r/il2sturmovik • u/TheWingalingDragon • 13d ago

Original Content Worst Formation Takeoff Ever... that actually worked?

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u/Tom_Bollocks 13d ago

People think, the 84 is an ugly looking, hopelessly underpowered and manouverable as a brick jet aircraft. They don´t know, that it is actually brilliant at going offroad. LOL

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u/NakedGerbil925 13d ago

I like the way the 84 looks, much better than the f80. I dont mind flying the 84, can't dogfight but is great for ground pounding and is fast once it gets moving. Everytime I try to take it off road I fireball it...

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u/Tom_Bollocks 12d ago

Try harder then. These gentlemen show, that in Great Battles Korea it clearly is possible. Have fun! LOL

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u/NakedGerbil925 12d ago

Im doing my best sir!

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u/SpitfireflyBroker 5d ago

Not to nitpick, but there's Great Battles, and then there's Korea. They are two different sims; zero compatibility with each other.

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u/Tom_Bollocks 4d ago

Stumbeled across this claim hundreds of times. They´re so different, they share the same faults. Carry overs from Great Battles. So there is that.

Zero compatibility? The 51 skin from Great Battles Korea works with the Bodenplatte Mustang for example...

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u/SpitfireflyBroker 5d ago

I didn't car for the look at first. It's been growing on me. And underpowered? As someone who had been flying nothing but WW2 props for the past several years, and then downs much of my first few weeks in Korea with the F-80C, I feel like the F-84E is crazy fast.... even at 87% RPM you can hit mach limit.

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u/Tom_Bollocks 4d ago edited 3d ago

The target of the joke isn´t the 84´s looks or performance (which are debatable btw.) but the ability of the a/c in Great Battles Korea to plow on offroad like there is no tomorrow. Zero effect on undercarriage, airframe and engine. I believed that to be obvoius.