Polikarpov I-16 Stalling?

[Soviet Ace]

Originally Posted by trk29

Yes this plane is quite nimble but it shakes like crazy when firing those huge guns, I found it best to fire quick short bursts when chasing a 109.

Well you answered the problem yourself, which is the right thing to do. Don't fire your guns in long bursts or something like that, you've just gotta give it like a two, no more like one and a half second burst.

[trk29]

Originally Posted by Soviet Ace

Well you answered the problem yourself, which is the right thing to do. Don't fire your guns in long bursts or something like that, you've just gotta give it like a two, no more like one and a half second burst.

Looking through the reticle is what I like least of this plane when your adversary is in the middle of your crosshairs you can barely see his plane because of the fat nose.

But it is fun to fly I forgot what mission (early in the game) where you have to defend the city from fighters and bombers I believe I blew my engine three times chasing after those bombers after I downed all the fighters.

[Soviet Ace]

Besides speed, (that big flat nose cuts it's airspeed quite a bit, that's why it's good at turning though,) the I-16s only problem was engine trouble at times, and all the pilots disliked the forward view they had, but used it to their advantage, by flying below their enemy, and coming up, blasting their enemy that was full in their sights.