Just bought this plane because of your recent videos, very fun expirience so far. Thank you so much for the very useful information you share and things you teach in each video, keep at it legend.
I bought this plane last week and although my aim with any plane isn't very good I really struggle with these guns. I think that this video is really gonna help. I think I'm turning too hard and bleeding too much speed during fights. Thanks for making this video. I've watched all your F-5 videos multiple times since I bought this plane.
Do custom battles and learn where your lead indicator is, and don’t fire until the enemy steadies up in your sights Also set the guns targeting distance to none so you won’t have a dead spot in your aim
Everything you said about F-5C is correct. I got it at release and grinded almost the whole tree with it, while learning how to fly (by watching your videos). I wasn't planning to spend any GJN this sale, but you are the one who raised my interest in AirRB (I am mostly ground RB player). Since you became official CC and got a decal, I decided to buy Israeli premiums, just to get you some support.
I have 2 questions 1. I’m also mainly ground and my average K/d in most planes is like .75 so is it worth getting if I’m below average at ARB and 2. Do you think it’s worth getting to grind the entire attacker tree starting from the A-20 and the fighter trees starting from the first Sabre, F80C, and the F7F.
Been addicted to your videos, they are so well put together. It somewhat feels like a class however at the same time being entertaining. You my sir are a content genius and also very good at War Thunder.
Nice vid, maybe you could try picking up the La5FN, great engine power, great guns, and great turning. Haven't seen much content on it, it could make a good video!
im pretty bad at props but i got a 70% winrate in it and 5 kda so i think the la-5fn needs an uptier but no one plays it nose mounted shvaks that destroy anything it hits and they have fast velocity
@@skull1161 It doesn't need an uptier. It has too many serious weaknesses. It starts locking up at 350mph and is nearly completely locked up by 380mph. Thus it cant actually put that powerful engine to use in terms of utilizing a speed advantage, nor can it dive. This means that you can only really use it in a climb advantage. There is a big catch with that though. The La-5FN is only really good 2km and below. Go above 2.5km and the La-5FN becomes an average plane for the BR at best. Combined the very quick to kick in and very bad compression and the serious drop off in engine performance above 2.5km means that you can't really utilize climb or dive as an advantage in the La-5FN outside of a very limited scope. Even 3.0 109Es become a credible threat to the La-5FN above 3km. The La-5FN might be faster but the 109Es out turn it fairly convincingly and even out climb the La-5FN. 109Fs? You don't want to see them 3km+. 3km+ they are, near as makes no difference, as fast as the La-5FN, climb much better and have a comparable turn rate. If you run into a 109F 3km+ in the La-5FN and they go vertical you pretty much automatically have lost the fight unless they somehow throw it. Many players specialize in throwing though so who is to say what will actually happen. The La-5FN is a very capable plane for the BR but it comes with serious limitations that are fairly easy to leverage against it by capable players in capable aircraft. Personally I would rather fly the Yak-9M. Its low altitude performance isn't as amazing but it has a more consistent performance profile up to 4km while being as fast in general but more agile and with better diving characteristics. Then again I will fully admit that I am impartial to the Yak line over the La line. I'd rather fly the Yak-9U over the La-7 at 4.7. That said I also think that the La-7 is one of the best 4.7s in the game, especially below 3km. I just prefer the more consistent overall performance profiles and the, in my opinion, better handling characteristics of the Yaks.
You're the only war thunder youtuber im scrubscribed to because honestly i think you're the only one that's actually good at the game and that decal is so fucking good, very relatable bought some gold with the code yesterday the moment i saw the "reveal trailer" keep up the dank content
I just bought the F5-C mainly to get your Sticker and support you man, thanks for all your advice! I have become a better player just by watching your videos!
F5C is the most fun thing to play in my playing experience near BR 10.0,very good mobility,very good aiming nearly shoot at where i aiming at,very good shell and damage always kill with only one shoot on enemy,very good energy holding,average 9e,normal speed rising.A perfect dogfighter near 10.0 ,and the F105D is my favorite Bomb near this br
I wouldn't say the AV-8B is limited. Sure if you weigh it down with bombs and force it to fight at low altitude it'll be relative easy pickings since most opponents can dive on it. But if you take minimum fuel(plenty) and only AAMs it has one of the best climb rates and extremely good acceleration. On top of that the VIFFING(Vectoring In Forward Flight) allows some really interesting plays and you get an appreciable amount of countermeasures at the low BR and great missiles. Though the low ammo on the cannons kills your longevity. One of the most effective things I found is that you can easily climb well above the altitudes most players would ever hope to go let alone look. Be it 8km or 10km then fly over the usual murderball to the back of the enemy team. Pick 2 targets at the back and prepare to dive. After that crank the nozzles back to 100 to brake and roll your cockpit to the enemy. Not only will this prevent compression but it'll help you line up your shots much more easily and dive on the enemy like a bat out of hell. Usually scoring a reliable 1-2 kills. Pair this with a squad and you can easily erase most of the enemy team and net easy wins. After that RTB periodically popping countermeasures. Try to avoid gunfights unless you have to since they will cost you your speed. Your missiles will be much more effective after a reversal or overshoot. Nozzle Angles to remember: 30 for sustained turns 50 for hard turns(usually full turnarounds or tightening a yoyo) 90 for perfect hover 100 for braking(the nozzles point ever so slightly forward allowing it to act as a second airbrake. You can use this to land at the airbase faster.) Dogfights are hard but you mostly want to use your ability to rapidly bleed off and gain speed along with your ability to suddenly tighten your turn circles to force your opponent into an awkward position. DO NOT HOVER and avoid low speed. You have poor control at low speed. At the very least in a 1v1 they will have a hard time getting a shot but there's a good chance you can reverse. Avoid a head on at all costs. Your adens have a relatively low rate of fire on top of the pitiful ammo. Instead go nozzles 90, roll and pull a hard elevator and try to do a wide corkscrew. You'll be nearly impossible to hit. If you play your cards right you can quite often get the upper hand even on F-5s and F-4s. Don't expect to win a 1v2. They will bleed your energy dry and you will die. Don't be afraid to flare. You have a lot of them.
Lost it at the end, anyway, i bought this today, strapped an Ace Combat 4 skin in it and even if i'm a shitter in air rb the first game was a 2 kills, 1 assist and a bunch of ground units, so thank you for the recommendation !
The map from the first match, [Operation] Hurtgen, is the map I used my ban on because the layout makes it too ridiculously small for top tier jets. The two airfields are 6 cells apart on a 9x9 map and both teams are radar locking each other immediately after takeoff at ~40km.
I bought the F-5C about a month ago, on steam and thinking it wasn't going to go on sale. Despite that I have no regrets on spending that money. Being able to play something other than the F-104A and F-100D was amazing and not only did I grind through the F-4C and F-4E in no time, I actually made enough SL to buy both.
Love to see my Main getting some more love on the Channel. The Guns got worse sure but they still hit quite good, same with the AiM-9Es. The Flight model really makes this plane competitive, even in uptiers. You know what isn‘t good in any tier? Hunters…. which brings me back to the eternal quest to ask you for a new Hunter Video 😂 I‘m almost at 150days of asking this and I‘ll keep going
@@DEFYN Would you ever try the Hunter F6 in the current meta? I think it deserves to be 9.7 now. 9.3 was insane for it when the F-100D was top tier, somehow now it's higher than the F100
Thanks to you I bought the F5-C. Its a great plane. Insane 1 v 1 dogfighter. You can take the 3 biggest bombs and destroy a base in some maps. Take a few bombs more and you can destroy a base on every map. The Air to Air missiles suck, but you can take out some unsuspecting players with them. Its a great plane that you can use for grinding to top tier if you know how to use it. So thank you.
Bought this thing on new year’s sellout, it’s a very fun to fly even though I am not really good at supersonic jets so far (flew f-104 maybe like 30 games and rank 5 trash only), but with this plane I really enjoy playing this br finally. Thanks for the video, I wish I had this good aiming with my guns as you do.
Adding onto your AAA point, I was flying the G.56 on Bourbon Island, and there were m163s as mid map AAA, so being an Italian super prop my teams were shit due to JU288 spam, I tried ground attack but I got beamed
The f5 is just a legendary aircraft. It was made as a cheap alternative in the Vietnam war to the f4 for southern Vietnam. It had to be simple and maneuverable so it had low maintenance cost and was still dangerous to migs. Despite not having computers for hitting ground targets it used more conventional methods which later in competitions against f18’s proved to be more accurate in the perfect conditions. Not only this the f5 consumed less fuel and was made in such a way where its weapon systems could be compatible with new missiles and ordinance. Overall a beast of a plane that unfortunately didn’t see any real combat with the us and eventually was turned into an f20 tiger shark after multiple iterations.
Might have to buy this along with your decal. I’ve finally finished Japan, so now I need a new tree to grind aviation. Also, nice discord noise at 8:20.
I literally went to a video from like a year ago to get your link, bought some ge and to my surprise I got the decal a couple hours before this video was posted lol
I have a 75% win rate with the F-5C, and have 45 kills to 11 deaths in air RB. The thing is fucking insanely good. Glad I picked it up along with your decal.
Already bought it along with the Leopard 2A4 so I can pair it with the Leopard 2 PL, both using your code DEFYN and I'm enjoying it a lot so far, can't wait to get powercreeped!
Not buying this thing that aggravated me in every single 9.3-10.3 I buy, but will DEF grab your decal. Lol. You been hawkin that things coming like no other hahah. Thanks Defyn.
it's funny how good a decent pilot can make this plane seem. everytime I fight F-5Cs in the wild, you'd swear they had the combat prowess of a target practice drone
I feel like comparing my combat skills to a target practice drone is insulting to target practice drones. I think a better comparison would be to a brick.
I couldnt resist this decal even though the sale is over and I just bough some stuff. I just bought a few GE using your link cause that decal is too sexy to pass up. Im not usually someone to spend on WT, let alone twice in such a short timeframe, but how can I resist such a beautiful decal lol.
I bought this and MiG-21SPS-K during the sale. I am yet to fly the F5C as I have upcoming exams at the end of the month, but I played a couple of games with the MiG and I love it! If F5C is better than SPSK then it’s really gonna kick some ass
I ground out to tier 5 in the American tech tree before I bought this jet, so I'm not like the brand new players that just buy a premium jet and then hope to do well. I'm not great, am lucky to get a kill in a game, but even with just one kill, it's enough to offset the cost of destruction by 2x's. The RP is insane. I'm blowing through research. Even one kill and surviving to the end is good for me. If you're like me, then you'll probably enjoy it. I look forward to getting off work to get into the grind again with this jet. It is a lot to get used to, even from tier 5. Blackouts are easy to do, and at least half of my games I'm just missile bait. That doesn't stop me from having fun though, because when I actually kill, it feels great. I look at it as progress. Don't mind the teammates who ridicule you for being bad. Just hop into the next one and practice more. That's all you can do. I have a hard time with cannons in realistic battles, as I've grown used to having a guide to shoot at, but I'm working on it.
Skill Issue decal is probably the best one ever. Mostly because (if i played) id be shot down with it and the guy who shot me would know that it wasnt a fluke, but an actual skill issue from my side. That said, i dont play this game already 2 yrs, just follow TH-cam channels cos its less stressing, so anyway ill still buy something and use your link, because why not support you while still not playing the game. It makes total sense to me at least.
I never learned props as much cause climbing and acualy getting to fight takes 20minutes. F5C taught me everything and I would recommend it to everyone who wants to play jets. You'll suck at first and people will call you wallet warrior, but fact, that you can research whole US tech tree with this, and pretty quickly, makes it great deal.
If I only end up just a few times on 11.0/11.3 I would play this jet more often, and spend SL on the expert training so i don't black out so easy; BUT NO. Unless some update with new top premiums, or hyped jets is out (or a sale) its 80% uptier for me. Specially since the F-14 was added!
@@richou5721 Fuel is a massive difference for all jets. The difference between min fuel and max in 10.0+ jets is measured in tons. Tons as in multiple 2,000lbs. The problem with the A-5 is that while it might be more agile than the F-5C sub 800kmh it is still a MiG-19 that got a lot of weight added. That means very poor handling above ~900kmh come native with the airframe. Combat 10.0+ is mostly happening above 800kmh and that is a performance regime that the A-5 is one of the worst planes you can fly. Thus its good handling sub 800kmh is largely meaningless unless you find yourself in a 1v1 that somehow starts below 800kmh and that isn't going to be happening that often. The J35A has a somewhat similar problem. Great overall performance but a lack of a lead computing gunsight thanks to Gaijin laziness (it would be more accurate to say stupidity because they refuse to add lead computing gunsights to everything in game that should have it but I am being generous.) and the AIM-9Bs being nearly useless means that its great performance is really only useful for putting on an aerobatics display.
I feel like they could rework mid map ground units. Remove the mid map aaa and some of the ground units, and reduce the sl and rp rewards somewhat but slash the amount of tickets they reduce. Then add strong aaa and more units that give more rp and sl + drain tickets faster somewhere off to the side so ground pounders can go to them
Glad to see you finally getting your decal out, been hearing about it for a while now. Big fan of your channel, not a big fan of buying anything from Gaigin. Anyway, may i suggest you to try out Ki-61-II? I think someone already suggested it in Ki-61-I ko video, but i'll do it again. Met a guy today in AirRB who managed to score 5 kills in a premium Ki-61-I hei, absolute mad lad just destroyed half of my team in a furball. Seeing that i couldn't help but shot him down and praise him in PM. He was surprised by my praise cos he expected to see a hacking accusation, but he thanked me anyway and advised me to try Ki-61-II myself. In stock it is basically Ki-61-I tei without an airspawn, but i learned how to use the latter, so it isn't a big deal for now and i was warned by the same guy that you just need to make it top and then it shines. So, try it out for a couple of games. Just for experience, not for videos.
The 4.3-4.7 Ki-61s are all 3.7BR aircraft at best and it really shows against 4.7 opposition. The only advantage they have is turn (if they even have that advantage a la virtually every Mk.V and Mk.IX Spit you will face is, at worst, slightly slower than you and just outperforms you in every other performance metric) and they cannot prop hang like a Zero. They don't handle as well as a Zero at slow speeds making slow speed shots more difficult. Sure, against a majority of the players that play this game that don't know much more than turn fight or run they will be goodish but the moment you run into someone with an inkling of understanding of aerial combat tactics you are completely screwed. To be honest you would be better served taking the J2M2 instead. The J2M2 fairly effortlessly outclimbs everything it will ever see at the current moment and it outturns virtually everything while having similar level flight speed performance to the Ki-61-II while being less concerned about engine thermals.
And i completely agree with everything you said, my friend! Well. exept the 3.7BR part, that's just way too low. 4.0-4.3 is my take, honestly. I also found out that Ki-61-I tei stops heating completely on WEP after 4.9km for some reason. I still wonna see DEFYN flying Ki-61-II though, i like when he rants about bad planes.
@@ignatusrailslayer The Ki-61 stops overheating because its engine is losing power due to altitude. As for them being below 3.7 they are all worse flight performance wise than the 4x12.7mm Ki-61 Otsu that sits at 3.7 and the current 12.7s are as good as any 20mm guns at the moment because of the added frag effect. The performance difference isn't small either. The turn and climb difference that the Ki-61 Otsu has is actually noticeable in a side by side test. The Ki-61 Otsu gets to 6km around a minute faster than any of the 4.3-4.7BRed Ki-61s do for example. A very noticeable performance hit for what isn't a meaningful firepower upgrade in game and I just don't see them as actually being equal to, never mind better, than the Ki-61 Otsu at 3.7. That is why I think they should be no higher than 3.7. That said Gaijin will always want them to provide a sense of progression so they have to be after the Otsu by default. Truth be told I think the Ki-61s are all at least slightly over BRed at the moment. I think the ko should be no higher than 3.0. It is, very basically, a discount 109E in that it is slower and climbs notably worse but turns better. The Otsu I think should be 3.3. Take the 109Es at 3.0 and trade some climb rate for a better turn rate and that is the Otsu in a nutshell. Truth be told I think it is a side step to the 3.0 109Es and not an upgrade so should be the same BR (with the ko ideally being 2.7) but given the player base loving to turn fight I think 3.0 and 3.3 is fine. The rest of the Ki-61 and Ki-100 family should all fill up the rest of the 3.3-4.0 bracket with the Ki-100s and Ki-61-II being at 4.0 and later two Ki-61s being either together at 3.7 or the tei at 3.3 and the hei at 3.7 if the ko and otsu go to 2.7 and 3.0. That is just my opinion though based upon their performance relative to opposition and where I think they would best fit as a result.
@@rainsilent Now i see your point, but honestly speaking - i think gaigin just doesn't care about early AirRB anymore that much. That's why we have Emils kinda low (Japanese one is a 2.7 joke iirc), early F4Us (2.7?!) and F4F-4 (3.0, of course, for a plane that is worse in flight performance than previous F4F-3 at 2.7), and all those A6M5s facing post war superprops. As far as i remember, all Ki-61s were overtiered after Mark 1 Otsu model. Seems like gaigin thinks AirRB is just AirAB with more rules, so the guns make the BR, eh? Anyway, gotta try out Ki-61-II myself, it is still in mostly stock configuration. After than gotta check out Ki-100-I, last time a flew it a couple of years ago it was mostly an overheating brick. Thanks for your insights, btw, it is always nice to have a conversation with someone who knows his stuff.
@@ignatusrailslayer Gaijin passed the BR rankings off to the players some 2 years ago. Since then the players have been increasing the BRs of a lot of the better turning planes and head on planes up to ridiculous BRs. F7Fs from 5.7 to 6.7 in like 3 months of Gaijin giving the players the control of the BR when they were the worst performing 5.7 twin was all because they clap in head ons despite otherwise being incapable of dealing with any single engine fighter that they faced. P-39N was being constantly asked to go to 2.7 since too because "It can't turn with Zeroes" but Gaijin blocked it until very recently. The Re.2005 is worse performance wise than the F.IX at 4.3 but it is being kept where it is based upon how good it was when introduced. Outside of the 'star' planes that get all of the attention the player base generally doesn't care enough to move anything reasonably and things get moved based upon what suggestions are more popular (which are mostly cope or skill issue related requests or demands) over what makes more sense. As for guns making the BR? Sometimes yes it was that way in the past (hello 190A-8) but that wasn't the case with these. These things, along with the N1Ks, have what gets referred to as legacy BRs by some from when the Japanese tree didn't have a lot in it so a few aircraft were excused to be over BRed by Gaijin simply because Gaijin needed something to fill a higher BR bracket. With the tree more full there isn't a reason to shuffle things around in the Japanese tree to be where they should be in BR. Problem is that it would likely require a coordinated effort by a group of players to do at the moment. Edit: It is also really nice to have a conversation with someone about something who isn't so hard set on an opinion and isn't willing to listen to other view points. Thank you for that.
15:48 Oooooof that thing is just painful to watch man. Moments like this is what makes me wonder what the fuck goes on in the minds of ticket bleed defenders
19:30 was just the best 👌
Lmao
huge skill issue
It would be even funner if he censor that death on player statistics
@@MrMagopl or drew over it in MS Paint to say 0 instead of 1
@@MrMagopl i mean he didnt go throught the tabs at the end lol. Shit happens tho and that is incredibly unfortunate lmao
The F5C is the jack of all trades, master of most
i love making enemies fry about it
@@erbuepazzo6852 Fry
@@Chris-uu9ce yeah, why?
@@erbuepazzo6852 fry me a river ohhh fry me a river
so glad most F-5C pilots are just bad cuz then 9.3-10.0 would be unplayable
17:20
It was the emotional damage from the decal
magic decal instantly gave me a 4 kill game in the Komet yesterday
i can smell the copium from the enemies that don't have this incredible decal
The Me163 is like one of the best planes I’ve played I suck bad but I got a 3 kill game in it on my first time playing which is good for me
The komet Is genuinely so underrated
stop kissing ass dude
When I got offensive messages in-game because of the decal, I knew it was a great purchase!
Another satified customer XD
That’s perfect, they were so jealous😂
How can I get this Decal?
@@masterint96 Purchase anything from the Gaijin store using his affiliate link (should be in the description).
7:00 What a fun and useful game feature! Very cool Gaijin :|
Hello joob
ikr It's ridiculous. None of those shots from the AA even hit him and he still took damage.
@@glitchyx6 most AA doesn't hit a plane 😂
They proxi lul
@@eillswim and the flak doesn't even explode, just flies past and does proxy dmg lmao
@@glitchyx6 In-game its just a sphere of possible damage multipliers. Tracers and sounds are there for immersion.
The edit at 19:28 is gold lmao
Just bought this plane because of your recent videos, very fun expirience so far. Thank you so much for the very useful information you share and things you teach in each video, keep at it legend.
I have learn so much from you thank u for your time blood sweat and tears it is really appreciated
Lol the ending
I bought this plane last week and although my aim with any plane isn't very good I really struggle with these guns. I think that this video is really gonna help. I think I'm turning too hard and bleeding too much speed during fights. Thanks for making this video. I've watched all your F-5 videos multiple times since I bought this plane.
Do custom battles and learn where your lead indicator is, and don’t fire until the enemy steadies up in your sights
Also set the guns targeting distance to none so you won’t have a dead spot in your aim
Everything you said about F-5C is correct. I got it at release and grinded almost the whole tree with it, while learning how to fly (by watching your videos).
I wasn't planning to spend any GJN this sale, but you are the one who raised my interest in AirRB (I am mostly ground RB player). Since you became official CC and got a decal, I decided to buy Israeli premiums, just to get you some support.
I have 2 questions 1. I’m also mainly ground and my average K/d in most planes is like .75 so is it worth getting if I’m below average at ARB and 2. Do you think it’s worth getting to grind the entire attacker tree starting from the A-20 and the fighter trees starting from the first Sabre, F80C, and the F7F.
Great work, thank you man. I'll be buying the F-5C and using your code
Skill issue moment
Been addicted to your videos, they are so well put together. It somewhat feels like a class however at the same time being entertaining. You my sir are a content genius and also very good at War Thunder.
Nice vid, maybe you could try picking up the La5FN, great engine power, great guns, and great turning. Haven't seen much content on it, it could make a good video!
Love that one.
I agree, very good plane at this BR (energy fighting bellow 3000m is auto win), altho you will meet a lot of wyverns and xp-50 after sales.
im pretty bad at props but i got a 70% winrate in it and 5 kda so i think the la-5fn needs an uptier but no one plays it
nose mounted shvaks that destroy anything it hits and they have fast velocity
@@skull1161 It doesn't need an uptier. It has too many serious weaknesses. It starts locking up at 350mph and is nearly completely locked up by 380mph. Thus it cant actually put that powerful engine to use in terms of utilizing a speed advantage, nor can it dive. This means that you can only really use it in a climb advantage. There is a big catch with that though. The La-5FN is only really good 2km and below. Go above 2.5km and the La-5FN becomes an average plane for the BR at best. Combined the very quick to kick in and very bad compression and the serious drop off in engine performance above 2.5km means that you can't really utilize climb or dive as an advantage in the La-5FN outside of a very limited scope. Even 3.0 109Es become a credible threat to the La-5FN above 3km. The La-5FN might be faster but the 109Es out turn it fairly convincingly and even out climb the La-5FN. 109Fs? You don't want to see them 3km+. 3km+ they are, near as makes no difference, as fast as the La-5FN, climb much better and have a comparable turn rate. If you run into a 109F 3km+ in the La-5FN and they go vertical you pretty much automatically have lost the fight unless they somehow throw it. Many players specialize in throwing though so who is to say what will actually happen. The La-5FN is a very capable plane for the BR but it comes with serious limitations that are fairly easy to leverage against it by capable players in capable aircraft.
Personally I would rather fly the Yak-9M. Its low altitude performance isn't as amazing but it has a more consistent performance profile up to 4km while being as fast in general but more agile and with better diving characteristics. Then again I will fully admit that I am impartial to the Yak line over the La line. I'd rather fly the Yak-9U over the La-7 at 4.7. That said I also think that the La-7 is one of the best 4.7s in the game, especially below 3km. I just prefer the more consistent overall performance profiles and the, in my opinion, better handling characteristics of the Yaks.
after ShVAK buff they're monsters. La5FN has ufo FM, but I prefer the La7
Best decal in the game, got it ASAP! Cheers mate!
You're the only war thunder youtuber im scrubscribed to because honestly i think you're the only one that's actually good at the game and that decal is so fucking good, very relatable bought some gold with the code yesterday the moment i saw the "reveal trailer" keep up the dank content
You did great with the decal man, it's something any Air RB player would love
Where to you ger that from?
do you know if it's still available
thank you for this, ive been struggling a bit with flying the F-5 but this video has helped me a lot :)
I just bought the F5-C mainly to get your Sticker and support you man, thanks for all your advice! I have become a better player just by watching your videos!
That first match... Was pretty cool!
F5C is the most fun thing to play in my playing experience near BR 10.0,very good mobility,very good aiming nearly shoot at where i aiming at,very good shell and damage always kill with only one shoot on enemy,very good energy holding,average 9e,normal speed rising.A perfect dogfighter near 10.0 ,and the F105D is my favorite Bomb near this br
I wouldn't say the AV-8B is limited. Sure if you weigh it down with bombs and force it to fight at low altitude it'll be relative easy pickings since most opponents can dive on it.
But if you take minimum fuel(plenty) and only AAMs it has one of the best climb rates and extremely good acceleration. On top of that the VIFFING(Vectoring In Forward Flight) allows some really interesting plays and you get an appreciable amount of countermeasures at the low BR and great missiles. Though the low ammo on the cannons kills your longevity.
One of the most effective things I found is that you can easily climb well above the altitudes most players would ever hope to go let alone look. Be it 8km or 10km then fly over the usual murderball to the back of the enemy team. Pick 2 targets at the back and prepare to dive.
After that crank the nozzles back to 100 to brake and roll your cockpit to the enemy. Not only will this prevent compression but it'll help you line up your shots much more easily and dive on the enemy like a bat out of hell. Usually scoring a reliable 1-2 kills. Pair this with a squad and you can easily erase most of the enemy team and net easy wins.
After that RTB periodically popping countermeasures. Try to avoid gunfights unless you have to since they will cost you your speed. Your missiles will be much more effective after a reversal or overshoot.
Nozzle Angles to remember:
30 for sustained turns
50 for hard turns(usually full turnarounds or tightening a yoyo)
90 for perfect hover
100 for braking(the nozzles point ever so slightly forward allowing it to act as a second airbrake. You can use this to land at the airbase faster.)
Dogfights are hard but you mostly want to use your ability to rapidly bleed off and gain speed along with your ability to suddenly tighten your turn circles to force your opponent into an awkward position. DO NOT HOVER and avoid low speed. You have poor control at low speed. At the very least in a 1v1 they will have a hard time getting a shot but there's a good chance you can reverse.
Avoid a head on at all costs. Your adens have a relatively low rate of fire on top of the pitiful ammo. Instead go nozzles 90, roll and pull a hard elevator and try to do a wide corkscrew. You'll be nearly impossible to hit.
If you play your cards right you can quite often get the upper hand even on F-5s and F-4s.
Don't expect to win a 1v2. They will bleed your energy dry and you will die.
Don't be afraid to flare. You have a lot of them.
That aggressor scheme is astonishingly beautifull
Lost it at the end, anyway, i bought this today, strapped an Ace Combat 4 skin in it and even if i'm a shitter in air rb the first game was a 2 kills, 1 assist and a bunch of ground units, so thank you for the recommendation !
The map from the first match, [Operation] Hurtgen, is the map I used my ban on because the layout makes it too ridiculously small for top tier jets. The two airfields are 6 cells apart on a 9x9 map and both teams are radar locking each other immediately after takeoff at ~40km.
I mostly play ground rb, but I find your videos very educational. They have helped me improve my flying skill quite a bit
I love losing dogfights to j-35s, kfir canards, and ja-37s in this thing
I bought the F-5C about a month ago, on steam and thinking it wasn't going to go on sale.
Despite that I have no regrets on spending that money. Being able to play something other than the F-104A and F-100D was amazing and not only did I grind through the F-4C and F-4E in no time, I actually made enough SL to buy both.
Love to see my Main getting some more love on the Channel. The Guns got worse sure but they still hit quite good, same with the AiM-9Es. The Flight model really makes this plane competitive, even in uptiers.
You know what isn‘t good in any tier? Hunters…. which brings me back to the eternal quest to ask you for a new Hunter Video 😂 I‘m almost at 150days of asking this and I‘ll keep going
J34 soon
@@DEFYN Would you ever try the Hunter F6 in the current meta? I think it deserves to be 9.7 now. 9.3 was insane for it when the F-100D was top tier, somehow now it's higher than the F100
Thanks to you I bought the F5-C. Its a great plane. Insane 1 v 1 dogfighter.
You can take the 3 biggest bombs and destroy a base in some maps. Take a few bombs more and you can destroy a base on every map.
The Air to Air missiles suck, but you can take out some unsuspecting players with them.
Its a great plane that you can use for grinding to top tier if you know how to use it.
So thank you.
Bought this thing on new year’s sellout, it’s a very fun to fly even though I am not really good at supersonic jets so far (flew f-104 maybe like 30 games and rank 5 trash only), but with this plane I really enjoy playing this br finally. Thanks for the video, I wish I had this good aiming with my guns as you do.
Amazing video as always this really helped out because i have put the F5C on my wishlist for christmas!👍
Man that game getting cut short just before you wiped the floor with the last two was painful. You got robbed.
Your skill is just insane!
Literally Tom Cruise stunt double
Adding onto your AAA point, I was flying the G.56 on Bourbon Island, and there were m163s as mid map AAA, so being an Italian super prop my teams were shit due to JU288 spam, I tried ground attack but I got beamed
The f5 is just a legendary aircraft. It was made as a cheap alternative in the Vietnam war to the f4 for southern Vietnam. It had to be simple and maneuverable so it had low maintenance cost and was still dangerous to migs. Despite not having computers for hitting ground targets it used more conventional methods which later in competitions against f18’s proved to be more accurate in the perfect conditions. Not only this the f5 consumed less fuel and was made in such a way where its weapon systems could be compatible with new missiles and ordinance. Overall a beast of a plane that unfortunately didn’t see any real combat with the us and eventually was turned into an f20 tiger shark after multiple iterations.
Ngl best CC decal I have seen so far, its a fun laugh and nice to have.
Might have to buy this along with your decal. I’ve finally finished Japan, so now I need a new tree to grind aviation. Also, nice discord noise at 8:20.
How do you get the decal
@@mrmilkshake3148 you have to defyns personal discount code. It’s in the description of this video
I literally went to a video from like a year ago to get your link, bought some ge and to my surprise I got the decal a couple hours before this video was posted lol
Bought this thing with your code yesterday, keep up the good work.
Very skillful cut @ 19:30
yeah, dafuq happened there..? He's clearly passed by the AV-8, so not a collision.. Taken out by a dead gunner perhaps?
I was just waiting for that decal, enjoy the benefit from me buying from the sale
Best content creator decal to date! So congrats!
I think you got the best decal from all the CC‘s 😂! I‘ll make sure to grab it!
Always fun watching defyn jump cuts
Love this plane, especially as people underestimate you thinking you’re a lvl 10
I have a 75% win rate with the F-5C, and have 45 kills to 11 deaths in air RB. The thing is fucking insanely good. Glad I picked it up along with your decal.
Already bought it along with the Leopard 2A4 so I can pair it with the Leopard 2 PL, both using your code DEFYN and I'm enjoying it a lot so far, can't wait to get powercreeped!
First time ever ive heard DEFYN talking about the gains from ground kills
love your videos defyn!
Youre decal is what it took for me to finally buy the AVRE
Bought that Decal, I put it on so many of my vehicles now, including the F-5C.
Not buying this thing that aggravated me in every single 9.3-10.3 I buy, but will DEF grab your decal. Lol. You been hawkin that things coming like no other hahah. Thanks Defyn.
Veeeeeee decal is Here 🤟👍 and a deng Nice one to.
Thanks for that last second laugh at the end of the video .
Probably great plane and thanks for recommandation. My first matches i got annihilated like a noob :D
Congrats on the decal Defyn! I bought the F-5C with it :D Only sad is the bad default skins =/
it's funny how good a decent pilot can make this plane seem. everytime I fight F-5Cs in the wild, you'd swear they had the combat prowess of a target practice drone
I feel like comparing my combat skills to a target practice drone is insulting to target practice drones. I think a better comparison would be to a brick.
My only Justice giver clubbing the OP premiums with their point and click rockets. Nothing is more satisfying.
I couldnt resist this decal even though the sale is over and I just bough some stuff. I just bought a few GE using your link cause that decal is too sexy to pass up. Im not usually someone to spend on WT, let alone twice in such a short timeframe, but how can I resist such a beautiful decal lol.
I bought the av8a and I didn't realize the f5c was that good, I wish I got it over the av8a
I bought this and MiG-21SPS-K during the sale. I am yet to fly the F5C as I have upcoming exams at the end of the month, but I played a couple of games with the MiG and I love it! If F5C is better than SPSK then it’s really gonna kick some ass
congrats on the decal
I like the T38 skin for the enemies from the first Top Gun movie
19:29 LMFAO that caught me off-guard
That ending was very lamao indeed
Very cool
I got my first 9 kill game with the F5C, it is impossible to hate this plane it does everything well and does certain things even better
I ground out to tier 5 in the American tech tree before I bought this jet, so I'm not like the brand new players that just buy a premium jet and then hope to do well. I'm not great, am lucky to get a kill in a game, but even with just one kill, it's enough to offset the cost of destruction by 2x's. The RP is insane. I'm blowing through research. Even one kill and surviving to the end is good for me. If you're like me, then you'll probably enjoy it. I look forward to getting off work to get into the grind again with this jet. It is a lot to get used to, even from tier 5. Blackouts are easy to do, and at least half of my games I'm just missile bait. That doesn't stop me from having fun though, because when I actually kill, it feels great. I look at it as progress. Don't mind the teammates who ridicule you for being bad. Just hop into the next one and practice more. That's all you can do. I have a hard time with cannons in realistic battles, as I've grown used to having a guide to shoot at, but I'm working on it.
At 5:50, it may be more helpful to people to say the shots were overlead than just "misses"
14:44 lmao, he was trying to park the plane!
That ending, so epic
Skill Issue decal is probably the best one ever. Mostly because (if i played) id be shot down with it and the guy who shot me would know that it wasnt a fluke, but an actual skill issue from my side. That said, i dont play this game already 2 yrs, just follow TH-cam channels cos its less stressing, so anyway ill still buy something and use your link, because why not support you while still not playing the game. It makes total sense to me at least.
Got hatemail from destroying some AV-8s
Best purchase ever
i think your decal looks cooler on the tail, but honestly its great anyways
Only problem when flying against A5Cs is that if the pilot knows what they’re doing they’ll just bleed your energy and start a rate fight
i would love to see A-5C again
That ending was a jumpscare
I never learned props as much cause climbing and acualy getting to fight takes 20minutes. F5C taught me everything and I would recommend it to everyone who wants to play jets. You'll suck at first and people will call you wallet warrior, but fact, that you can research whole US tech tree with this, and pretty quickly, makes it great deal.
If I only end up just a few times on 11.0/11.3 I would play this jet more often, and spend SL on the expert training so i don't black out so easy; BUT NO. Unless some update with new top premiums, or hyped jets is out (or a sale) its 80% uptier for me. Specially since the F-14 was added!
lol it's a hilarious plane, I got it on this sale and have had lots of fun in the few matches I've played
Do not regret buying this. Was able to grind like 220000 rp in 2 hours
I don't have any funds at the moment but when I do I'll definitely pick up the decal. Very meta that it got approved by Gaijin.
How do you get the decal?
Congrats! I don't think you use your own decal? You make this plane look awfully appealing!
that cut 😂😂
Dude is the GOAT with god teir aim.
Edit: Your decal wasn't visible in game. :(
Lmaooo I just bought this thing literally yesterday just so I could get the decal you dropped
Flying the a10 in sim as a dogfighter is fucking hilarious.
I swear this video is why most of my F5E matches are 90% F5Cs. All dying in the first minute, leaving me to scrap it out with 20 planes!
I love this jet!
7:21
"hinder people attacking ground units"
meanwhile me getting set on fire by mid-map AA at 3km alt
:DDDDDDDD
Wish I could get that Mig-28 skin for the F-5C
Great video, thx for that, quick question, what do you use for aquiring targets with your missiles, as you seem to be able to do it so quickly?
How do is get this Black f5c camouflage
Give up your rights
the A-5C actually turns nearly exactly the same at sub 800 kph speed and can def be dangerous if they play their cards right
“If”
Depends on fuel loads though, and altitude.
Not that it matters though, A-5C pilots are completely braindead.
@@jaek__ true fuel is enourmous difference on the A-5 , min fuel A-5 has the same dry thrust as thicc A-5 gets wet
@@richou5721 Fuel is a massive difference for all jets. The difference between min fuel and max in 10.0+ jets is measured in tons. Tons as in multiple 2,000lbs.
The problem with the A-5 is that while it might be more agile than the F-5C sub 800kmh it is still a MiG-19 that got a lot of weight added. That means very poor handling above ~900kmh come native with the airframe. Combat 10.0+ is mostly happening above 800kmh and that is a performance regime that the A-5 is one of the worst planes you can fly. Thus its good handling sub 800kmh is largely meaningless unless you find yourself in a 1v1 that somehow starts below 800kmh and that isn't going to be happening that often.
The J35A has a somewhat similar problem. Great overall performance but a lack of a lead computing gunsight thanks to Gaijin laziness (it would be more accurate to say stupidity because they refuse to add lead computing gunsights to everything in game that should have it but I am being generous.) and the AIM-9Bs being nearly useless means that its great performance is really only useful for putting on an aerobatics display.
I love the decal and I will be getting it when I get home.
how do U get it
@@naik2944 You have to use his War Thunder link and buy stuff out of the Gaijin store.
@@thefinoll1535 alright thank you
I feel like they could rework mid map ground units. Remove the mid map aaa and some of the ground units, and reduce the sl and rp rewards somewhat but slash the amount of tickets they reduce. Then add strong aaa and more units that give more rp and sl + drain tickets faster somewhere off to the side so ground pounders can go to them
Glad to see you finally getting your decal out, been hearing about it for a while now. Big fan of your channel, not a big fan of buying anything from Gaigin.
Anyway, may i suggest you to try out Ki-61-II? I think someone already suggested it in Ki-61-I ko video, but i'll do it again. Met a guy today in AirRB who managed to score 5 kills in a premium Ki-61-I hei, absolute mad lad just destroyed half of my team in a furball. Seeing that i couldn't help but shot him down and praise him in PM. He was surprised by my praise cos he expected to see a hacking accusation, but he thanked me anyway and advised me to try Ki-61-II myself.
In stock it is basically Ki-61-I tei without an airspawn, but i learned how to use the latter, so it isn't a big deal for now and i was warned by the same guy that you just need to make it top and then it shines.
So, try it out for a couple of games. Just for experience, not for videos.
The 4.3-4.7 Ki-61s are all 3.7BR aircraft at best and it really shows against 4.7 opposition. The only advantage they have is turn (if they even have that advantage a la virtually every Mk.V and Mk.IX Spit you will face is, at worst, slightly slower than you and just outperforms you in every other performance metric) and they cannot prop hang like a Zero. They don't handle as well as a Zero at slow speeds making slow speed shots more difficult. Sure, against a majority of the players that play this game that don't know much more than turn fight or run they will be goodish but the moment you run into someone with an inkling of understanding of aerial combat tactics you are completely screwed. To be honest you would be better served taking the J2M2 instead. The J2M2 fairly effortlessly outclimbs everything it will ever see at the current moment and it outturns virtually everything while having similar level flight speed performance to the Ki-61-II while being less concerned about engine thermals.
And i completely agree with everything you said, my friend! Well. exept the 3.7BR part, that's just way too low. 4.0-4.3 is my take, honestly.
I also found out that Ki-61-I tei stops heating completely on WEP after 4.9km for some reason.
I still wonna see DEFYN flying Ki-61-II though, i like when he rants about bad planes.
@@ignatusrailslayer The Ki-61 stops overheating because its engine is losing power due to altitude.
As for them being below 3.7 they are all worse flight performance wise than the 4x12.7mm Ki-61 Otsu that sits at 3.7 and the current 12.7s are as good as any 20mm guns at the moment because of the added frag effect. The performance difference isn't small either. The turn and climb difference that the Ki-61 Otsu has is actually noticeable in a side by side test. The Ki-61 Otsu gets to 6km around a minute faster than any of the 4.3-4.7BRed Ki-61s do for example. A very noticeable performance hit for what isn't a meaningful firepower upgrade in game and I just don't see them as actually being equal to, never mind better, than the Ki-61 Otsu at 3.7. That is why I think they should be no higher than 3.7. That said Gaijin will always want them to provide a sense of progression so they have to be after the Otsu by default.
Truth be told I think the Ki-61s are all at least slightly over BRed at the moment. I think the ko should be no higher than 3.0. It is, very basically, a discount 109E in that it is slower and climbs notably worse but turns better. The Otsu I think should be 3.3. Take the 109Es at 3.0 and trade some climb rate for a better turn rate and that is the Otsu in a nutshell. Truth be told I think it is a side step to the 3.0 109Es and not an upgrade so should be the same BR (with the ko ideally being 2.7) but given the player base loving to turn fight I think 3.0 and 3.3 is fine. The rest of the Ki-61 and Ki-100 family should all fill up the rest of the 3.3-4.0 bracket with the Ki-100s and Ki-61-II being at 4.0 and later two Ki-61s being either together at 3.7 or the tei at 3.3 and the hei at 3.7 if the ko and otsu go to 2.7 and 3.0. That is just my opinion though based upon their performance relative to opposition and where I think they would best fit as a result.
@@rainsilent Now i see your point, but honestly speaking - i think gaigin just doesn't care about early AirRB anymore that much. That's why we have Emils kinda low (Japanese one is a 2.7 joke iirc), early F4Us (2.7?!) and F4F-4 (3.0, of course, for a plane that is worse in flight performance than previous F4F-3 at 2.7), and all those A6M5s facing post war superprops. As far as i remember, all Ki-61s were overtiered after Mark 1 Otsu model. Seems like gaigin thinks AirRB is just AirAB with more rules, so the guns make the BR, eh?
Anyway, gotta try out Ki-61-II myself, it is still in mostly stock configuration. After than gotta check out Ki-100-I, last time a flew it a couple of years ago it was mostly an overheating brick.
Thanks for your insights, btw, it is always nice to have a conversation with someone who knows his stuff.
@@ignatusrailslayer Gaijin passed the BR rankings off to the players some 2 years ago. Since then the players have been increasing the BRs of a lot of the better turning planes and head on planes up to ridiculous BRs.
F7Fs from 5.7 to 6.7 in like 3 months of Gaijin giving the players the control of the BR when they were the worst performing 5.7 twin was all because they clap in head ons despite otherwise being incapable of dealing with any single engine fighter that they faced. P-39N was being constantly asked to go to 2.7 since too because "It can't turn with Zeroes" but Gaijin blocked it until very recently. The Re.2005 is worse performance wise than the F.IX at 4.3 but it is being kept where it is based upon how good it was when introduced. Outside of the 'star' planes that get all of the attention the player base generally doesn't care enough to move anything reasonably and things get moved based upon what suggestions are more popular (which are mostly cope or skill issue related requests or demands) over what makes more sense.
As for guns making the BR? Sometimes yes it was that way in the past (hello 190A-8) but that wasn't the case with these. These things, along with the N1Ks, have what gets referred to as legacy BRs by some from when the Japanese tree didn't have a lot in it so a few aircraft were excused to be over BRed by Gaijin simply because Gaijin needed something to fill a higher BR bracket. With the tree more full there isn't a reason to shuffle things around in the Japanese tree to be where they should be in BR. Problem is that it would likely require a coordinated effort by a group of players to do at the moment.
Edit: It is also really nice to have a conversation with someone about something who isn't so hard set on an opinion and isn't willing to listen to other view points. Thank you for that.
15:48
Oooooof that thing is just painful to watch man. Moments like this is what makes me wonder what the fuck goes on in the minds of ticket bleed defenders
19:30 bro this made me laugh like hell LMAO