I've only done 1 poll before and it was love at first sight so here goes another one...

Especially the really experienced vets on this forum often have very strong opinions about certain planes (especially fw-190). They fight, they bicker, they quote all kinds of obscure sources, and its pretty fun to read it all.

But in the end, I'd like to see consensus on SOMETHING anyway. So I picked this question, and I'm confident that all but a few naysayers will agree with it:

Question:
Do you agree that the P.11c is the BEST plane in the sim?

I mean, come on. Discard your biases and attachments to other aircraft and look at the facts. Speeds up to 700 kph in level flight, unutterably powerful armament, can turn on a dime (Ok maybe nickel) and to top it all off...

You don't even have to worry about opening/closing the rads!

Choices:
Yes
No
Unsure
"I don't like chunkydora's sense of humor"

 

Whoa there, were are you getting it up to 700kph?

SWEEETT! 700 kph?!? Must learn to fly P.11c...

I'm quite surprised at these results. 50% so far have said "yes"!

700 kph? Ok, maybe not quite THAT fast...

More like...

A LITTLE bit slower.

However, in a dive that thing is awesome. I seriously love that plane. It's so underrated.

You ask if we can all agree?

The very simple answer is...no

Especially if your asking us if we think the P.11c is the best AC in Il2

Proof that online public polls are meaningless. I voted YES!

P.11C is porked in this sim.

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Originally posted by Panzer76:
Proof that online public polls are meaningless. I voted YES!

Despite the fact that there are a few weirdos out there who don't vote their mind, I think that most people sincerely think the P.11c is the best.

To quote Hermes on Futurama:

"He's a con man. You were mesmerized by his swinging baloney."

quote:

Do you agree that the P.11c is the BEST plane in the sim?

Agree? I live by the P.11c's uberness!

It may not be fast, It may not climb well, It doesnt dive, It may have a low ceiling, Its stuck with a single pitch prop, It may burn like zippo on the first flick, It may not have any range, It may not be able to catch let alone shoot down anything short of a glider, It may look like a polished turd, But........If you take away all that your left with a top notch fighter clearly the superior of any spit,190 or p-51 and at least the equal to the modern day a-10/F-15!

quote:

Originally posted by Freiwillige:
It may not be fast, It may not climb well, It doesnt dive, It may have a low ceiling, Its stuck with a single pitch prop, It may burn like zippo on the first flick, It may not have any range, It may not be able to catch let alone shoot down anything short of a glider, It may look like a polished turd, But........If you take away all that your left with a top notch fighter clearly the superior of any spit,190 or p-51 and at least the equal to the modern day a-10/F-15!

Exactly what I was trying to say, but I can't articulate as good as Mr. Freiwillige.

quote:

Originally posted by Skycat_2:
To quote Hermes on Futurama:

"He's a con man. You were mesmerized by his swinging baloney."

ME???!!!

CON MAN??!!

Number 4.

Pilot report on the P11.

I walked around the aircraft doing my pre flight and as I studied this potent looking fighter I had to whonder why they ordered 1,500 of these machines? Surely a total of five would give us complete air superority over anybody. As I climbed into the cockpit I realised that the forward veiw was a bit obscured by the gull wings to either side but thought Agh who needs to see there anyways the plane flys itself! I turned the fuel pump on (A foot pump you have to keep pumping with your right foot to keep the engine running) Briliant! These desighners know everything! Mechanical fuel pumps break down after all. But alas I am sure you whonder how I control the rudder if I am pumping my right foot the whole flight? Well they cut the right half off so that only your left foot locks in! Now of course you cannot rudder right but who needs to the plane fly's itself! As I pumped the fuel pump (462 times for enough to start the engine) I turned the starter switch
and after 843 rotations that 2 cylinder beast came to life spitting and snorting flame. The aircraft rocked and vibrated as I gave her full power! That propeller sure cools you off on a windy day! (Again another briliant desighne feature. Now with full power and the wind blowing off my cap and my scarf fluttering in the wind I gave the signal for my crew to start pushing (As the aircraft technically had not started to move yet) Once airspeed had picked up to a scary speed 35Kph I marveled at this masterpeice I was barely able to contain. I roared off the tarmac at a blistering 65Kph and rocketed skyward at an previously unheard of 10 feet per minute. My palms were sweating as I finally gained combat altitude (500 ft, I threw on my oxygen mask at 300 cause I was getting dizzy up so high ((Or maybe it was just the fumes!)) It has no throttle really to slow down you just stop pumping your foot and to speed up you pump faster and that really lightens your work load by taking away having to move a throttle lever. These aircraft engineers are pure Brilliance!

I did a mock diving attack on a farmer and his cow (Pulling plow of course) As I dove in and lined him up in my sights I squeezed the trigger
and all hell broke loose! My airspeed dropped by the force of all 4 of those 7mm guns and slowed my plane to 23Kph in a dive! The the Cow was so startled by all the noise that he took off with plow and farmer in tow easily out distancing me! After a few rounds shot off 1 gun fell out of the plane Killing a few chickens
(Wow my first confirmed kill!) Then a spark plug blew out and killed a pigeon (Thats two!)
while all my other guns melted and jammed. (Again a desighne to help save ammunition!) As I was low on fuel and growing tired of pumping I tried to Return to Base but there was a good 12 Kph headwind so for the last hour I was really flying at -2 Kph! When my leg finnaly cramped up the vibration from the one remaining cylinder slowing down tore the controll stick out of my hand but hey who needs it the plane flys itself. I touched down at -8 Kph and rolled (Backward) to a stop. I didnt have to use the brakes (A pistol to shoot out the tires) as a ditch stopped me. This is the greatest war machine ever!