C205

[Dichodog]

okay thats what we have tonight.  Any tips?  I looked at Sodas page and will revisit before I give her a run tonight.  But I've never upped it unless it was on an FSO a long time ago and I'm not familiar with the platform.

[BigB]

Not much help here Dicho.. I still consider myself a noob so I plan on using my
good 'ol standby tactic. It works in any aircraft...

1. Up from field.. remember.. gear up...
2. Loud creaking and groaning noise ?.. Ooops.. gear up
3. Quickly as possible.. find flight lead Bigrat or Rayl
4. Stick close to them
5. Squeal like 12 year old girl scout as first tracers whizz by my canopy
6. Enjoy the view of the airfield from the tower as I sip tea and listen to you guys kill 'um..

Ahhh.. the joys of noob-ness... My time will come. I still have much to learn but it's all
good.. I'm in for the long haul and very thankful you guys haven't given up on me yet.. !

 

..B..

[Kansas2]

lol  ...............hey wait I still do all those things

[BigRat]

Kinda fly it like a P38 that can dive and rolls better.  Only two planes we really have to worry about are P-38G's and Spit 9's, everything else we will have a good speed and climb advantage over.  So stay fast and turn with the verticle.  It's not a good flat turner, so don't try to turn wth any of the slower allied planes.  Climb above them in the fight and B&Z, make them fight up.

 
BigRat 

[Dichodog]

Not much help here Dicho.. I still consider myself a noob so I plan on using my
good 'ol standby tactic. It works in any aircraft...

1. Up from field.. remember.. gear up...
2. Loud creaking and groaning noise ?.. Ooops.. gear up
3. Quickly as possible.. find flight lead Bigrat or Rayl
4. Stick close to them
5. Squeal like 12 year old girl scout as first tracers whizz by my canopy
6. Enjoy the view of the airfield from the tower as I sip tea and listen to you guys kill 'um..

Ahhh.. the joys of noob-ness... My time will come. I still have much to learn but it's all
good.. I'm in for the long haul and very thankful you guys haven't given up on me yet.. !

 

..B..

bububut... that's what I ALWAYS do..

[Drone]

In my opinion, and remember this is a single engine deathtrap, the 205 is a terribly underrated machine.  Sort of like the KI-61.

You may actually fall in love with it, if the evening goes well.

I took down a couple Lancs today.  It packs 20mm and 50cal ( 12.7mm ) guns, so it's lethal.

Not sure how it compares to other single engine deathtraps, but I would suspect a far higher liklihood of some good times in the O'club afterwards, as opposed to last weeks jaunt in the 205's wimpy cousin, the 202.