A beginner's guide to the planes

BRIGGBOY · #1 03-15-2010, 03:49 PM

could someone please confirm for me if the spitfire mkxvi uses .50cal mgs or 7.7 mgs in the game. if they are 7.7 then it should have 4 instead of 2 and the only other armament variations this mk used were 4 20mm hispano cannons or 2 20mm hispano cannons and 2 .50cal mgs. never 2 7.7 mgs

Crosshair14 · #2 03-21-2010, 07:31 PM

The spitfire xvi uses .50 mg

BRIGGBOY · #3 03-21-2010, 08:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Crosshair14

The spitfire xvi uses .50 mg

i know it did in the war iam on about in the game

Crosshair14 · #4 03-21-2010, 10:23 PM

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Originally Posted by BRIGGBOY

i know it did in the war iam on about in the game

it has .50 cal. mg in the game

winny · #5 03-22-2010, 12:09 PM

In the Hanger when you select weapons for the XVI it says 2 x 7.7mm cannon and 2 x Hispano. I think the game is wrong. Should be .50cals.

So the IX has better armament than the XVI.. ?

bobbysocks · #6 03-22-2010, 06:18 PM

how hard is it to bring down a 190 or 109 with a xvi?? it would be a lot harder with a .303 than a 50 cal! if you see no difference between the ix and the xvi the game is wrong and the plane has a 50 cal....that would be my guess.

jazzyguitar19 · #7 04-09-2010, 01:03 AM

What about the P-51B or any of the mustang series? I didn't see you mention those, maybe I missed it or something? How are they in dogfights? Are they better at T&B or B&Z?

FOZ_1983 · #8 04-09-2010, 01:21 AM

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Originally Posted by jazzyguitar19

What about the P-51B or any of the mustang series? I didn't see you mention those, maybe I missed it or something? How are they in dogfights? Are they better at T&B or B&Z?

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Absolutey nothing. Haha.On the PS3 they may be much better in a dogfight now that its been patched. But on the 360 they are horrible to use. They spin and stall far to easily and lose alot of speed very quickly in a turn or climb.

Robotic Pope · #9 04-09-2010, 02:38 AM

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Originally Posted by jazzyguitar19

What about the P-51B or any of the mustang series? I didn't see you mention those, maybe I missed it or something? How are they in dogfights? Are they better at T&B or B&Z?

Yep, Foz is right on 360 the Mustangs are pretty lame in any dogfight. If you want to use one though take the P51D and B&Z only and never try to turn with any undamaged plane. Its best used in supprise attacks jumping down on someone who is chasing another plane. Take it into a 1v1 and you lose every time. Me and SEE where testing out the planes dogfight abilitys at high altitude tonight and the low to medium altitude La.5 still murders the P-51 even at 20,000ft. The Mustang is terrible at that altitude, stalling even if you think about turning (would be useless to the B-17s)

On PS3 with the patch and not using a custom button layout, The P-51D is ment to handle much better but its still a B&Z plane. The blackouts should work to the P51 pilots advantage to, but I think alot of T&B players just play with the brightness turned way up. (maybe the blackout should have been more like a circle wipe to solid black?)

winny · #10 03-21-2010, 08:24 PM

As I understand it they standardised wings for spitfires from Mk V onwards so the armament variations came with the wing. (Regardless of whether the wing tips were clipped)

Original wings had one 20mm Hispano at the inner position and 2 .303 MGs in the machine gun bays (the outer MG stubs were not used and were filled in) so that's the only 2 cannon 4mg config I know (This is the C wing)

Later they changed it to 20mm Hispano in the outer position and fitted 1 .50cal Browning MG instead of the 2 .303 MGs (2 cannon 2 mg) An XVIe should have this config.(E wing)

The first ever XVI MJ556 had the C wing fitted. However the vast majority of XVI's were fitted with the E wing (nearly all of them) Some IX's were converted to this too.

What does the game say an XVI has?