The Most Dreadful Plane I've Flown - He 162 A-2 War Thunder 

Surprisingly, after learning to play the 162, its one of my favourite low tier jets, its surprisingly fun and ive had a few aces with it, but unfortunately you cant clutch and would be extremely lucky to win in even a 2v1 or more unless you hit the deck and zoom away

I was kinda hoping you would be fighting the F-89Ds. That would've been pure hell.

"I wonder why so many people requested this plane it's so boring to fly" well...exactly. Did you also get a new mic? Imo it sounds better now.

I set myself chelleng to try play this aircraft and vs props u can do something but u still really depend on your team.

0:37 the red wing tip vs red engine That event kinda rare in air RB

I get most of my kills in the He 162 a-2. Its a brilliant plane, a superb aircraft body, however its has a very underpowered engine. Even the test pilot in ww2 noted this (ignoring the issues with the last cheap glues they used) The plane was a complete dream to fly, and because of its semi unstable nature, made it very good for combat. It was just "over engineered" for its engine. Since the Designers didnt account for the fact it would be under powered. They designed the aircraft as best they could to be light and maneuverable. If you go online you will find that the He 162 A-8 is the same airframe as the A-2 (without the wing tips to make a straight wingtip edge) and with a more modern engine (the ones to be used by the horten 229 ingame), Because of this the He 162 managed to get to speeds of 930kmh+ and had a climb of around 20-30m/s. If warthunder ever add the He 162 a-8 people wont call it a terrible aircraft. As it performs very well and can pull 11g turns when it needs too. Take this from someone who has played it for many years with all its changes in handling. Its a tough aircraft, but once you learn how to fly it you can succeed well in it. The best match I had with it was a few months ago and I got 5 kills in a match (which ended in a win with me being the last one standing)

Funny that the US gets a jet that outperforms the 162 in every way that isnt speed at 5,3

People in the forum claim it's good. I look up their win ratios and they usually sit around 50% or even below. Seriously,. this plane is decent at surviving, but it has barely any chance to win the game, because this thing can't help in the initial merge and with F2Gs above, you can't just climb up and expect to survive, you have to stay fast and this unfortunately means low, and this means the better part of enemy team (that has any brains), will just end up above you, after their 6.3-6.0 planes mop up friendly fighters. Nowadays AF AAA is super deadly and Ju-288 totally breaks the matchmaker.

I actually really like her... It was my first ever jet (i asked a dude on reddit if i should get the 262 or the 162, he said to not listen, that the 162 is much better), and i HATED it. But once i got it spaded it turned into an alright-ish plane... If your team works, it's actually really good... And if you get into a squad with two other salamanders... Yeah, it's one of the inconsistent planes that need good teams

... You can hit 1070km/h in a dive with that thing. I've made spitfires tear apart trying to keep up. Generally if you keep your speed above 700km/h you're gonna have a good time.

I really don’t get all the hate this aircraft receives. Whenever I play it I have a blast of a time, stalling out griffin spits and the likes. People severely underestimate this aircraft and its fatal to do so.

All I've found that I can do with the 162 is take out attackers and and fighters that are already engaged with someone.

I have one of my best kd in this plane. You should never turn unless you know no other enemy planes are nearby and try and keep above 700kph at all times. Flown well no prop can catch you although against jets it struggles

This thing is realy good in sim where you can hunt, boom and zoom, and run away from any engagement

He 162 is love

I love it, finally discovered the real way to play it and my god what a plane just clapping kids left and right.

I actually enjoy playing this plane. I usually slightly side climb to about 2000 - 2500m. I try to watch out for high flying props because they are still dangerous in a dive. I pick low flying tergets and do high speed passes. If you go in a straight line this plane is really fast. You should never flat turn. Instead after your pass zoom climb back to altitude and turn when your speed gets low (I often use stall turns). Important thing is that you do that in a corner of the battlefield where you don't expect anyone sneaking up on you. When you are back in altitude you can side accelerate for a moment and then come back from a different angle. I usually get only 1 or 2 kills but that is with most of my planes. It might be bad for carrying matches but for noobs like me who can't carry anyway it can be an enjoyable plane. Maybe it is my playstyle because I always go for the highest speed and this plane has a lot of it.

I just woke up and I see this. Spectacular.

I had a surprisingly good time playing this plane recently. Far from meta, but I would avg 1-2 kills a game.

Defyn: I don't wanna fly this thing again Challenge accepted! Let's do this boys.

Love the plane, my most flown one about 250 battle and 3kd on it haha, love it

Well I don't have He 162 yet since I went the Bf 109 path and got Me 262 a1-a. But right now from what I can see and from my Me 262 experience the He 162 seems more consistent and more fun...

I just watched ur vid and was like let’s give this a go and got an ace on my first game

Planes tagline: Never worry about overshooting someone.

For someone like me, who is bad at dogfighting, this plane is one of the best. I rely on speed alone to keep myself alive. Just boom and zoom to your heart's content.

Gaijin: No buff to the shit plane and B-17 because we’re trying to be realistic here. Also Gaijin: *adds ostwind*

I only play this plane in sim and I really like it. It is really interresting how different your experience in RB is compared to mine in Sim: I actually hate to fight props like the p51 because they can easily outturn and then outaccellerate you, but I have no problem fighting most jets in dogfights. But it seems like most players make a lot of mistakes in sim like commiting to turnfights and not being aware of their surroundings. I sim you also don't have a lot of teamfights where you are fighting multiple enemies so you don't have to worry about your enegy as long as you they behind the opponent and it is a lot easiery to get away without being shot down.

DEFYN, how do you change the indicators colours?

Hey defyn could you play the ho229?

Love the vids 👍

5:53 wait you used to be able to PM people in your match through chat when it was on? I never knew you could do that.

I maintain that the 162 was a collective joke by Heinkel engineers to see how many retarded design decisions could be justified to the RLM by a lack of strategic materials

I actually like this jet - but there again I like most of the low tier ones

"a recipe for disaster" perfect lol

I have to agree... even at it's reduced BR it's a horror. Bleeds energy so fast it becomes a sitting duck. You may get a kill now and then if the enemy is AFK or really not paying attention. Guns are bad as well with poor ammo count and low velocity shells. Ugh. AVOID!

some sound effects sound particularly dreadful / dated, like the passing Hornet or Tigercat, both with overpowered engines irl, here they sound like vespas :)

if there is a hell, i bet it's full of he162s

Old video but the wording of this sounds so bad out of context "its really hard to shake them when its someone with a whole lot of energy on your ass and get a reversal"

Best part of the video: 0:02

Request for the Spitfire Mk.24? Lol I wanna see how you do (:

To be fair, the idea of the 162 was to have 200 of the things swamp bomber streams and achieve kills via sheer weight of numbers. As a solo fighter, nnnnot so good.

I’m about to unlock this plane and I plan on skipping right past it

Defyn really out here ruining my self esteem

Along the me 264 i had one of my best killstreaks in this , i had like 6 kills and never could equal that

they upped the repair cost to 15k now :(

Well, speaking of planes that are somewhat boring to fly and at a potentially higher BR than they could be... fly out the Me262A1a! I found it pretty fun once I got the lead in for the guns, but jesus christ do your teams melt fast.

where are you from i recognize your accent

Nah its actually great! Just takes serious discipline. This thing IS the long game.

What did you expect. They build them out of wood

I accually unlocked the skin after 2 weeks of sim battels ;)

Yooo, it's so incredibly bad, this jet is absolutely trash but you know what? Something makes me play it again and again, and idk what. Yes i know what - the fact that it faces props. Feels just so good being faster.

DEFYN: I don't understand why people were requesting me to fly this" Me: Because it's just a beautiful plane. I think it's specially in SB popular.

Very niche aircraft

Well I just don't try to turn with anybody.

Favorite plane of all time 😂

It also has a really high rep cost... wich is fucking puzzleing

A squad of 4 162's is really fun, But really anything in war thunder is much better with squads.

You sound like Jengar

Got my first ace in that

The salamander is good lol

This video is too funny xD

once a month i see Defy with a bloody tip

One and only jet in game to fly as a realistic gameplay.

i think this plane looks gorgeous, but sucks it’s performance was never great :(

on one hand, the plane was just as shit in reality, so... realism? on the other hand...its a very pretty plane and i think its a shame to have it be this bad in game.

I understand when you asked why people wanted you fly this thing. But I think we wanted to see some suffering ;).

dreadful plane for a dreadful pilot

It actually pretty good if you play it right even against jets

how do i get the throttle to 104% i havent found the option for that it will go to max (108)

Someone literally decided to cut a 262 in half and make that its own plane...

It’s not a dog fighter, so yeah, it’s gonna suck at dogfighting. Shocker. In a downtier it’s an absolute beast.

I wish the he-162 was an op little ship like it was back in the old days and maybe that way the battle rating can go up a bit

He 162-Worst jet(not performance)in the history

This plane is cool tho if you play well

I'm sleepy

/weather clear 😂😂😂

U were playing it wrong mate.... go up to 108% its not a big deal if it overheats...

It needs a rocket booster jaja

Which one turns worse? A. F-104 B. He 162

Personally I have a very difficult time against (super)props, it gets outclassed in basically everything. When it faces jets though it gets outclassed by enough that you can actually use it to your advantage. I hate that it got downtiered to 6.3, imo it was way better at 6.7 and sometimes I would even take it to 8.0 :) Though I gotta say that in uptiers you also kinda rely on the enemy team not working together (which happens more often than not in my experience)

How do you have so many ge?

PhlyDaily number #1

play the TA 152 h1 pls

Why is rapair cost that high tho

so dreadful

I find Merlin spits and their jacked up flight Models more dreadful lol.

Gashit sets the game terms

He 162 isn't that bad, I've reversed spitfires in it

Allied experts said after war, "The Heinkel HE 162 could have changed the tide in the war that late on if they had done a few major tweaks and changes to it" Impressive isn't it. German engineering.

Its an beautifull plane, but honestly, if this plane was an horse.....id shoot it

Honestly makes no sense that this thing is the way it is in the game. Every pilot's account I've ever come across describing this plane praises it to high heaven, some declaring it superior in every way to the Me 262.

Let's be honest... It's a piece of shit. At stock even a reserve can beat the shit out of it... That's why you almost never see him in the game

Its a garbage plane thats not worth your time guys. Dont even use it

i'd rather fly an me 262 than this shit

Bruh I am early

Translation...person who doesn't know how to fly Wunderwaffle, FTFY. I had no problem racking up 4 kill runs in the Wunderwaffle, you just have to wind it up and not dogfight, its not a fricking dogfighter.