Although the B17 is hard to take down, it's possible and I've done it, enough to win every now and then against a B17. The Arado however is impossible to take down unless you have a jet. And although it does have a big turn radius, the time you take turning is the time you gain by being at your target way before anyone else. On top of that, I don't think the time you take to make a decent 180 with a B17 is that much shorter than what you do with the Arado. Turn radius is not important, rate of turn is.

Me too. With a P-51D no less. :-P

sssttt, when the devs read that they might go: 'ah you see, it is a good plane', and they wont fix it

I was going to try the Arado earlier on whilst playing a Strike mission, but opted for the Hurricane instead. Very few players, only myself and three others, but for some reason our two opponents both chose Bf-109's, instead of planes equipped with bombs or rockets.

It took ages to destroy the three ships on the Dover/Channel location. I'm not sure, but I reckon they must have withstood at least 50 bomb runs each before they sank, not helped by the fact that my wingman flew a He-111, got shot down once and quit.

I'm going to try and use the Arado later on. Hopefully the heavier bombs will improve the rate of destruction.

I was really, really hoping for the P-47 in the game as an unlock, if i knew it needed a pre-order code, then i would of done it. Its definantly up their in my top 5 planes. My friends grandpa flew one over Europe in WWII and Korea and ever since hearing from him, it has been one of my favorites.

No, no, no! It took three lives!:grin:

Oddly enough, it was a pre-order bonus in the UK only.

Just took the Arado 234 for a spin in a game of Strike... Wow is that plane awesome.

Obviously the rate of destruction goes up when using the Arado. In my opinion it's cheating though. The B17 is on the edge, but at least it's destroyable, how hard it may be.

True enough, though I would say that if you're after the B-17, the significant lack of games (especially on PS3) means that the Arado becomes quite an inviting substitute, at least to get those 50 strike wins.

Also, epic fail at the P-47 not being in the game unless you had the bonus codes. If i'd known that you had pre-order, I would have done.

Speaking of bonus codes, I bought the inFamous special edition and got the Gigawatt Blades bonus code, despite it being a pre-order bonus. To be honest, I don't see the point of keeping some planes out of the game for the sake of the whole pre-order thing. It should be more like World At War; you pre-order, you unlocked the M1A1 Carbine early for multiplayer (or something like that). You have to get to Level 65 if you didn't pre-order, but you could still get it :)