kills is hilarious.

however with the recent changes to the AAA i really try to stay away from those (oh well and whenever is see a Hurricane i know that i'll go down rather fast -.- atm this seems to be the only fighter plane that is able to take out the BV-238 without any real effort =/)

[mp81996]

RIGHT? lol but yea I do plan on staying away from AAA and SPAA those are the only things that can take down a 238 not to mention the Flak 88 truck. Planes on the other hand will take time to take it down.

Trust me I tried shooting one down with 20 mills and mg's on my FW-190 I put my payload into him and he still flew as if I just spat at him lol

I'm a descent gunner when i experimented with a stuka and i was at the dirt with it skill wise. once skills are maxed out I'll make sure my quad 13's and 20 mill gets put to good use against fighters and other aircraft that try intercepting me

[Hyperion]

I've got one recently.
Probably it's just my problem or my hands, but in 4 games out of 5 I keep losing my tail from the first burst of an enemy fighter within first 2-5 seconds of contact. And people like to hunt those.

[mp81996]

Originally posted by Hyperion:

I've got one recently.
Probably it's just my problem or my hands, but in 4 games out of 5 I keep losing my tail from the first burst of an enemy fighter within first 2-5 seconds of contact. And people like to hunt those.

Some russian planes have cannons powerful enough to blow a wing or tail off. I only experienced that once in which I do kinda look at it kinda biased wise because i endured worse than that and still flew even if i was critically wounded and only had 3 minutes before the plane hit the ground. from my elevators and allirons were shot off by p-47s and 51s.

Its the best plane for bombing objectives and a good defense with your guns/

[mp81996]

Originally posted by Mirage:

Still don't get why they don't get their full potential payload. Both German and Japanese bombers magically have less payload than they should have.

Play Combat Flight Simulator 3 if you want all sides to have very limited payloads.

Bomber wise The B-26 has a choice of two 2000 pound bombs or 500 and 250 pound bombs @ a quantity of 2000 pound payload. the Ju-88's on that game can have two 500kg and 1 250kg

I never played the british bombers, the B-25's so idk their payloads.

The fighter payloads are impressive, the All american fighters except the P-55 can have two 1000 pound bombs.

German Fighters have one 500kg bomb except the 262 and the Horten ho known as the Gotha Go on CFS-3 the 262's can have one 1000kg bomb and the Gotha can have two 1000kg bombs.

[Blamite Delight]

stay at your current alt when spawning in, you can usually demolish an enemy base in one pass. Cross your fingers and hope the enemy is dumb enough to offer a good target for your gunners.