from Bf 109 F-4 to Fw 190 A-3

[Wibble the Obscure]

When i first got this game i was advised to fly a single aircraft and really get to know it. I chose the Bf 109 F-4 and have flown 1-3 times a day for a good few months. I am no experten but sitting in its virtual cockpit is like sitting in the couch at home now.

I felt it was time to switch up but every single aircraft i flew just felt 'off' after the F-4: They felt too slow, turned too loose, didn't have the Firepower when i needed it.

... then i tried the Fw 190 A-3.
Don't get me wrong, compared to the F-4 it turns like a brick, but i knew i would need to work on my Zoom-n-Boom skills eventually.

It doesn't have the surge of acceleration the F-4 has.
BUT OMFG is it a joy to fly!!

Those twin cannons with plenty of Ammo alone are just plain awesome. Chuck on the wing cannons and i am shooting down Il-2 mod 42 like a lawnmower over grass.

It is heavy and slower than the F-4 but also responsive enough to energy fight the Soviets and once i am on their energy-depleted tail their only option is to go full power and hope they can pull away.
Used right that weight allows me to line up enemy flawlessly.

Personally i feel that the biggest mistake was learning on the F-4 because it seems to be the fighter that ticks each and every box but now that i have found the 190 A-3 i feel i have gained as much as i have lost in switching aircraft.

[-OrLoK- Слава Україн]

I don't fly the luft aircraft much but whenever I do it feels like "easy mode" as they climb so incredibly well.

I do feel jealous of their aircraft and capabilities.

[Majpalmer]

Use their roll rate to your advantage.

[Wibble the Obscure]

Originally posted by palmerm:

Use their roll rate to your advantage.

Literally just finished having a quick 'roll around' with some Yaks.
The German roll-rate is a real delight.

Originally posted by -OrLoK-:

I don't fly the luft aircraft much but whenever I do it feels like "easy mode" as they climb so incredibly well.

Well i salute you if you are flying the Soviet aircraft... i would rather fly Bf110 in a dogfight that most of the Russian planes.

There is no doubt the Nazi planes are easy-mode though, as i said in my original post the 109 F-4 should be banned for new players as everything else seems rubbish afterwards.

[Pathfinder Serza]

TBH I find MiG-3 to be absolutely beastly, even in Stalingrad. In multiplayer, I once fought three Doras at once in it and damaged one to a point where he crashed and I got the kill.

Sure, the Dora pilot wasn't terribly good (was a friend, 1v1 for fun) and the other two morons that intruded on a friendly fight weren't the sharpest tools in the shed, either, but that is punching WELL above the MiG's own weight.

I've had very miserable time switching to La-5 though, as the MiG inevitably gets phased out around late September '42...
Probably gonna go back to transferring to Yak squadrons. The armament is inferior to both the MiG (with four .50 cal MGs it becomes an executioner) and the La-5 but I can't fly the MiG anymore, and the Yak works for how I fly so much better than the Lavochkin.

[kalnon]

I've started by going with the earlier planes like the Soviet LaGG-3 and working my way up in order, up to the later planes. I've found this method to work well. I've mostly only flown Allied planes so far so I can't compare it to the Axis planes but I haven't had too much trouble when switching to the next aircraft that way. I also think it's more fun this way, working my way up to the later, more advanced planes that are generally more powerful and maneuverable.

[Kuban8]

I've flown many hours on both the Bf 109 & the Fw 190. Despite the Bf's irritating flaws, i.e. cockpit visibility that's terrible, ground handling that's twitchy and an inline, liquid cooled engine that's susceptible to a single bullet or piece of shrapnel hitting it in just the wrong place & that's your battle over Fritz, it's otherwise a bloody brilliant machine & IMO superior overall to the FW. Which is exactly the opinion Luftwaffe pilots had too; most preferred the Messer to the Wulfe throughout the war.

[Wwulff]

I have flown for over 250hrs. My favs being Me 109 G6 , FW 190 A8 , P-51D and the LOVE OF MY LIFE (dont tell the wife LOL) Spitfire Mk IXe . I feel most at home in my Spitty . I have not yet flown the Spitfire Mk XIV , I am trying to earn that , through a career !!! BEST GAME EVEEEEEEEEEER !!! and the VR well done......are you listening Warthunder LOLOLOLOL

[Kuban8]

Interesting comments Wwulff! I've got no time in the Spit in BofS, so don't know what this machine's foibles are yet. I do know that during the War, ze German's mated their brilliant DB605a to a captured Spit Mk 5 & apparently the 'MesserSpit' outclassed both a Spit & the 109 in every flight parameter.

[Wwulff]

Originally posted by Kuban8:

Interesting comments Wwulff! I've got no time in the Spit in BofS, so don't know what this machine's foibles are yet. I do know that during the War, ze German's mated their brilliant DB605a to a captured Spit Mk 5 & apparently the 'MesserSpit' outclassed both a Spit & the 109 in every flight parameter.

I know talk about perfection !!!!

[ginger-welsh]

Originally posted by Wwulff:

Originally posted by Kuban8:

Interesting comments Wwulff! I've got no time in the Spit in BofS, so don't know what this machine's foibles are yet. I do know that during the War, ze German's mated their brilliant DB605a to a captured Spit Mk 5 & apparently the 'MesserSpit' outclassed both a Spit & the 109 in every flight parameter.

I know talk about perfection !!!! :bf109::resist:

Perfection, is taking a Mk V, putting a second charger on it and calling it a Mk IX, then putting a Griffon in and calling it a mark XII, then putting a second charger and calling it a Mk XIV and so on and so on..

..

[Wibble the Obscure]

I just wish the Spit or Mustang SOUNDED like a fighter... they just have those buzzy engines. Nothing like the roar of the German Birds

[Wien1938]

I'm a huge fan of the Fw 190, having flown the Bf 109F4 (a pleasure), the Bf 109G (getting used to it and starting to like) and finally the Fw 190 A3. Provided you know its limits (stall and slow turn circle), it's a deadly pleasure to fly and a terror to Il-2s and Pe-2s alike!

[Viceroy Günther von Lichler]

I love the FW. Sleek, fast, armed too the teeth and temperamental. First aircraft I've flown in the game that feels like it has a personality. The cockpit also just feels modern, like its not from WW2 at all, really pretty to look at.
And like most German aircraft its so easy to fly, can focus all brainpower on the enemy instead of aircraft operations.

[Eifel]

From many hours as a 109 F-4 flyer I went to the 109 K-4 with the DC engine mod. and found a whole new flying experience. Firepower, Handling Speed is amazing....and I am still flying a 109.....you should check this out!!

[Wibble the Obscure]

Originally posted by Badger:

From many hours as a 109 F-4 flyer I went to the 109 K-4 with the DC engine mod. and found a whole new flying experience. Firepower, Handling Speed is amazing....and I am still flying a 109.....you should check this out!!

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