What Rank IV Next?

[gentle junco]

Which rank 4 Prop should i get next? I can only afford one so its either the P-38, P-47, F8F (not 1B), A-26, or the AD-2.
Air and Ground Battles

[errant turret]

the best is either the f8f or the p38s

just skip the p47n

its the worst 4.7 in the entire game

[gentle junco]

How so?

[errant turret]

as a comparison, a do335 does everything better than it

yes the do335 wins the dogfight as well

[gentle junco]

Yikes

[errant turret]

the p47n, doesnt climb particularly well
doesnt turn well
has terrible energy retention
terrible stall control (you barely can control your plane in a stall)

worse than the s199 for the br imo

[gentle junco]

Is it at least fast?

[errant turret]

at high altitude yes

goes 590 on the deck

yak9u, fw190, la7, p63s

[gentle junco]

Thats a bit more than the 5.0 thunderbolts

[errant turret]

all outrun it at low altitude

[errant turret]

the p47n is also a whole ton heavier than the p47 d28

[gentle junco]

Where did that weight come from?

[errant turret]

longer wings

and some other factors im not quite sure about

but it is 1 ton heavier

[gentle junco]

An extra 2000lbs of wings

It also has more ammo

What about the P-38J and F8F? What do they got going for them?

[errant turret]

f8f is the fastest thing at 5.0

good climb and insanely fast

just very frustrating to play

because of the firepower, overheating and mer

p38j is decent

it turns amazingly for a heavy fighter

with fowler flaps it outturns 109s gustavs

[gentle junco]

Fowler as in combat or landing?

[errant turret]

fowler is name for the type of flap

[gentle junco]

So just combat outturns 109Gs?

[errant turret]

they still win the dogfight because of their climb rate and stall control

but in the short term, yeah the p38 can outturn them

[gentle junco]

Okay, so i have chosen the Bearcat. What speed do i climb at for this thing?

[errant turret]

testing rn

i predict its gonna be around 300

[gentle junco]

Yeah i feels like its going to be higher

[errant turret]

27.7m/s at 300

gonna try 310

[gentle junco]

How do you figure this out?

[errant turret]

wdym?

[gentle junco]

How do you figure out the m/s?

[errant turret]

wtrti

^thats the preferred way

im using local host

[gentle junco]

So some third party stuff

[errant turret]

yeah pretty much

ok yeah 300 seems to be about the optimal climb

[boreal abyss]

Thought the F8F was nerfed a while back, unless its fine now at 5.0

[gentle junco]

Nerfed how?

[boreal abyss]

I think they made it overheat really bad, and that it looses energy really quickly. Even with MEC it overheats really bad and if you loose your energy and don't manage temps properly you can't regain your energy since your engine will overheat. Rudder compresses after 550kmph also so getting guns on target is hard at high speeds.

I think the P-47-D30 is probably better for the same BR

I haven't flown it in a while so idk if they changed it much or not

[gentle junco]

No your pretty on point, engines will kill themselves if you WEP for more than 5 mins and energy retention is pretty bad

Its probably on par with the D-30 though

[boreal abyss]

At least in the D-30 you don't have to worry about engine overheating and with MEC you can get a few more HP out of it actually

Gain extra 50 cals also

[errant turret]

yeah like many years ago

its not bad at 5.0 now

considering it still goes 670 on the deck

[errant turret]

the f8f is objectively better than the p47d28

[errant turret]

d30 has better energy retention

it doesnt have bad energy retention

yeah and d30 is better than the f8f

though both are better than the p47

the p47 is a passive plane and in the current meta you need to be as aggressive as possible to do well

[boreal abyss]

Okay, yeah I was just wondering if the f8f was still as bad as it was after they ruined it's engine