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[CorvusCorvax]

I was gifted an RB-17 last night, and I wanted to try it out.  It's fast, no doubt.  But I'm having trouble flipping the caps in one pass, because I'm not releasing my bombs at the right time.  Then I went searching for the tutorial, or at least the video that shows the altitude and speed at which the person was doing the low-level stuff.

 

I do like blazing through a cap and not getting touched by flak or ADA.  Or trolling through a cap and using the tail gun to know down LF ADA.  But with 4-5 battles and only one victory because I'm not releasing my bombs at the right time, I need to watch that expert I swore I saw the video of just this last week.

 

Thanks!

[Prenzlau]

CorvusCorvax, on 28 June 2018 - 08:30 AM, said:

I was gifted an RB-17 last night, and I wanted to try it out.  It's fast, no doubt.  But I'm having trouble flipping the caps in one pass, because I'm not releasing my bombs at the right time.  Then I went searching for the tutorial, or at least the video that shows the altitude and speed at which the person was doing the low-level stuff.

 

I do like blazing through a cap and not getting touched by flak or ADA.  Or trolling through a cap and using the tail gun to know down LF ADA.  But with 4-5 battles and only one victory because I'm not releasing my bombs at the right time, I need to watch that expert I swore I saw the video of just this last week.

 

Thanks!

 

I had the pleasure of observing you in action last night. It will take some time for you to master the RB-17, and although videos can help, time flying the plane is essential. I might be able to show you a few things if you want to flight sometime in RB-17's. 

 

Prenzlau

[SlappedbyPatton]

Practice, each bomber has a top speed and all you have to do is match the bomb release to your ingress time.

Practice, makes perfect

 

W-W

 

[SpiritFoxMY]

*mutters something about bloody RB-17 weed-whackers*

 

I'll be waiting for you with a brace of R4Ms

[SlappedbyPatton]

SpiritFoxMY, on 28 June 2018 - 11:30 AM, said:

*mutters something about bloody RB-17 weed-whackers*

 

I'll be waiting for you with a brace of R4Ms

 

^ all I plan to run for the foreseeable future.....and its specialized......so load up  

 

W_W

 

[Lambo805]

Prenzlau, on 28 June 2018 - 11:15 AM, said:

 

I had the pleasure of observing you in action last night. It will take some time for you to master the RB-17, and although videos can help, time flying the plane is essential. I might be able to show you a few things if you want to flight sometime in RB-17's. 

 

Prenzlau

 

Best match I ever had was in the RB-17 against Z&P in their RB-17s. It was the very essence of high versus low where my team couldn't touch them, and I couldn't stop touching trees, towers, and occasionally the ground. There's lots to be learned about the RB-17 and how to single-pass flip most any base, but the first thing you need to learn is target priority and which targets give you the best return for your payload.

 

If you want to go high, talk to Z or P; for low level I'd be happy to help.

[CorvusCorvax]

Prenzlau, on 28 June 2018 - 03:15 PM, said:

 

I had the pleasure of observing you in action last night. It will take some time for you to master the RB-17, and although videos can help, time flying the plane is essential. I might be able to show you a few things if you want to flight sometime in RB-17's. 

 

Prenzlau

 

Both of our games, my human compatriot dropped to hangar before the end of the match.  In one of those battles, my helper helped himself to 60 whole personal points.  60.

 

Against a flighted pair,that's a steep hill to climb. 

[CorvusCorvax]

Lambo805, on 28 June 2018 - 06:36 PM, said:

 

Best match I ever had was in the RB-17 against Z&P in their RB-17s. It was the very essence of high versus low where my team couldn't touch them, and I couldn't stop touching trees, towers, and occasionally the ground. There's lots to be learned about the RB-17 and how to single-pass flip most any base, but the first thing you need to learn is target priority and which targets give you the best return for your payload.

 

If you want to go high, talk to Z or P; for low level I'd be happy to help.

 

I'd love to blow some stuff up with you.

[Captain_Underpants53]

Have you considered starting out using it at higher altitudes?  Once you have that down maybe it would be easier to convert to low altitude.  I don't know because my low altitude attempts have been few and far between.  And don't forget that the RB-17 has the best turret gunner in the game.  I usually flip at least one base shooting down an air defense aircraft.

 

[CorvusCorvax]

Captain_Underpants53, on 28 June 2018 - 11:12 PM, said:

Have you considered starting out using it at higher altitudes?  Once you have that down maybe it would be easier to convert to low altitude.  I don't know because my low altitude attempts have been few and far between.  And don't forget that the RB-17 has the best turret gunner in the game.  I usually flip at least one base shooting down an air defense aircraft.

 

 

I wanted to start low, because that seems harder to learn.  And ripping up a cap point and having five red arrows following me on my radar is oddly rewarding.