How to do Well in American Propeller Planes (The Basics) | War Thunder 

This Video should be mandatory for all air RB players. Well put!

1. Sideclimb 2. Find a target 3. Engage the target 4. Realising your team has been wiped out 5. Gets chased into your base by 4 enemies 6. Some airifield AA managed to kill your chaser as your plane caught on fire and fall into the ground 7. Repeat

American prop tutorial: "Run, Forrest, run!"

1. Climb 2. Find a target 3. Dive 4. Shoot 5. Climb 6. Repeat from step 2

All excellent points. I think an even bigger problem than the planes, its the teams. Usually, (at the battle ratings you just used as an example) the teams are made up of way too many bombers. I have been in games where I am literally the only fighter! Also, teams will not side climb and will "Leeeroy Jenkins" in and by the time you get to a decent alt, you are the only one left and the spotting system suddenly shows you the 6 guys that eliminated your team are right on top of you. That is about when I leave to play ground RB...

The definite exception to this hit and run bunch is the P-36 family. The P-36 can out turn just about anything it wants to (with landing flaps extended it's crazy) and it actually sucks at hit and run due to the insane aileron lock up at just a little over 300 kph. The lock up is omitted at high altitude where the air is thinner however.

As soon as I finish sideclimbing both team have lost 97% of their aircrafts. Thus leaving me with no targets and I finish the game with 1 assist and somehow 2 deaths

I've been playing American planes for a while now. I'm at 4.0 and I have both mustangs and the p47 razorback. I'm only a rank 19 player so I'm pretty new and I found myself really enjoying these aircraft. The large amount of firepower the Americans bring is something I really enjoy even if most American aircraft control like shit.

A-36 is excellent for head on and turn fighting. it is a p51 with a better engine and air brakes, 2 nose mounted and 4 wing mounted 60 cams allow for great coverage on head one and its relatively accurate if you know how to aim and can take a lot of hits depending on the enemies caliber of weapon that hits you

I think something not covered here is that most Axis planes have an advantage in SUSTAINED turn performance. This makes the planes much more forgiving to fly since missing the first guns opportunity gives you multiple chances to viably reengage. If you maintain a max performance turn, you will slowly gain an advantage over US fighters just due to the plane's inherent performance. With American planes, you have an INSTANTANEOUS turn advantage, which means if you don't get the win in the first 1 or 2 passes, your options are to bug out and reset or steadily lose any energy/position advantage you had. Not many beginners can pull off that kind of gunnery snapshot easily. IRL, this is why John Boyd was so interested in a high specific excess power for fighters in his E-M theory, since this was THE way to generate an enormous sustained turn advantage.

Great points. I would add learning energy maneuvers like basic yoyo's and how to use a weave with a teammate while flying in loose pairs. Baiting lower opponents up, then dragging them across your friends nose while you "Thatch Weave" in front of your better is key. While I like the La5's best for this, American planes are perfect for this also.

Very underrated good quality content, it helped me very much!

"use keys instead of mouse aim" *Laughs in xbox*

I generally did very well with american props, but they tend to be more tedious and require longer time for match compared to BF 109s and Zeros, before the matchmaking changes of 2020 tho matches where instable and bizarre, sometimes you where able to get 6 kills easily, others I just died for a J2M at 9k

Thank you so much, after watching this video my productivity in games went way up and I've been getting alot more kills

One of the few great videos with tips that didn't put me to sleep. Well played sir!

Nicely done mate Ill benefit greatly from this!!! Thank you for taking the time!

Nice vid dude. This helps a lot and clears a lot of confusion.

excelent video, quick to the point and useful, oh and nice background music

Very good quality. Rly, excellent video. I can see the work you brought to this video. I know what I'm talking about xp

all right took notes and will give it a try tonight hahaha :D thanks

Great video, this can help many new players.

This is a very helpful video. Thanks

Ahhh! Finally someone I can understand! So many WT fighter instructional videos that I’ve seen are done by foreigners who, while speaking in English, are very hard to understand!

THIS ACTUALLY HELPED THANKS

I started using the P51 like a high altitude fighter and been surviving 17 to 25 matches

first thirty seconds is true seems the 109s climb fast as hell

This video helped me a lot! thank you! Was getting frustrated with US planes.

I pretty new to war thunder and I wanted to say this really helpped

Thanks man! God bless!

I side climb a lot especially with bombers in a PB4Y at 7000m in altitude or more you become very hard to chase down by enemy fighters and can one shot a base with a fully upgraded bomb load in a matter of five minutes or less you can destroy all four enemy bases then move onto the airfield.

Great video!

The p36g out-turns the spitfire

Wow! Thanks!

Awesome 😎 I’ve been playing war thunder for 22 months straight starting from Easter Sunday 2020 so Ik some tips for USA ground for light tanks and medium tanks

ive started to grind on the american plane, just reaching tier 3, tier 1 and 3 is fine, but tier 2 is where America shines with its 50 cal. i average around 10 kill in tier 2

Best video evver it all works for killing more and life longer and realy help the whole team

This was really useful when i time traveled.

This was a great video! couldn't fly American planes well, now I'm doing a bit better! Subscribed, and keep up the good work!

Thats actually a good guide

nice tips thx

Tips for specific families Mustangs - it is impossible to climb with too big IAS, but it is possible to climb too slow - never engage below ~400kph, if you fall below-disengage -faster you go- faster you turn - optimal climb speed is 276 kph -combat flaps rip at very high speeds (over 650kph) don’t fear to use them Thunderbolts - this boy struggle to acclelerate but keeps speed remarkably well -side-climb is necessary - 250 kph -higher you are- less energy you loose in manuvers -over 7km alt no other plane can match your horsepower Cobras - avoid fights over 5km alt- your engine don’t like heights -to use 37mm effectively you need very close convergence ~300-400m -faster you are- faster you turn- never go below 400kph - for one-on-ones feel free to use upward split-s with liberal use of all configurations of flaps- BEWARE- during them you are easy pray for players outside the duel! Corsairs - your gear is your air-brake (up to 700kph) - speed is your game- keep it over 350kph -your flaps are only for emergencies when you are caught at low speeds- they rip easily - when using m.e.c. Keep your oil vents 50-100% open - they create bearly any drag. Lightnings - You cant always outgun the enemy, but You can out snipe him -You turn faster in vertical than in horizontal- especially when you use all flaps configs - choose your engagements wisely. -recommend for Thoose who live and breathe .50cals.

I'm level 40 in 5.0 American planes and I think they're bad. That's why I'm here. They were so fun at like 1-3 but past that they've been consistently outperformed in every single aspect by primarily the German planes, but not excluding the Russian, British, and Japanese planes.

So basically if any other nation follows this guide, America still stands no chance.

1) Do what Anakin does when in a head-on… spin and fire you’ll hit him more then he’ll hit you. 2) 20mm guns are great too 3) A-36 with gunpods great as well

I like to use the SBD2 in 2.7 battles with gun pods, turns out that it is basically the low-tier A10

Thanks for the guide, i've killed a lot of fighters thanks to the guide.

I bought the P-51 D20 NA pack and I adore it, easily my favorite plane in War Thunder but I had to learn how to use it effectively first and after I did I've not complained about zeros, fw 190s or spitfires in about a month of playing.( as of this comment it's only been about a month in a half since I finally learned how2AmericanProps lol)

thx man lov u

okay that's fair... but i think it would be nice if they could boost the climb speed a small amount to make it less hair pulling and a little more competitive for usa. I feel supper handy capped playing USA and I played the game well over 2 years now.

Thanks for the tips! I have always side climbed (didn’t know that is what it is called), but thought I was a total noob for doing so because I was the only one doing it. I try to climb at a rate where my IAS stays relatively constant. Too slow?

Much needed video 🤩

also when diving to get away make sure you turn a little to not get your plane shot up.

new players here. tried uk and germany up to br 3. then decided to try usa and love the planes 😅

the beginner propeller is fast a hell

You should put squad on first place. A good US fighters squad can kill a whole team of enemies without any useless teammates. The main idea of squad team work is helping each other clear the tail and always creating a out number situation in a certain area. Side climb is important but not so important. You don't need to higher than everything. You speed is your best friend. US planes like P51 always out run everything if you pay attention to your surroundings. Use your speed advantage to rush the enemies and team work. If you shallow dive in advance, a higher enemy can never chase you. He will only loose his energy when chasing you. Your squadmate can help you push him away. Turn fight is really tricky in P51. You can turn in high speed. Higher than 400kmh. That's why you should always speed up before you enter a battle. Quickly dive away is always your choice. So speed up. Don't turn. Let your squadmate help you. Never head on. Never head on. Never head on. Head on is the only way that enemy kill a professional P51. So never give them a chance to head on.

So i fly with a friend or give up on america and go to japan where i can actually turn?

I would also like to mention that there are so many American players that it's actually suffering to get a match while play with people in a squad who use American planes I wanted to play Swedish

Can you make a video for 1.0 to 4.0 for arcade American props

idk where to find ppl to play with and i enjoy playing rb

About dogfighting: It is an option, however if you can avoid dogfighting then avoid it. You should also NOT dogfight turnfighters/good turning planes like italians, japanese and british. Also wanted to say that if possible, use MEC. The radiators don't produce much drag meaning you can leave them at 70-100%, which in turn means that you can use WEP almost permanently (almost since some planes have limited WEP) The vid is very good though

I have never once felt that American fighters sucked, I know I'm bad but I get shot down all the time by American fighters than I do spitfires.

Re: 1.2 to 1.8 km for your head-on burst. What is your convergence set at?

First thing have tatics of your own to combat enemy fightrs. (That is on your six) Second learn how to stay on some one while your on their six. Step three never say your aircraft is bad learn with it keep playing it skill get kills.

I’m a new player and I think America’s great

imo all you need is *S P E E D*

I constantly lose radar locks with my f14 eventhough the enemy is right infront of my eyes. Could you do a series on the f14/ radar

They have lower climb rates but good high altitude performance and a higher top speed than pretty much anyone else. Just don't get in a dogfight and you'll do fine.

I feel like i dive miss my shots try to zoom away and find the guy right on my 6:00 and i get on hit by some cannon.

The issue with side climbing is that your team is dead before you get to a decent altitude.

One question should I turn fight in the p-36 as it has one of the fastest turn times for early aircraft

wow now i know why i was doing so bad, im gonna play germany now cause this is boring asf and i wanna get in bad ass dogfights not spend 30m climbing only to miss all of my shots and get killed anyway. thank you for the knowledge pilicast

Attack from above

How do I change my settings from mouse to keys?

Attacking a TA 152 in a head on while he has any sort of energy advantage is a mistake. The TA 152 has 2 20mms and a 30 if I am not mistaken so it has scary guns but not a lot of ammo.

Ayo this gave me some hope or i would have switched to German or Russian fighter

i wanna try keys because yknow its like faster and stuff but im just so bad at it

P-40 is a pretty good dog fighter IMO

I love p-39s but p-51 was disappointing for me, because of lack of these tips, I guess

Hi Pilicast, i don't realy undertand bc i've try all that things and many other, but i can't do a single kill, i fly the P63C i sideclimb to 4500m (if i go higher i'll wouldn't have any time to get any kill bc all the ennemies are gonna be dead already) i try all possible things: Dogfight, Turnfight, ennergy trap, Head-ons Even be at 4500m dive whenever a planes is on my six and try to sow the ennemies but nothing work... Every game is the same game, i take off, sideclimb, find a target, try to engage him, miss my shots, be out turned or loose my plane control because of the G tolerence, ennemies fire 3 round and boom, my to wing cutted, no motor, no pilot, tail cut etc... Even in ground rb the only time i do kill with my planes it's on the ground targets, but whenever a plane come in i know i'm dead... This situation is very frustating, just start a game, die, loose 4k sl for the repairs over and over... I've asked for tips to the pepole i meet in game but they always say me, skill issues whereas not, what are you suppose to do when you can't dogfight, turnfight, energy trap or even head-ons with the ennemies... So pls if you or anybody reading this comment have any solution for me please tell me Thanks a lot and sorry if my english is a bit broke i'm a french boy lol

Truth is american props are fairly bad but this video will help explain the basics to stand a chance and kill but it will all depend on skill and patience of you and your enemy in the end

What do when literally everyone is flying at 1000m altitude?

I don't get how fast you fly and maneuver in air rb. When I fly it feels like I'm in slow motion and the air is made of syrup

my circle so i know where to sim disappeared can someone help me

the idea of US planes do better in teams makes sense but I think the US gets bad WR cuz a lot of new player pick the US.

If you don't like American fighters it's because you don't know how to fly, or you don't know how these planes were used historically. Patience and teamwork was essential for the Wildcat or P40 in the early years and this continued into later planes and tactics

I want to play Realistic, but it feels intimidating. And my aim is awful without the arcade aiming circle, so i can’t manage to get any kills sadly

american planes are bricks with guns and my god they can slap hard

Everytime I hope the enemy p51 isn’t an H

how to use keys ?? i am new thanks

If the only way a plane can succeed is having a massive energy advantage than it sucks (at its BR). Nothing you said in this video doesn't also help the Bf 109s or Fw 190s, or J2Ms, etc.

I wished I watched this video before spending all my time finally getting tier 5 American aircraft, solo. :( and also being the guy that cant help but turn and face my opponent.

So American planes are just boom & zoom. Nothing else. And if enemy sees you before you shoot at him you're dead. Yes. That's a peak of gameplay. Sideclimb just to be dead.

Here for class sir sorry I’m late 🫡

A lot of this is tough bc console is so laggy

kinda have to turn fight or your giving them the advantage getting behind you

Thank your for this video. I thought I just sucked lol

Number 6: always use mouse aim until you feel comfortable enough to fly with a controller

I basically always sideclimb regardless of country or aircraft. Unfortunately my team always goes Rambo style.

I sideclimb but when i get to altitude im the only one left on my team