Cobra is better...Oleg has fond russian memories of the Cobra and US folks don't.
Besides, the biggest issue with the cobra is it couldn't fight above 15,000 ft. Zeroes in particular, flying from Rabaul, started from higher altitude and if that were how things were on Hyperlobby, the poll would look different.
Cobra could dive better, roll better, better armed and faster at low altitude. Imagine if the US whoseitsofthegreatestmagnitude would have lightened the aircraft up and installed the supercharger...history would have been much different I think.
The truth in real life stories ive read from WWII accounts in the PTO is that the P39:
1. Could not outturn the Zero or Oscar in a dog fight. not fun.
2. Worse, All the Plumbing in the P39 is in the back so it took only one bullet hole in the radiator or plumbing and the pilot wasnt coming home. dead bad. worst part of a the irondog.
3. Bad high Altitude performance for the P39.
4. Russkies took guns and armour out and the thing was an Ace Maker on the Eastern front. It could out turn the 109 at low altitudes.
5. Whats a P400....its a P40 with a Zero on its tail. LOL ..common knowledge......cheers. Id take a Zero or Oscar over a P39 and so would most pilots in the PTO in '41
which aircraft is better? noobish question....first of all, all fighters had their weak and strong points (their good and bad characteristics)....Cobra is reported to be a worst US plane in ww2...it had only good guns (big cannon on ex.) ....zeke and ki43 were more agile (maneuverable) but without any good protection for the pilot (at least for zeke),.also they were slower but with better flight charasteristics at low speeds....thats what i can say to u in a few words...just to realize how funny ur question is....fly ur favourite plane but learn his good and bad points and ur safe....cheers
Bulldog wrote:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Cobra could dive better, roll better, better armed and faster at low altitude. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
All of which was worth exactly nothing when the mission at hand was to get quickly to 15,000 feet and shoot down the Nells and Bettys that are inbound to blast your airbase into the stone age.
The fact that the P-39 couldn't climb was almost as d@mning as its hosed stability and jam-after-firing-2-shells cannon. It was totally unsuited to the mission it was called upon to perform.
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Tvrdi:
which aircraft is better? noobish question....first of all, all fighters had their weak and strong points (their good and bad characteristics)....Cobra is reported to be a worst US plane in ww2...it had only good guns (big cannon on ex.) ....zeke and ki43 were more agile (maneuverable) but without any good protection for the pilot (at least for zeke),.also they were slower but with better flight charasteristics at low speeds....thats what i can say to u in a few words...just to realize how funny ur question is....fly ur favourite plane but learn his good and bad points and ur safe....cheers <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
If you even give second thought to my question then you will realize that it is attempt for you guys to post your thoughts about these aircraft and your experiences with 'em in this thread. I did not have space in my answers in poll to say something more polite instead of "P39 is better than Zero..". If you find it so unlikely and unwanted to be posted in this forum, then sorry.
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