I have it both ways, sometimes its better to zoom and others I find it's not so good, I have zoom on my scroll wheel too which is nice so I can control it more precisely
By useless I always mean essentially useless, and aircraft (bombers) that hide and don't even bomb are legitimately a useless slot in the team. It's rare, but I've seen it a few times.
They are literally useless cancers until enemy cancer planes bite the bait and get blind for kills. So, if enemies are clever enough, they are truely nothing better than crawlers...
I've rarely seen bombers who use appropriate tactics and sacrifice as a good bait for right timing. Instead, any monkey can fly straight to base, drop some bomb, and get killed or J out... or, dock to ISS
If you don't succeed in killing the pilots, then the damage is pretty minor. If you go for wings, even if you don't rip the wing it still becomes hard to control. Cheeky turret revenge kills are rare enough haha.
I mean TBF, the Wyvern did exactly what you're supposed to do with it - go fast, drop your payload, and go fast in the other direction and be santa bringing the gift of low IQ axis players to your teammates in easy to access packaging.
@@AdamTheEnginerd I mean with the Wyvern's speed and acceleration, you've got the time to hit a pillbox or a tank and still be perfectly safe, so why not pick up a little tip for your services? Also clues the Germans into the fact that you're there, which can grab the attention of some pilots that are thirsty for a kill but would have otherwise climbed. The sole exception is Advance to the Rhine. The rail yard is something like 32 ground targets, it's literally a free 10~20k lions on a loss without premium. Frankly that amount of pure profit is too much to justify ignoring with how the game's economy is atm.
Because you could be climbing and be better bait instead. I'm always talking about what's best to win the match for the team. People going for the rail yard are useless for example.
@@AdamTheEnginerd they're useless if they're in a plane that isn't straight up faster than basically everything else at their BR. Not to mention, baiting on the deck is the best option with the Wyvern. My team isn't going to climb anyway, and if I try to climb and bait and fuck it up or the enemy gets lucky, they still have energy and I have nothing. If I can drag them to the deck, they now have no energy, so even if they manage to nail me they're effectively out of the fight. Plus, the closer I can get the fight to sea level, the more I can leverage the natural quirks of a turboprop against my pursuers and reverse the situation on them.
I'm not saying baiting isn't good option, I'm saying that anything that distracts from being useful (baiting, fighting the enemy planes) like payload stuff will be less useful than straight up baiting.
I personally love the f4U1D, and its a shame that the 1C is pretty bad when stock. Like i got 4 kills and an assist in it and still got not enough RP to even get the radiator upgrade. Its a shame that spading some planes take so long. Do you have any tips how to grind the upgrades out faster?
This has to be my favorite 4.7 aircraft for the U.S. tree. I had an interesting occurrence with either the F4U-1C or F4U-4. It was the first time I used MEC on a Corsair and was dragging 3 enemies down from altitude on Ruhr. I forgot to change supercharger gears from 2 to 1 when i got to the deck and the max engine rpm warning started flashing. I had to be going 380-420 mph IAS. As soon as I switched to gear 1 I lost 40 mph and got shot down in the following seconds. I haven't tried to recreate this situation but have wondered ever since how the supercharger would have been even working in a positive way on the deck.
@@AdamTheEnginerd I had this happen this past year. It would have been either 1.91 or early 1.93. And I didn't get engine damage. This was probably due to just barely touching the rpm limit as the message was flashing erratically
@@AdamTheEnginerd Yeah it was really strange. I just realized I didn't say this but the max rpm message stopped after I switched gears. Whenever I finish downloading the 1.95 update, I'll have to try to recreate this in a test flight.
@@AdamTheEnginerd I don't think that P-51 was a serial groundpounder. I think it was just that time for the sl. Ground target rewards are pretty high for the effort needed to kill them.
"petty". i am constantly losing games because people, especially in p-47s, go ground pounding. if 8 out of 16 poeple go ground pound then in the actual fight it is usually 8 people against 12. now factor in allied team stupidity and it quickly turns into a 5 against 12 and every useful teammate gets swarmed and can't do shit anymore. all of you bombers and ground pounders are contributing to less fun in war thunder. now go cry in a corner, or decide to become useful
@@AdamTheEnginerd No, you're biased. You're a good fighter player, and I agree that people who use fighters to ground pound are annoying, but bombers are very capable in the right hands and many times have carried their team. I love using my B-25s. I sneak around, drop my ordinance, and then find enemies. It has a ton of 50s on it, and my personal record is 4 fighter kills in one match. Not bad, considering bombers don't get the luxury of boom and zoom. I really would like you to give it a try.
great vid Adam i just don't get it german noobs say Germany suffers in aviation they don't at all every game in the p51d20 is either are 2005 or a fw190's dat kills me and they always win 95.6% of the time does Germany really suffer in aviation or does the p51 need to get buffed again?
BrenRT The D-20 is a bad deal for its BR. You’re better off flying the D-5 which flies the same at a lower BR or the D-10 which has more power at the same BR or the D-30 which has even more power at higher BR.
And i always have to quarrel with groundpounders they are very sensitive people 😁 Good video thanks,sometime you have to try to fight in cockpit it will be interesting.
rekt 3 of these with my 109 g-6 one of them actually got stolen by airfield aa then the other 2 were toghther which i had to take out scary plane though
About that ground pounding stuff; It's no fun BUT, Let's say I'm researching a plane, 1plane kill + 6ground kills gives more xp than 2 plane kills. And if we, team, is mosly likely going to win, I'd rather go for ground pounding, at that kind of stage of the game you don't have much time left anyway. Well, at the start of the battle or after enemy on the deck is cleared, there are some players start ground pounding... I hate those.
I make no claim about xp and such, all I'm saying is that ground pounding (stuff that aren't worth tickets which is what most people do) is useless to your team.
The reason why a lot of people "hate" it is just for the ludicrous battle rating; basically it's just a F4U-D with cannons, It has the same dynamic performances of a 3.7... and when you encounter all that fancy high rating japanese, german and italian planes, all with a better climb speed as well as their usual better turning performance... everything becames more and more frustrating. Seeing the ki84s high above your head after just 3 minutes of game, while you are just at half of their altitude, in a plane where altitude is everything, it's to say the least an unpleasant sight.
@@AdamTheEnginerd I just discovered they put it at 4.7 and no more in 5.0 like before (I don't fly this plane by a long time... expecially due its battle rating) It was very easy to finish against 5.3 and so the infamous Ki84 XD, it happened frequently at me, at least. In any case... I just discovered also that its climb rating has improved at 19,7 m/s, the last time I used this plane it was way worse; can you tell me if this data is effectively true?
@@darklight6013 Been at 4.7 for over a year I think. Stat cards are mostly fake news, they don't have much correct info. 19.7m/s is likely only possible at sea level, it's quite optimistic.
If only I was this good back when I was still stuck at Rank III, spading this thing...armament is good, hits like a truck even on glancing blows, but it is difficult to aim due to the weight, which can cause you to leak energy like a sieve if you're not careful. I'm still confused as to how your "side-to-side roll" reversal works, even after seeing all your recent Corsair videos and the Reversals video (of all the times I tried that trick in a Corsair, I only succeeded once, using the much faster -4 variant against a G.55S). That's why I prefer flying heavy fighters like the P-38L-5LO and luring the enemy into vertical energy traps instead. Good video, and Happy Holidays, Adam!
you know i love ground pounders and bombers: i can understand a Corsair F4u4 or -u4b ground pounting. but i'm still missing the point on using a P51 good video btw
@@martijn9568 yeah but retards take planes on Air RB, load up rockets and bombs and go kill ground targets, then they get shit on and I'm left alone against the fucking luftwaffe Xd
yesterday I learnt side to side and made a reversal on a bf 109 f4 in my yak 1b. I was so excited!! Oh btw, sometimes bombers like me 264 are disgusting i tried the p61 with the turret and knew to turn from side to side and threw off my turret aim. Another 264 came and wrecked me while i was focusing on the other. One more thing 3 me 264s is enough to end a match if they dont get shot down. Its true that its boring before these i didnt have to bother about the bombers but now its a problem and they r super high.
Corsair: another day to take out Zeroes! *sees P47, P-63, B-17, ME-264, and several BF-109s and Spitfires* Corsair: I am in the wrong theater 10 minuets later 8 kills Corsair: why don't we do this more often?
I just do not understand the Corsair BRs. I can't tell the performance difference between the 1A and 1C, but the cannons mean it's 2.0br higher, the 4B is a step up in almost every way from 4, but is only 0.7Br higher. Gaijin why. Also, it's hilarious that the Japanese Corsair is the second fastest Japanese prop at sea level.
1A is severely undertiered, can be 3.3 easily. Ki84s come pretty close to beating the Corsair, but yeah 2.7 BR Corsair is faster than nearly every Japanese prop.
I only just unlocked this plane, and I love it already. It's mainly because I'm already used to the Corsairs, so adjusting to this plane isn't harder than just trying to learn how to aim the cannons.
I play the American again because they have Swedish as allies and i just tried to play Germany it was in beginning very funny but there was this Swedish plane i didn't know what to do it was my first Swedish enemy plane I thought i could kill him but than oooooffff he killed me. Ps:nice ace gameplays like always.
Can you please make a video on the premium Hunter in an up-tier (against F4s and MiG 21s)? I know you don’t play jets a lot so if not do you have any advice? I can’t seem to find a good video on TH-cam about it
You seem to deal with your teammates as if they are inferior beings. This bothers me, they're people too. Edit: The statpadding B-25s... teamkills count as kills??
I now know for a fact there is something wrong with my game. The way you get hits vs mine same angles same everything it doesn't work for me. My convergence is at 600 meters I don't know yours but, the way you get kills do not work on me. Also does lag and packet loss make a huge difference?
Honestly, that Wyvern wasn't a cool player. First he groundpounds, then, after he gets jumped on, leads the enemies to you instead of leading them away for you to deal with the 109. Like you were in a position to help him!
Of course! It doesn’t climb like a Spitfire and doesn’t turn like a zero, so I guess people (allies) naturally dislike that the fact that you can’t just rush in and then turn-fight like most of them want to do. It takes patience.
@@HeyBigChriss I placed out I got to have airplanes that can climb well I just love being able to use my climb rate to my vantage and just energy trap the shit out of everybody it’s a lot of fun
Controversial aircraft? How could anyone hate this beastly dispenser of 20mm justice? It's superior to all of its German foes at this battle rating from my experience
God I hated this plane before I got the cannon upgrade. After it's great to fly, the cannon hits like a truck. Too bad germans are stomping right now due to climbrates.
I mean, how embarassing it would be to find yourself in one of your videos as the useless player. Then again, why watch your videos in the first place, as watching them as a useless player would turn you into a useful player. The conclusion to this is that a useless player has to remain a useless player as he/she is not watching your videos. That's heavy, man.
I'm surprised at the amount of people who recognize me in game and they are in bombers haha. So watching my videos doesn't automatically make you useful all the time.
So what do u do if ur in a 109 and dive on a corsair and the corsair also dives so u pull up coz u dont want to lose the alt and the corsair also pulls up and now hes on ur six ........... Spiral climb?
Yup spiral climb/go straight up. Keep an eye on the Corsair as you break off, you need to react quickly to go up if he follows you to keep enough distance between you.
Of course, on some aircraft WEP involves the addition of a substance (water, methanol). When that runs out, you can no longer WEP. German planes can run WEP for 20-25 minutes, US navy planes can do around 8-10 min.
The last guy you killed "wundiesel" has 15676 Air RB Kills. For that many kills the fight he put up was just disappointing. He didn't even try dodging the shot, also that was a 4 man squad of fighters. And that aim
Nice Flying adam. I liked the 7th kill most of all but it got me wondering something. How long have you been playing War Thunder and how long did it take you to become as good as you are?
Thanks! Yeah was a good kill. Started in late 2014, and it took my current playtime to get as good as I currently am ;). To get to the point of routinely carrying matches, it me took 2-3 years and ~30 days of playtime I suppose.
@@AdamTheEnginerd true, when I was playing WT at first I grew so bored with this game that I stopped playing it. But then I started watching TH-cam videos from the channel Long5hot, and his tutorials, and I understood the basics of flying and energy and keyboard maneuvers. From that point on, I was always 1st on the leaderboards because in arcade, (the only mode I play) people just either furball or kill ground targets or play as bombers, and I just fly on top of everyone and reap the kills. If I meet an equal, I am usually outflown because I don't know much about flaps, and dodging and what I should do in various situations, I just know the basics, but for like 90% of the time, that's enough to be the "terror of the sky"... Anyways, I'd be very grateful if you spared a minute and took a quick look on my video where I fly the bf109f4 (the kill compilation) and the commented gameplay of the bf109E4, and point out my mistakes (I'm sure you'll find a lot of them), if you had a minute that would be truly fantastic!
There was this me264 in a match I played yesterday, where he basically went gunship and killed 3 of our team. And one of my teammates was apparently in a match with him for his last game where he supposedly got 5 kills. What he did was he intercepted our climb path, flying just above us while we were all slow. Pretty clever if you ask me.
Good, it's the most useful use of a bomber if you can't win by bombing. If he gets ignored by the entire team and left for last though, he won't be able to do anything.
@@AdamTheEnginerd This is how you play the B-34. Be as aggressive as possible. Take them by surprise. No one expects a bomber to start turnfighting them.
Talk about coincidence: I literally just saw the interview of Rodrigo Santoro (the dude tha played Xerxes) in the Seth Meyers talk show, then when I scroll down I see your video LUL
Only plane I managed to get 8 kills with was the German p47 when it was slightly too powerfull xd, I did get an ace in the mig19s today though, great fun!
Yeah, when something can essentially only be used as bad bait (bad because the enemies have no pressure to go for them, they are not a threat), I say they are useless. Pretty much, useless ~ AI usefulness.
Only people that hate the Corsair don’t understand it lol. A team of p51’s and corsairs can wreck anyone if that team is willing to work together **PLEASE MAKE MORE CORSAIR VIDEOS**
Climbing at 4000m and finding 2 enemies below is a thing that I've never seen. Most of the times, with US planes, I climb 'til 5-6 kms and still the whole enemy team of fighters is above me. In my opinion US tech tree is a waste of time after the P-40 'til the Sabre. That doesn't mean you can't do a good match with Americans but it is much harder that in any Axis plane.
Depending on the plane, you might want to sideclimb a bit and let the enemies dive to kill the useless players. In this match though, I kept climbing while those 2 enemies chased a B17, that's how I ended up above them.
@@AdamTheEnginerd ok but it's a very rare situation. In a German or Italian plane you can climb straight to the centre of the field and above 4500 while with US planes you have to sideclimb higher, taking more time, hoping some of the enemies dive on your team otherwise below you there are only HS129. And US planes need that advantage 'cause they are fast only when they dive. At least Corsairs with the last flight model have a solid aim. But P-51 is very difficult with that rudder and when you miss the target you can only run.
@@Boa74 I agree US planes are generally outclimbed, and in the beginning of the match they'll have the altitude disadvantage. If numbers of fighters were equal on both teams though, it's not the end of the world. It's the combo of being at an early energy disadvantage and outnumbered that people have difficulty dealing with. P51D's rudder is indeed a pain. Fly F4U4/4B or P51H instead.
Can you pls make a video about, advanced plane controls? (how can we control manually engine or for what are supercharger mods etc.) I couldnt find any actual video. Thanks for all your trick videos. They are really helpful.
@@AdamTheEnginerd I watched a lot of MEC videos and all of them min 2 max 4 years old. Is there any changes during 2-4 years, which you think important. In most of Videos its recommended that test changes for specific planes. They show a graph about the changes. I saw it in your videos too. Can you tell me how can i see the statistics and make a graph about it? Thanks.
@@sautink3584 Setting up MEC is easy. Go under full real controls and set the keybinds. nothing has changed, i watched a video a year ago that was 2 years old at the time and it worked. Here you can find data on when to use superchargers on certain planes f.e: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1hgHbWlSjefFhCqOUeGpoKQntdQDPG32X7XQo9EqDF00/edit#gid=1236982432
I've had harder, but it was "interesting" to see what my remaining teammates were doing while I was trying my best to win (B25s killing each other on the runway).
I don't trust ground pounders either. I was on a 9 kill match on Sicily with a friendly P-47M that was ground pounding the entire match and I was catching the last enemy, a He-177, at low altitude so I asked my useless team mate to stop ground pounding to let me get my final and 10th kill but he ended the game right as I started shooting at the Greif.
Think the 109 on the third kill knew who you were. He ignored the prophanging teammate likely already as he marked you as a high priority target. And he broke off earlier compared to say someone who may otherwise be so careless he wouldn't notice your teammate. Still bad move on his part not to kill your teammate first.
Perhaps, but I didn't get a strong feeling that was the case. I was too low and far to intervene if he did decide to go for the prophanging P63, so going for it would have been the right move regardless if he knows who I am or not.
@@AdamTheEnginerd You cause more fear in viewers who see you in battle than you think, makes sense that they may not make as sound of a decision as they normally otherwise would.
@@AdamTheEnginerd Most probably, but if he saw you it meant he scans downward too. I find it hard to believe he didn't see him although that's probably the case.
Do you think you could go over how you start matches? That seems to be where I struggle the most. Previous match with this plane I got three kills before we lost via tickets, the one before that I got jumped by high climbing germans.
@@AdamTheEnginerd I know to sideclimb some. It just feels like the line between too far away to do anything and so close enemies jump on me is very, very fine.
if you don't hear him say "jeeesus" "uuff" then it's not Adam playing
I'm usually silent, except when carrying haha.
Most people problem: i cant hit without zoom
Adam's problem: missed due to zooming
Nono it did less damage because of zoom!
@@AdamTheEnginerd wat ?
@@ilyasdgv7924 Joke haha, just anti-zoom propaganda.
Thats my point ! I always zoom!!!
I have it both ways, sometimes its better to zoom and others I find it's not so good, I have zoom on my scroll wheel too which is nice so I can control it more precisely
I believe that no plane is truly useless, because a blue name is still usable as bait
By useless I always mean essentially useless, and aircraft (bombers) that hide and don't even bomb are legitimately a useless slot in the team. It's rare, but I've seen it a few times.
@@AdamTheEnginerd IF im playing a bomber im playing it like a fighter xD
They are literally useless cancers until enemy cancer planes bite the bait and get blind for kills.
So, if enemies are clever enough, they are truely nothing better than crawlers...
I've rarely seen bombers who use appropriate tactics and sacrifice as a good bait for right timing.
Instead, any monkey can fly straight to base, drop some bomb, and get killed or J out... or, dock to ISS
@@FreeMeal4You Lol, my MO when using the A-36: either use gunpods or nothing at all, and climb.
"Stay useful", perfect Engineer's comment...lolz
Haha indeed! I'll start using it ;).
That is the advice I give beginners on how to remain employed. In tough times, useful people retain their jobs. Usually.
F in the chat for the WEP on this bird
Good video as always, Adam-sama. Hope you had a good Christmas!
Thanks, likewise!
I like aiming for a bomber’s cockpit more than their wings, mulching the pilots keeps them from getting any cheeky turret revenge kills.
Great vid!
If you don't succeed in killing the pilots, then the damage is pretty minor. If you go for wings, even if you don't rip the wing it still becomes hard to control. Cheeky turret revenge kills are rare enough haha.
I always shoot at the gunners first
I mean TBF, the Wyvern did exactly what you're supposed to do with it - go fast, drop your payload, and go fast in the other direction and be santa bringing the gift of low IQ axis players to your teammates in easy to access packaging.
Skip the payload part and bait instead sure. Payload changes nothing (he was killing artillery and AA IIRC).
@@AdamTheEnginerd I mean with the Wyvern's speed and acceleration, you've got the time to hit a pillbox or a tank and still be perfectly safe, so why not pick up a little tip for your services? Also clues the Germans into the fact that you're there, which can grab the attention of some pilots that are thirsty for a kill but would have otherwise climbed.
The sole exception is Advance to the Rhine. The rail yard is something like 32 ground targets, it's literally a free 10~20k lions on a loss without premium. Frankly that amount of pure profit is too much to justify ignoring with how the game's economy is atm.
Because you could be climbing and be better bait instead.
I'm always talking about what's best to win the match for the team. People going for the rail yard are useless for example.
@@AdamTheEnginerd they're useless if they're in a plane that isn't straight up faster than basically everything else at their BR. Not to mention, baiting on the deck is the best option with the Wyvern. My team isn't going to climb anyway, and if I try to climb and bait and fuck it up or the enemy gets lucky, they still have energy and I have nothing. If I can drag them to the deck, they now have no energy, so even if they manage to nail me they're effectively out of the fight. Plus, the closer I can get the fight to sea level, the more I can leverage the natural quirks of a turboprop against my pursuers and reverse the situation on them.
I'm not saying baiting isn't good option, I'm saying that anything that distracts from being useful (baiting, fighting the enemy planes) like payload stuff will be less useful than straight up baiting.
Bf109 (diving on Adam): Another easy American kill
Adam: I have you right were I want you.
Sounds like Red Tails.
@@AdamTheEnginerd you make it look so easy. I have tried the roll to side then reversal but it never seems to work for me.
@@wyvern7567 Gotta practice!
I personally love the f4U1D, and its a shame that the 1C is pretty bad when stock. Like i got 4 kills and an assist in it and still got not enough RP to even get the radiator upgrade. Its a shame that spading some planes take so long. Do you have any tips how to grind the upgrades out faster?
Not really, I recommend not ground pounding until the last enemy dies too.
"Generous God"
Or just "Adam514"
That's implying a lot ;).
This has to be my favorite 4.7 aircraft for the U.S. tree. I had an interesting occurrence with either the F4U-1C or F4U-4. It was the first time I used MEC on a Corsair and was dragging 3 enemies down from altitude on Ruhr. I forgot to change supercharger gears from 2 to 1 when i got to the deck and the max engine rpm warning started flashing. I had to be going 380-420 mph IAS. As soon as I switched to gear 1 I lost 40 mph and got shot down in the following seconds. I haven't tried to recreate this situation but have wondered ever since how the supercharger would have been even working in a positive way on the deck.
Hmm that's weird. How long ago did it happen? Did you see your engine take damage before getting hit?
@@AdamTheEnginerd I had this happen this past year. It would have been either 1.91 or early 1.93. And I didn't get engine damage. This was probably due to just barely touching the rpm limit as the message was flashing erratically
If it didn't take damage, then your engine was fine and that shouldn't have been the cause of your speed loss. Can't say what was though.
@@AdamTheEnginerd Yeah it was really strange. I just realized I didn't say this but the max rpm message stopped after I switched gears. Whenever I finish downloading the 1.95 update, I'll have to try to recreate this in a test flight.
11:10
I dub Thee Adam the Missionary! Working hard to convert the masses of uselessness to proper pilots!
It doesn't look like I got through this time though.
Are you sure it ain't a certain "position"?
@@AdamTheEnginerd I don't think that P-51 was a serial groundpounder. I think it was just that time for the sl. Ground target rewards are pretty high for the effort needed to kill them.
You're so petty when it comes to the bombers and ground pounders Jesus lmao
How is it petty? Must be an issue with my definition of petty. I'm just truthful.
They are dreadful. Responsible for allied air sucking.
"petty". i am constantly losing games because people, especially in p-47s, go ground pounding. if 8 out of 16 poeple go ground pound then in the actual fight it is usually 8 people against 12. now factor in allied team stupidity and it quickly turns into a 5 against 12 and every useful teammate gets swarmed and can't do shit anymore. all of you bombers and ground pounders are contributing to less fun in war thunder. now go cry in a corner, or decide to become useful
@@AdamTheEnginerd No, you're biased. You're a good fighter player, and I agree that people who use fighters to ground pound are annoying, but bombers are very capable in the right hands and many times have carried their team. I love using my B-25s. I sneak around, drop my ordinance, and then find enemies. It has a ton of 50s on it, and my personal record is 4 fighter kills in one match. Not bad, considering bombers don't get the luxury of boom and zoom. I really would like you to give it a try.
great vid Adam i just don't get it german noobs say Germany suffers in aviation they don't at all every game in the p51d20 is either are 2005 or a fw190's dat kills me and they always win 95.6% of the time does Germany really suffer in aviation or does the p51 need to get buffed again?
I think, for most of the time, people don't fly americans the right way.
BrenRT
The D-20 is a bad deal for its BR. You’re better off flying the D-5 which flies the same at a lower BR or the D-10 which has more power at the same BR or the D-30 which has even more power at higher BR.
@@dogeness its ok for me
D20 is a bad plane for the BR as dogeness said. If you like it, just fly the D5 and you'll avoid most of the tier 4 Germans.
Adam514 See I still think the D20 is pretty good if you just BnZ, I’ve carried games in it just by using speed.
7:21 the shots literally hit your face, but not your plane (;
Good thing my face isn't important ;).
And i always have to quarrel with groundpounders they are very sensitive people 😁
Good video thanks,sometime you have to try to fight in cockpit it will be interesting.
My pleasure!
Simulator?
@@AdamTheEnginerd Or just real battles but in cockpit, because for simulator you have to play with flight joystick and they're very long sometimes.
"Stay useful"
Me: in my fully downtiered broken jet: well shit. Guess i'll just die
Seriously. I'd have more fun with a noose around my neck than in this game. War thunder just says NO
Looks like you can use a break ;).
Eh it's a curse of mine. Every game I enjoy, I suck at.
Ah yes Adam514 watching his godly work from the clouds.
He looks exactly like I imagined him.
Haha I'm quite far in likeness though ;).
@@AdamTheEnginerd YEEEES. Be my Complete Hairless Persian God.
Hey Adam can you join the events that other TH-camrs are doing like the Dunkirk that phlydaily did. It would be fun to watch you club them
Lmao is that all you want to see from me?
I want to see that. Lol after the battle ,yell out on the chat "IS THERE NO ONE ELSE?!?!" Lol
I would love to see that he would just club them so hard lmao
Adam, plz - make also one rewiew be Yak-3 VK 107. TNX a lot.
I already did it: th-cam.com/video/3XWvanyXljQ/w-d-xo.html
@@AdamTheEnginerd one more plane plz!) : Pyorremyrsky . TNX!
rekt 3 of these with my 109 g-6 one of them actually got stolen by airfield aa then the other 2 were toghther which i had to take out scary plane though
That's a high F4U1C density game.
@@AdamTheEnginerd thats what makes it more scarier
About that ground pounding stuff;
It's no fun BUT,
Let's say I'm researching a plane, 1plane kill + 6ground kills gives more xp than 2 plane kills.
And if we, team, is mosly likely going to win, I'd rather go for ground pounding, at that kind of stage of the game you don't have much time left anyway.
Well, at the start of the battle or after enemy on the deck is cleared, there are some players start ground pounding... I hate those.
I make no claim about xp and such, all I'm saying is that ground pounding (stuff that aren't worth tickets which is what most people do) is useless to your team.
The reason why a lot of people "hate" it is just for the ludicrous battle rating; basically it's just a F4U-D with cannons, It has the same dynamic performances of a 3.7... and when you encounter all that fancy high rating japanese, german and italian planes, all with a better climb speed as well as their usual better turning performance... everything becames more and more frustrating.
Seeing the ki84s high above your head after just 3 minutes of game, while you are just at half of their altitude, in a plane where altitude is everything, it's to say the least an unpleasant sight.
F4U1C is faster than most of what it faces, and outturns most Germans. Ki84s are indeed a dangerous opponent for it, but they are 5.3-5.7 BR.
@@AdamTheEnginerd I just discovered they put it at 4.7 and no more in 5.0 like before (I don't fly this plane by a long time... expecially due its battle rating) It was very easy to finish against 5.3 and so the infamous Ki84 XD, it happened frequently at me, at least.
In any case... I just discovered also that its climb rating has improved at 19,7 m/s, the last time I used this plane it was way worse; can you tell me if this data is effectively true?
@@darklight6013 Been at 4.7 for over a year I think.
Stat cards are mostly fake news, they don't have much correct info. 19.7m/s is likely only possible at sea level, it's quite optimistic.
@@AdamTheEnginerd mmh... just like i imagined, sadly...
"There is only one good way, being usefull"
- Adam the chosen one 27/12/2019
Haha being useful is the key to happiness.
@@AdamTheEnginerd 2020 will be the philosophy year for your channel? xD
Maybe!
If only I was this good back when I was still stuck at Rank III, spading this thing...armament is good, hits like a truck even on glancing blows, but it is difficult to aim due to the weight, which can cause you to leak energy like a sieve if you're not careful. I'm still confused as to how your "side-to-side roll" reversal works, even after seeing all your recent Corsair videos and the Reversals video (of all the times I tried that trick in a Corsair, I only succeeded once, using the much faster -4 variant against a G.55S). That's why I prefer flying heavy fighters like the P-38L-5LO and luring the enemy into vertical energy traps instead.
Good video, and Happy Holidays, Adam!
Oof I dislike heavy fighters actually haha.
Thanks, likewise!
you know i love ground pounders and bombers: i can understand a Corsair F4u4 or -u4b ground pounting. but i'm still missing the point on using a P51
good video btw
It's for fast 50k SL, supposedly.
Thanks!
There should be a Game mode just for ground pounders and leave Air RB just for fighters but it's Gaijin of whom we are talking about
Stock plane = trash, ergo ground pound until not stock to prevent massive amounts of frustration. Not correct, but justifiable
@@stefanmichaelsenzegarra5688 That's called ground rb;)
@@martijn9568 yeah but retards take planes on Air RB, load up rockets and bombs and go kill ground targets, then they get shit on and I'm left alone against the fucking luftwaffe Xd
“Stay useful” lmao
Always!
Please fly out the A6M5 Otsu!
Is that the 4.7 BR A6M haha?
yesterday I learnt side to side and made a reversal on a bf 109 f4 in my yak 1b. I was so excited!! Oh btw, sometimes bombers like me 264 are disgusting i tried the p61 with the turret and knew to turn from side to side and threw off my turret aim. Another 264 came and wrecked me while i was focusing on the other. One more thing 3 me 264s is enough to end a match if they dont get shot down. Its true that its boring before these i didnt have to bother about the bombers but now its a problem and they r super high.
Nice congrats!
I don't think 3 264s are enough except in something like a max downtier. I've only lost once to 264 bombing.
Adam514 :) also I'll try out f4Us. I personally like planes with good ER and climb but your vids on f4Us inspire me. ;)
That just felt like 2 heavy bombers are gaying at the AF for a long time cause there is no one around for a long time. Filthy.
Gaycist.
Corsair: another day to take out Zeroes!
*sees P47, P-63, B-17, ME-264, and several BF-109s and Spitfires*
Corsair: I am in the wrong theater
10 minuets later
8 kills
Corsair: why don't we do this more often?
Lol indeed.
"I ran out of wep quickly this match"
Yeah no shit. Btw nice flap usage on that F4 as usual huh?
Thanks!
@@AdamTheEnginerd i wanna see you play firecrest. If you have it that's the problem tho
@@R00FTOPK0REAN I do not have it.
I just do not understand the Corsair BRs. I can't tell the performance difference between the 1A and 1C, but the cannons mean it's 2.0br higher, the 4B is a step up in almost every way from 4, but is only 0.7Br higher. Gaijin why.
Also, it's hilarious that the Japanese Corsair is the second fastest Japanese prop at sea level.
1A is severely undertiered, can be 3.3 easily.
Ki84s come pretty close to beating the Corsair, but yeah 2.7 BR Corsair is faster than nearly every Japanese prop.
The display of those C.205 S3 pilots was insultingly undisciplined.
t. C.205 S3 pilot
Yeah I expected them to be more of a threat.
I only just unlocked this plane, and I love it already. It's mainly because I'm already used to the Corsairs, so adjusting to this plane isn't harder than just trying to learn how to aim the cannons.
Nice, good luck and have fun! Recoil is big though.
I love flying the F4u-1c but my GOD the 20mm guns are horrible when they're not upgraded
Yeah that is true.
Adam, you have a problem with this plane, is like your sixth video on it.
You need to see a medic
Haha actually it's my second, this isn't the F4U4B!
@@AdamTheEnginerd it is blue an has weird wings, its the same :)
I play the American again because they have Swedish as allies and i just tried to play Germany it was in beginning very funny but there was this Swedish plane i didn't know what to do it was my first Swedish enemy plane I thought i could kill him but than oooooffff he killed me.
Ps:nice ace gameplays like always.
Yeah the Pyor is good.
Thanks!
Can you please make a video on the premium Hunter in an up-tier (against F4s and MiG 21s)? I know you don’t play jets a lot so if not do you have any advice? I can’t seem to find a good video on TH-cam about it
I don't have the premium Hunter either, not much I can say to help.
You seem to deal with your teammates as if they are inferior beings. This bothers me, they're people too.
Edit: The statpadding B-25s... teamkills count as kills??
I deal with useless teammates as if they are useless*.
Nah, just joking.
I now know for a fact there is something wrong with my game. The way you get hits vs mine same angles same everything it doesn't work for me. My convergence is at 600 meters I don't know yours but, the way you get kills do not work on me. Also does lag and packet loss make a huge difference?
500m (description). Ping doesn't matter much, but packet loss changes a lot.
Honestly, that Wyvern wasn't a cool player. First he groundpounds, then, after he gets jumped on, leads the enemies to you instead of leading them away for you to deal with the 109. Like you were in a position to help him!
Yeah, missed the baiting 101 class.
Ever since using the M3 20mils on the corsair 4b and the F8F 1b I can't go back to the M2 20 mils. It's just...too little freedom per second
They are still great guns for 4.7 though.
Do you think this plane is at too high of a BR? I know the cannons are good, but it has the performance of a 2.7 plane.
More like 3.7 performance. I think it's fair.
My favorite plane! Almost have 1000 kills in this plane, my next highest is about 100ish.
Do you meet people that really dislike it?
Of course! It doesn’t climb like a Spitfire and doesn’t turn like a zero, so I guess people (allies) naturally dislike that the fact that you can’t just rush in and then turn-fight like most of them want to do. It takes patience.
That is what I see too.
@@HeyBigChriss I placed out I got to have airplanes that can climb well I just love being able to use my climb rate to my vantage and just energy trap the shit out of everybody it’s a lot of fun
Controversial aircraft? How could anyone hate this beastly dispenser of 20mm justice? It's superior to all of its German foes at this battle rating from my experience
A decent amount of people dislike it. It gets outclimbed by every German, and outturned by some.
One thing about the corsairs I love...All Germans underestimate them. In the hands of a seasoned pilots they are amazing.
By now, Germans know the might of the F4U4B. For the other Corsairs, yeah perhaps.
Ah yes, the plane with the same performance as the F4U-1D, but 1.4 br higher because it has 4x20mm instead of 6 50.cals
Because armament does matter.
First to comment
Nice gameplay
Can you play with the FW-190 A5/U2 you can set any plane on fire with air targets belt
Thanks!
It's on my list!
God I hated this plane before I got the cannon upgrade. After it's great to fly, the cannon hits like a truck. Too bad germans are stomping right now due to climbrates.
Yeah the guns do spray a lot when stock, and the recoil is quite intense, more than on the F4U4B for some reason.
Could you do a video about what mistakes did the enemies make and how could they have avoided them?
Yeah maybe. I kind of do comment on that in my gameplay videos already though.
Let's learn the Alphabet with Adam514!
i is for...
*I'll roll from side to side to lure him closer until I commit to a turn for the reversal*
Lmao!
adam got the flap seeking rounds loaded
Haha!
So I was right, they changed the cannons on the Corsair (used to shoot white bullets, now shoots red.) Hope they didn't Nerf the guns.
Pretty sure they didn't nerf them.
How is this plane now and how does it compare to the f4u1a. i don't see much difference between these 2 plane's performance and is it worthy of 4.7
Pretty much the same performance as F4U1A but with better guns. F4U1A is severely undertiered, F4U1C is fine at 4.7.
I mean, how embarassing it would be to find yourself in one of your videos as the useless player. Then again, why watch your videos in the first place, as watching them as a useless player would turn you into a useful player. The conclusion to this is that a useless player has to remain a useless player as he/she is not watching your videos.
That's heavy, man.
I'm surprised at the amount of people who recognize me in game and they are in bombers haha. So watching my videos doesn't automatically make you useful all the time.
So what do u do if ur in a 109 and dive on a corsair and the corsair also dives so u pull up coz u dont want to lose the alt and the corsair also pulls up and now hes on ur six ........... Spiral climb?
Yup spiral climb/go straight up. Keep an eye on the Corsair as you break off, you need to react quickly to go up if he follows you to keep enough distance between you.
I never have to worry about WEP usage because I always just get a couple kills then die in a head on or something.
Oof.
Wep can run out? I'm confused, it never happened to me. Maybe BC i fly mainly axis planes...
Of course, on some aircraft WEP involves the addition of a substance (water, methanol). When that runs out, you can no longer WEP. German planes can run WEP for 20-25 minutes, US navy planes can do around 8-10 min.
Are we going to get a fw190c vid? And also, the me264 isn’t useless, u can prop hang spits
It's on my list!
Meh you just need to ignore them until the end and take your time like in this video.
Adam roasting that dude in chat made my day
Haha I try.
Can you do a full feature documentary on the herbivorous ground pounder in its natural habitat so we can better understand these majestic creatures?
I think it's one of those topics science will never be able to shed light on.
The last guy you killed "wundiesel" has 15676 Air RB Kills. For that many kills the fight he put up was just disappointing. He didn't even try dodging the shot, also that was a 4 man squad of fighters. And that aim
That's a lot of kills. He did try to dodge a bit, but was too slow. It was close.
@@AdamTheEnginerd Or maybe he just underestimated your aim :P
He also had 64% win ratio in RB battles, so pretty decent player.
Im thinking your shooting accuracy very high,
So we dont use it all
What do you mean?
Nice Flying adam. I liked the 7th kill most of all but it got me wondering something. How long have you been playing War Thunder and how long did it take you to become as good as you are?
Thanks! Yeah was a good kill.
Started in late 2014, and it took my current playtime to get as good as I currently am ;). To get to the point of routinely carrying matches, it me took 2-3 years and ~30 days of playtime I suppose.
We can all see that you hate ground pounders 11:11 (;
Thankfully I nearly always fly 4/5k meters above the ground, though always in arcade.
For good reason ;).
@@AdamTheEnginerd true, when I was playing WT at first I grew so bored with this game that I stopped playing it. But then I started watching TH-cam videos from the channel Long5hot, and his tutorials, and I understood the basics of flying and energy and keyboard maneuvers.
From that point on, I was always 1st on the leaderboards because in arcade, (the only mode I play) people just either furball or kill ground targets or play as bombers, and I just fly on top of everyone and reap the kills. If I meet an equal, I am usually outflown because I don't know much about flaps, and dodging and what I should do in various situations, I just know the basics, but for like 90% of the time, that's enough to be the "terror of the sky"...
Anyways, I'd be very grateful if you spared a minute and took a quick look on my video where I fly the bf109f4 (the kill compilation) and the commented gameplay of the bf109E4, and point out my mistakes (I'm sure you'll find a lot of them), if you had a minute that would be truly fantastic!
I don't know much about arcade, looked fine to me.
Nice vid, i wonder should I go to research the bf 109 k or the d9. U got another sub ;). Great work man!
Thanks!
Go for K4.
There was this me264 in a match I played yesterday, where he basically went gunship and killed 3 of our team. And one of my teammates was apparently in a match with him for his last game where he supposedly got 5 kills. What he did was he intercepted our climb path, flying just above us while we were all slow. Pretty clever if you ask me.
Good, it's the most useful use of a bomber if you can't win by bombing. If he gets ignored by the entire team and left for last though, he won't be able to do anything.
That's usually how I play. Take a bomber, fly to the path of enemy fighters, make them lose energy and gun them all down.
@@AdamTheEnginerd This is how you play the B-34. Be as aggressive as possible. Take them by surprise. No one expects a bomber to start turnfighting them.
Talk about coincidence:
I literally just saw the interview of Rodrigo Santoro (the dude tha played Xerxes) in the Seth Meyers talk show, then when I scroll down I see your video LUL
Hmm don't know what you're referring to, but praise TH-cam algorithm I suppose!
@@AdamTheEnginerd yup. Well, I was refering to the character in the thumb
Ohh lol I haven't seen the movie in too long, should have understood.
Hey I want to see some ta152 c3 are u up for that Adam?
I've got 2 Ta152C videos, not enough?
Adam514 oh only saw one...
Only plane I managed to get 8 kills with was the German p47 when it was slightly too powerfull xd, I did get an ace in the mig19s today though, great fun!
Haha airspawn at like 4.0 BR?
Pretty good.
@@AdamTheEnginerd I know right? If only she had a good jet engine too, it would be balanced
Got 8 kills while also being generous
Only Adam514 can do that shit lol
Perhaps ;).
How do u show ur hud top left like fuel and ammo?? It doesn’t show up for me in realistic
Options, search for ammo and fuel and temperature.
Man stop calling bombers useless I have an average of 2 kills when In a bomber + bases bombed
Doubt. But anyway, the bombers in this match were pretty useless, so what I said is true.
I cant seem to carry with P51D-5/20 anymore :(
Gotta practice, and forget the D20. D5 is a D20 at a lower BR.
Well, watching your video, i noticed that anything you call useless can be use as bait.
Yeah, when something can essentially only be used as bad bait (bad because the enemies have no pressure to go for them, they are not a threat), I say they are useless. Pretty much, useless ~ AI usefulness.
Only people that hate the Corsair don’t understand it lol.
A team of p51’s and corsairs can wreck anyone if that team is willing to work together
**PLEASE MAKE MORE CORSAIR VIDEOS**
Haha I have a bunch of F4U4B videos, you should check them out.
@@AdamTheEnginerd ya I think I’ve already watched them all like twice tho throughout the past year haha.
@@bradsheap6474 Haha nice!
My second highest-kill plane next to the big goth goddess P-61. Could probably stand to get knocked down to 4.3 but it's still one of my favorites.
Many people say it should be reduced in BR, but meh. I think it's fine at 4.7.
Climbing at 4000m and finding 2 enemies below is a thing that I've never seen. Most of the times, with US planes, I climb 'til 5-6 kms and still the whole enemy team of fighters is above me. In my opinion US tech tree is a waste of time after the P-40 'til the Sabre. That doesn't mean you can't do a good match with Americans but it is much harder that in any Axis plane.
Depending on the plane, you might want to sideclimb a bit and let the enemies dive to kill the useless players. In this match though, I kept climbing while those 2 enemies chased a B17, that's how I ended up above them.
@@AdamTheEnginerd ok but it's a very rare situation. In a German or Italian plane you can climb straight to the centre of the field and above 4500 while with US planes you have to sideclimb higher, taking more time, hoping some of the enemies dive on your team otherwise below you there are only HS129. And US planes need that advantage 'cause they are fast only when they dive. At least Corsairs with the last flight model have a solid aim. But P-51 is very difficult with that rudder and when you miss the target you can only run.
@@Boa74 I agree US planes are generally outclimbed, and in the beginning of the match they'll have the altitude disadvantage. If numbers of fighters were equal on both teams though, it's not the end of the world. It's the combo of being at an early energy disadvantage and outnumbered that people have difficulty dealing with.
P51D's rudder is indeed a pain. Fly F4U4/4B or P51H instead.
#request.
they say they reworked a mustang mk1a, can you give it a try
It's on my list!
damn bro u are so pro..guess u are my mentor now. u are intelligent, smart and can be a good leader.
Thanks bro!
As a 109 pilot corsairs are easy targets.(usually while the hellcats are free kills)
Do you only fly 109s?
F-86a5, F2H, F9F-2, thats the planes im struggling with.
Fly props ;).
Could you play Ki87, please? I dont know how to fly that plane...
I don't have it unfortunately.
Can you pls make a video about, advanced plane controls? (how can we control manually engine or for what are supercharger mods etc.) I couldnt find any actual video. Thanks for all your trick videos. They are really helpful.
There are videos on TH-cam that do a decent job of explaining what MEC is and how to set it up.
My pleasure!
@@AdamTheEnginerd I watched a lot of MEC videos and all of them min 2 max 4 years old. Is there any changes during 2-4 years, which you think important. In most of Videos its recommended that test changes for specific planes. They show a graph about the changes. I saw it in your videos too. Can you tell me how can i see the statistics and make a graph about it? Thanks.
@@sautink3584 Setting up MEC is easy. Go under full real controls and set the keybinds. nothing has changed, i watched a video a year ago that was 2 years old at the time and it worked. Here you can find data on when to use superchargers on certain planes f.e: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1hgHbWlSjefFhCqOUeGpoKQntdQDPG32X7XQo9EqDF00/edit#gid=1236982432
I'm new to the game, do you think I should use the automatic or manual engine
Automatic for sure, you've got lots of other things to learn first.
I started using F4U-1C. Although this requires heavy side climbing, it is pretty good though
Yeah I think it's fine at 4.7.
Nice try adam but you can't talk sense into a ground pounder
I've succeeded a few times actually.
18:14 "This is going on TH-cam" *sound*
F8F1B (Shit) pls
It's on my list!
I feel like the large BR increase over the 1D model is a little much, but damn do those 20mm's hit hard.
Maybe, but 4.7 is roughly fair.
@@AdamTheEnginerd yeah I wouldn't lower it any more than 4.3
Your Back must be hurting from carrying this team.
I've had harder, but it was "interesting" to see what my remaining teammates were doing while I was trying my best to win (B25s killing each other on the runway).
Lmao I'm sorry for crashing I was just having a hard time flying that thing with damage
Represented DART poorly
@@akonus3817 You don't have to worry about that lol
Friendly kills shouldn't count towards your stats, gaijin should fix that.
Add that to the list of things to fix.
I know haha, they don't. Was joking and using bomber logic.
@@AdamTheEnginerd oh okay lmao.
Adam,do you prefer BNZ ING enemy or dogfight them?
I guess I enjoy dogfighting more, but I'll do what the situation calls for.
I don't trust ground pounders either. I was on a 9 kill match on Sicily with a friendly P-47M that was ground pounding the entire match and I was catching the last enemy, a He-177, at low altitude so I asked my useless team mate to stop ground pounding to let me get my final and 10th kill but he ended the game right as I started shooting at the Greif.
Haha damn! It might not be his fault though, perhaps he doesn't know how to read.
why do you have a female voice in game?
Yup, shame it's not female when I call things out.
Oh "why". A sub told me to do it.
Hey man, how about MIG-21 MF
, SMT ?
On my list, but I'm avoiding jets atm.
If that's not bad ... What's the good game (GG) for you ?
Hmm when it's harder.
Think the 109 on the third kill knew who you were. He ignored the prophanging teammate likely already as he marked you as a high priority target. And he broke off earlier compared to say someone who may otherwise be so careless he wouldn't notice your teammate. Still bad move on his part not to kill your teammate first.
Perhaps, but I didn't get a strong feeling that was the case. I was too low and far to intervene if he did decide to go for the prophanging P63, so going for it would have been the right move regardless if he knows who I am or not.
@@AdamTheEnginerd You cause more fear in viewers who see you in battle than you think, makes sense that they may not make as sound of a decision as they normally otherwise would.
What I thought in the moment was that he didn't see the P63 prophang since he didn't react at all.
@@AdamTheEnginerd Most probably, but if he saw you it meant he scans downward too. I find it hard to believe he didn't see him although that's probably the case.
Do you think you could go over how you start matches? That seems to be where I struggle the most. Previous match with this plane I got three kills before we lost via tickets, the one before that I got jumped by high climbing germans.
I say in the beginning what I do when it's not "climbing straight in"
@@AdamTheEnginerd I know to sideclimb some. It just feels like the line between too far away to do anything and so close enemies jump on me is very, very fine.
@@andrewmandrona7891 It's why I climb straight in nearly every plane, and just retreat if outnumbered and out energied.
Make sure you have speed. It's the most important factor for staying alive through early game.
What is statpadding and how it can help someone? It seems stupid.
Indeed.