Arado 234, B-17, P-47 in Strike

[Riceball]

Originally Posted by FOZ_1983

Im on the 360, you?

Yes sir.

Edit: I work the night shift here in the US, so when I play I should see you more often than not.

[Ancient Seraph]

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.

[Riceball]

Originally Posted by Ancient Seraph

Although the B17 is hard to take down, it's possible and I've done it

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

[MorgothNL]

Originally Posted by Riceball

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

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

[Riceball]

Originally Posted by MorgothNL

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

No, no, no! It took three lives!

[Gazz6666]

Originally Posted by Ancient Seraph

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.

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.