tbf leave it at 3 but change bombload
I just want it on an American squad where it belongs.
It’s made out of tissue paper btw. This is probably a good rule of thumb but don’t ever dive at max throttle with it. The wings come off when you pull up lol
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Maybe left it in br3 with 3 bombs or something? There’s already bomber with 4 250 kg bombs in Allies TT so it wouldn’t be that good
Pretty much all BR 3 attacker airplanes are like this tbh, nothing special about XA-38. Well except the IL-2 it usually able to take up more shots before it could go down but it doesn’t really matter as it’s rather slow and eventually catches more bullets and die.
This is not true at all. Not only XA-38’s wing doesn’t come off even over at +600 TAS, but the control doesn’t really stiffen up at all even at that speed so it’s actually one of the most maneuverable attacker plane on BR 3. Just don’t use the flaps at high speed as it’s rather fragile one, it will come right off of course if you do that on high speed.
That’s every plane in the game, let an enemy get behind you and you just die 99% of the time.
This is literally the first time I’ve ever heard of this happening, and I fly it at max throttle every second I’m in it.
Nope, it’s not flaps, it’s not the plane clipping a tree or building neither. If it causes me to crash or to die, there’s no username tied to my death in the kill feed which would indicate the plane had been shot at.
It’s still a great plane and is extremely maneuverable but it’s got low resistance to g-force similar to the A-20. You would notice it happens more if you pull up into a corkscrew or wide turn instead of directly up after diving at max speed and steep angle. The tips of the wings rip right off.
This is not a thing in Enlisted. Actually, there’s only one airplane i know of this is being a thing in Enlisted. It’s called U-2 and as far as i know, it’s the only airplane that’s capable of clip it’s wing itself due to “high speed”. Even then, it gives you a warning when it’s about to break it’s wing.
Dunno what to tell you other than it happens. In fact, that warning message indicates it can happen… Wondering if it just isn’t displaying the message for this plane?
I’ll play around in practice mode later and try and record it happening.
I have absolutely zero care about the actual numbers but it definitely does not feel like it has paper armor… I’ve emptied entire 12.7 belts from shitty Breda Safat using re 2001 cn and it does nothing… I’ve gotten to the point I won’t even bother attacking it anymore if im out of 20mms
I I think it’s a tank actually… and how it gunner just seems to destroy you because of its 360 view is ridiculous.
It is vastly superior to the a20g not only because of its speed but its cannon… you are trading its excessive gun power for the cannon… that’s exactly what event and premiums are supposed to be- a sidegrade.
Hell… my buddy who does nothing but sits in the plane stood by the xa38 in 5 OVER the b25 as it just does its job better and faster… until it got a bombsight and we told him to stop wasting p-47 slot
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+1 go br4
A few aircraft have been added in the recent patch that break their wings during climbs. (Not Bug)
One example of that is Meteor.
Actually, that was how Meteor was supposed to be, but for some reason, right after launch it was a bug that it wouldn’t break (in War Thunder, it would)
It has been fixed now, and the wings break during high-speed ascent.
In addition to this, several other aircraft have also been modified so that the wings break under high-speed climb.
It has now clearly become the same as War Thunder.
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You’re right.
Warnings only appear when the flap is about to break; the wings do not trigger any warnings.
They are completely separate issues.
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I did some testing and you are actually right about this.
It does break it’s wing on high speed. However, there’s a few things that i have to point it out -
- In order to achieve such high speed, i had to climb up for a few minutes. Basically never happens & little to no reason to do in Enlisted unless you like wasting time and do nothing for your team which time that otherwise would have been used for bombing ground targets/intercepting enemy attacker and fighter airplanes(In fairness, there are some maps that spawns you on higher altitude than the usual altitude you’d spawn so in those maps, i guess this could be more easily achieved). And Meteor is a jet. I don’t think a heavy attacker plane with prop engines can do this any faster.
- The warning message does appear when it’s about to break it’s wing as you can see on the clip.
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You’re overlooking something.
You don’t have to go that high; it can happen after Boom & Zoom Cas. (on 1000~1500 ALT)
The problem is that the speed increases dramatically in a short time, so the wings can be destroyed immediately without warning.
For reference, Jet recommends an ALT of 1500.
Because, given the Jet’s performance, it can easily reach 1500, and the higher the altitude, the better it can gain priority in combat against other aircraft.
Another reason is AA.
It has to be above 1000 so the enemy can’t see the lead line.
Kugelblitz definitely bothers me.
Okay, so 1500m alt you say, got it.
Nope, still unable to reach that speed and break it’s wing.
Sure, but that’s not what you said earlier.
This is what you said earlier.
This is basically saying that you are not going to contribute anything to your team for winning the match and just want to sit in the airplane for the entire match. Why? because 99.99% times people focuses on bombing the ground targets. Because that’s how you contributes for winning the game as pilot. For the reference, the resupply point on the airfield map is on around 700~800m altitude.
Naturally, almost all air fights done between aircrafts also happening in this low altitude. This ain’t Warthunder. You don’t win the game by killing enemy aircrafts alone. I consider these kind of playstyle same as very passive sniper players who are so scared of dying and don’t participate in a fight near the capture points. Even more so if you are an attacking team in the invasion game mode. Shooting down enemy airplanes by gaining altitude etc etc might make you feel good but it won’t impact anything important. Actually, that’s not true because if some other guy who focuses on CAS alone was in that position then they would have brought a much better outcome for their team.
You need not only to increase, but also to rotate.
And you have to do a full pitch-up.
and flaps’s too (takeoff flaps)
It won’t break with just moderate pulling.
At that level, it will definitely break.
Because I’ve been through that a few times.
Honestly, for a jet, it doesn’t need to be at 700 ALT because the output is very strong.
At least it’s 1000, and it easily goes up to 1500.
If the opponent isn’t using planes or AA, there’s no need to push that high, but if they use a lot, that’s a different story
edit. I just tested Boom&Zoom a few times
The wings definitely break.
The flaps were in takeoff mode.
The wings themselves are broken, not the flaps.
Another point worth mentioning is,
If used Meteor, it was when opponent pulled out an AA or an aircraft and shot down my Shooting Star.
In that case, there is already enough reason to go up.
Because I have to catch the enemy first.
There is absolutely no reason to just take Meteor first.
Because CAS has gotten so bad after the bomb nerf.
UK’s GP 500 lbs is a 100 kg bomb.
Compared to a 500 lbs bomb in the US or a 250 kg bomb in another faction, it is a significant disadvantage.
B25 wings break very quick, even when just pulling up a bit.
New G4M1 also breaks the wings
I"m not too happy with this wing breaking feature
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Yup, its a big brick and enemy 20mm’s just made it worse so you’re telling truth tho.
Tiger should never of been br4 to begin with. Very clearly german bias. Der.
M8 rockets suck ass. The fw rockets blow tanks with ease every single time. They are incredibly powerful rockets and much more reliable.
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