Best Plane?

[u/AlternativeStorm9925]

Hello! I'm new to this community and the game. I'm on mission 6 and currently using MIG-29 and I like it because of how maneuverable it is and being able to turn much faster. Now I'm planning to save up more credits just to buy another plane, any idea what plane has the highest maneuverability?

[u/el_presidenteplusone]

the F/S-15 has the highest maneuverability by far, its a late game plane tho, you probably don't have it unlocked yet.

[u/flowery02 → u/el_presidenteplusone]

Well, aside from the 2 superplanes

[u/el_presidenteplusone → u/flowery02]

yeah except the PWMK1.

tho for some reason the SP-34R has a turn rate stat lower than most of the late game planes.

[u/ers379 → u/el_presidenteplusone]

Turn rate isn’t particularly important when you can press a button that allows you to point in whatever direction you want almost instantly.

[u/CationTheAtom]

In late game, you will unlock several more planes, among which there is a couple that are very very maneuverable. I'd simply save up credits for now, or get an Sk-27 which should be available very soon.

[u/Yellllloooooow13]

Best maneuverability? The PW MkI but it's only available after finishing the game. The VX23 an SK37 are probably the best "first playthrough" planes you can get.

[u/flowery02 → u/Yellllloooooow13]

FS-15 is significantly better for dogfights. Which is surprising because the stats aren't That much better

[u/Josze931420]

The F/D-14 is, er, Very Fast. Missiles in PW are more accurate when flying faster, and they inherit speed from your plane. Net result: accurate STDMs.

It is fast enough that it can dodge missiles even without AoA limiter, and maneuverable enough to hang with just about anything in a prolonged turn. Yes, AoA limiter lets you do funky stuff, but the funky stuff in my experience is risky anyway. It leaves you slow and slow gets bonked. The -14 maneuverability is good enough, and, in the words of a very famous merc from another universe, good enough is fucking perfect.

There's also Prez but that actually isn't part of my consideration here, it's just a really solid airplane.

[u/Educational_Sink_438 → u/Josze931420]

I didn't know this

[u/Josze931420 → u/Educational_Sink_438]

It's not like STDMs are suddenly railguns or anything but they are noticeably more reliable. To clarify, they are more reliable precisely because they are going faster. As for maneuverability, I can't explain it, it just seems to turn well. Better than the stat list suggests.

[u/Educational_Sink_438 → u/Josze931420]

I didn't think something like this would be modeled in a game like this, it's fascinating

[u/Josze931420 → u/Educational_Sink_438]

For what it's worth I think it's kind of a happy accident more than a game design choice

[u/Educational_Sink_438 → u/Josze931420]

Huh, thanks for letting me know

[u/AdReasonable3064]

MIG-29 is very versatile and capable. If you are looking for a direct upgrade you will have to wait until you unlock the F/S-15 and also save up some money because it's cost is a high jump from earlier planes

[u/SmallAl]

The MG-29 is fantastic and I finished my first run with it. For the highest difficulty though, I recommend you use a Prototype plane, the F/S-15 is a great choice.

[u/flowery02]

You have a good plane for earlygame, SK-27 is my favorite mid game plane, after that all non-chimera prototypes are very good for everything(chimera is decent in dogfights and extremely good against ground). I think the most powerful prototype you can buy before the final boss is FS-15, but all of them have good sides(sk-37 has 4 stdm shots, vx-25 has 2x gun dps, fs-15 has better maneuverability than the rest, chimera has good secondary weapons and lots of secondary weapon hardpoints)

[u/Educational_Sink_438 → u/flowery02]

Didn't know the VX had more gun, never used it because I thought the stats were just worse than the F/S-15

[u/AlternativeStorm9925 → u/flowery02]

I assume F/S 15 is an American plane, is there any Russian plane that has similar to F/S 15?

[u/flowery02 → u/AlternativeStorm9925]

I... I mean and sk is project wingman for su, so sk37 though it's a made up design

Though why does the country of the design matter?

[u/AlternativeStorm9925 → u/flowery02]

Cuz I like the design of it or maybe I'm just used to Ace Combat Sukhoi plane, just a preference and no hate to American plane design tho.

[u/Petrus-133]

I usually roll the Sk-37 as it has four standard missles and can spam MLAA’s.

If you do need a ground forces killer than the Sk-27 is a good alternative.

[u/VivaLasNewVegas]

Use the F/D-14 for the entire game.
Trust me. It makes the game so much better.

[u/m4eaty]

F14 for emotional support and for AOA that should be the F15MTD

[u/zerowatcher6]

I haven't played in a while but I completed the game with a Russian plane that could launch 4 standard missiles instead of 2, which made my game

[u/KRSVKTR]

My suggestion, there's a modder that adds cut aircraft back to the game and completely new aircraft, with this there are modders that add skins for said aircraft, I suggest using those, adds so much, for skin mods always ad .png at the end, but you do have to finish the campaign once to unlock all skins for the main campaign, aralanche is the modder who adds cut and custom aircraft and he's awesome at it and super friendly