Soviet Aircraft!! Questions/Answers.

[browntrout79]

What's with the Soviet gunsights? I love the planes, (even the I-16) but I cant hit a darn thing w/ that gunsight, way to cluttered.

[Soviet Ace]

Originally Posted by browntrout79

What's with the Soviet gunsights? I love the planes, (even the I-16) but I cant hit a darn thing w/ that gunsight, way to cluttered.

Funny, I was just talking to my friend who owns BoP (Thanks to my constant annoyance of telling him to buy it.) But anyway, this was a real problem for the pilots of the Red Air Force, but they took it as a bit of an advantage. Which was the top part of the windscreen, they would use to identify their targets, fly close enough and then once they turned towards their target, their gunsight was filled with the enemy's plane, and they could just tear into them. I did and do it all the time, works fine. But besides the weak forward view, I think besides the Yaks and Las, the I-16 has the best overall view to the sides and above.

[browntrout79]

Im having trouble "filling my sight" with the enemy planes..... My best bet is to pop a few long range shots, 70-80 meters, and slow them down a bit. Nothing better than hitting them once or twice, then flying close enough to see a Diamler-Benz not spinning!! Horray, easy kill now!! Personal style I guess, the game still seems "jumpy" when I try and get one lined up in close.... Guess just practice..

[Soviet Ace]

Well going up against 109s, you want to get them so that they'll get into a turning fight. That fight, you are sure to win. The I-16 could out turn any German 109. At least the early E, F, and G2s. Not sure if it went up against G6s since they were sorta phased out. But what I do against the Heinkel, is my of own little genius. What I do, is fly at a altitude where I'm below the 109s, but above the Heinkel. Dive on the Heinkel, firing at the first one in your sights. Then just let them pass, don't level off or anything. The 109s by this time will be chasing you, but since your at a lower altitude, you can easily get away and get on their six. That's if you get one on your tail. But if you don't pass the Heinkel bombers, then without climbing to their altitude, just enough so their in gun range, fire at the first couple, downing them hopefully before making a rolling dive towards the earth, the 109s will probably be tangling with some of the other I-16s at the lower altitude, so they should be easy pickings. Just keep it below 5-6,000 feet and you should be good.

[Soviet Ace]

Those interested in hearing what a I-16 RATA sound like for real, when it starts. Here you go. I'm still trying to find an authentic Yak-3, without the Allison.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myyLFS5TN78

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6y51F59LSDE

[BadByte]

First one could have fooled me sounded like a tractor engine

[Patchou]

From what I've heard, Soviet late war fighters such as Yak-3 were outstanding fighters and easily out manoeuver 190 and 109 at low altitude

But german 109 and 190s were mostly designed for high altitudes (we usually don't fight so high in the game)

Well, Soviet's ones are not considered as the bests fighter of WW2 because of their reliability, problems with engine/ structures...etc Such things that we cannot see in the game. Late war German fighters were much more well built

[Ancient Seraph]

Originally Posted by Soviet Ace

Those interested in hearing what a I-16 RATA sound like for real, when it starts. Here you go. I'm still trying to find an authentic Yak-3, without the Allison.

(movies)

Damn... Those thing are uglier in RL than in game .

[beaker126]

Hey Soviet Ace, I was wondering if you could point me to a good book about the Russian experience with the P-39&P-63 Airacobra/Kingcobra. The U.S. didn't really use a lot of them but I've read the Russians took most of them off our hands, to the tune of something like 80% of the production numbers. There's so little written about the type in the west, since we didn't use it much, but it's always been a favorite of mine and I'd like to know more about it.