Top 7 Air RB Pro Tips and Tricks - Guide + Tutorial (War Thunder) 

airspeed is life, altitude is insurance! the best advice I've ever been given!

Lmao I literally had my first two RB matches today and both ended with me going into a spin and crashing. New favourite channel.

2:23 I wish it seemed like it was a team game. No one actually plays as a team and im always left against the entire enemy team because the whole team just gets killed because they dont climb

I started playing air RB with mostly bombers, those are fun and I want to unlock higher BR bombers to use with my tanks on RB matches, and this is what I learned about bombers so far: 1- Fly at high altitudes, if you fly low you'll be an easy prey for fighters since you won't be able to out run them. 2- Know your payload and specially, learn how much do you need to take certain objectives, for example, I unlocked the DB-3B and with the 1000kg bomb and 2 500kg bombs I can take out 2 enemy bases easily, so I don't have to return to the airfield right away after a succesful bombing. 3- If a fighter chases you, man the turret, you will have a higher chance to hit the enemy plane instead of the gunner bot. 4- And to me, this is the real tricky part, control the speed and altitude after a bombing run to land at the airfield, sometimes I tend to gain way too much speed while descending, or sometimes I'm still at high altitudes when approaching to the airfield since I try to keep my altitude relatively high because of enemy fighters, this depends a lot of each map, some maps have the airfields closer to the front lines, best thing to do in those cases is to go around and land on the other side of the field, since... belly landings can end up in fireballs and return to the hangar... I know I'm new in air RBs, since I tend to play more tanks, but this is what I learned so far about bombers...

Tips for wt 1. Climb high and know your planes rate of climb. 2. Check around your plane there can be enemies by you your not aware 3. Teamwork 4. Prioritize enemies low on speed 5. Learn your planes strengths and weaknesses 6. Use everything on your plane to slow down 7. Mid match loadout settlement

I'm a mostly ground player, and I've been trying to get into air. Even when I had something that was considered very good, like the A7M1, I was still struggling a bit. I tried to loosely follow these tips in a game and I managed to get my first RB ace with an early spitfire. Great video, it's very helpful!

A key moment in my eternal learning on war thunder, was when i realised that there is a lot of activities at low altitud, attack planes are a lot of fun in rb, the key is in the speed and awerness, try to always seek for enemies you have to read the match, also try to be at your maximum speed always, the p47 is a gem on this playstyle couse its super fast and also his fatass prevent it from climbing really well

Tips: 1) If you enter a climbing fight(horizontal climb after an enemy) and you are low on speed deploy your landing flaps so you last longer in a stall position and can easily get on his six plus you will have and energy advantage. 2) If an enemy is on fire( the fire is powerful and in the middle for fighters and on the engine for the bombers) let them away dont waste your ammo, he`ll die soon. 3) If someone steals your kill ( maybe after the second tip) dont be angry, be happy cuz remember, the only thing he does is kill stealing while you can kill an enemy. 4) Don`t spam with your guns, shoot bursts accurately( if u have a F-82 u can spam cuz fck yeah, 14 guns), u must learn the ammo conservation, especialy in russian planes. Great video!!!

I agree with the flaps thing. Yesterday I was flying my FW-200 Condor over Stalingrad, playing from the Russian side after dropping my bombs, a B-34 was chasing me down. Needless to say, I ended up being heavily damaged and going down fast, not out of control, but falling fast (given that the minimum fuel load is 3 hours). Fortunately I managed to use the flaps to get my plane to fall slow enough that the match ended before I crashed, thus saving me a repair bill

This is the kinda stuff I wish I learned about when first starting out the game. Great video 👍

As a bomber user I love it when a teammate helps get me to the points or to the enemy's airfield

I've recently started playing in Realistic Ground and Air Battles due to not wanting to grind for a long time in AAB and AGB. My first match today in ARB was in the F4F-3 Wildcat and I got a kill against either a yellow-nose 109 or a regular 4x MG 109 E-3 despite him having the height advantage on me. I was able to turn into him as he pulled out of his dive, which forced him to overshoot me and place me on his tail. Then there was a Ki-something twin-engine Japanese interceptor that tried to do me in a few seconds later. I didn't get to kill him in time, but I damaged him enough to the point where he was forced to nose-dive into the ground at the end of the match. I tend to play bombers more so than fighters, as I feel a little bit safer at 3000 meters. But as soon as I have to RTB for resupply (and maybe repairs), I have to spend an excruciatingly long time just to reach a suitable cruising altitude, which I found at around 1500 to 2000 meters. Fighters are a little more tricky for me, as I am not an avid dogfighter. I do try to use the height advantage as much as possible, and always try to come in from above and behind my enemy for the kill. But more often than not, I end up being blasted by an unseen bogey that I did not see when doing my 360-degree sweep. It is fun though, more so than freaking Ground RB. Good freaking grief.

I always die to a player double the less speed than i

Another awesome video. thanks man

Teamwork is anything

Good video, ur channel deserved more attention

This has been eye opening, thank u

A good tip for secondary armament and payloads: if you really want/ need to bring bombs or some other armaments, drop them IMMEDIATELY before entering a dogfight. This means you have the chance to bomb something and still be able to have your speed or turning abilities to your full advantage. This is what some combat pilots did during WWII

I'm not really good at dogfighting in RB, but I did use my bombers successfully many times, and so the trick I can give is to fly super low. Low enough that you could almost touch the top of the trees. And go in a circular shape towards the bases. Start by going towards the left or right of the map and slowly turn towards your target. You likely won't be spotted. Make sure to have a fuse on your bombs so you don't blow yourself up

Cant wait for the bomber tips. Air Arcade Battles

Thanks for the tips, the team play is a bit hard since most players don't really play as a team, i think it would be better with a squamate.

Great video

I made till the end my friend I made it ....... And Thank you for the tips

You’re amazing!

Guess what I’m using a 300% booster to grind my way up to 4.0 in French plane tech tree Btw i use the F.22.2 (or something) the first bomber in the French line H e h

I tried air RB a few times with tier 3-4 Bf 109s. I’m a beginner and my biggest problem is pilot fainting when I try diving. I do hope it gets better with better crew.

Could you make a tutorial video on how to avoid inverting the camera when controlling it manually? I constantly lose dogfights because my camera work sucks and I miss opponents or lose control of my plane for a moment.

My friend, who brought me into War Thunder, always said to me like at every match "keep up your speed and climb". Never fails!

Nice tutorial for a game that's not balanced at all after I uninstalled it But that's useful tips in any combat flying simulator There is 1 more tip In jets it's not required to have an altitude advantage in jets But it's crucial in any Rocket powered aircraft or Piston engine aircraft Anyway your tips are always useful to me despite being late before I uninstall the game a month ago

What are your general thoughts about planned changes for Air RB in Rank VI and VII for 2022 February mate?

Wow! Awesome video and great tips! And what a cool skin! Where can i get something like it?

In certain fighters i had rockets to shot down bommers because its faster (if they hit) and you dont need to expuse yourself to the enemy gunners

How do u equipped that smoke trail that looks like snow I've been looking. All over but I can't find only the default ones

I've got this on my PS5. Haven't even played yet, just watching hours and hours of videos about it 🙃

6:54 Wait...that was possible? I can’t count how much games I would’ve clutched with bombs if only I knew about that feature...

Oh and, don't stall climb if you have 2 engines and one of them is out, props and jets a like aslong as they are on the wings, you will spin out and crash

A tip for bombers....play with people who actually do their job and keep fighters off your back lol

You have to learn your planes. You learn your planes by flying them, of course. And then you use the tactics that are best for the plane you are flying. Also - what he said - teamwork. Even if you're not in a squad. If you do what you do while taking your teammates into account, that's just automatically better than not. (But there are exceptions - when I see a teammates in trouble, but he got himself into trouble by positioning stupidly at low altitude in enemy territory relatively close to enemy spawn, I'm NOT going to compound his error by following him in and getting killed myself.)

Finally after thousands of match. I've got 5 kills. Now I've enough kill to qualify as an ace.

Learn manoeuvres like the merge BnZ BnR and RopeaDope If you want in depth tutorials for these manouves green furys tutorials are old but gold

Yes.

Why don't you do a keyboard and mouse step-by-step settings video for this subject? Or have I simply not discovered it? All I've seen by others are pretty much outdated. Ugh!

you can J out after landing and change your loadout????? you sir have just blown my freaking mind, why did nobody tell me this? makes me even more excited for a4e and so many times i coulda used this in ground RB or even air RB sooo sooo many times oh i see only air rb thats still super useful

For ground rb players:If u land ur aircraft on airfield and wanna change ur loudout u won't be able to. If u J out it won't give u the option to change ur loudout.

I struggle on ps4, I'm using a p400 but I'm always being outflown

Idk bruh whatever I do in RB all that happens is I waste 5 minutes getting to the center of the map just to be shot down in like one minute, then I got back to match making for a while and start it all again, like 10 minutes wasted learning nothing because I get shot down before I can even do anything, I’m going fast and I’m up in altitude, this sucks

3:14 Im in the video!?!

I’ve seen so many air rb videos that I’m thinking I’m the only one who uses Mph

How do u look behind your plane without it turning besides bombers

Depends on the mig though. Phantoms aren’t horrible at dog fights especially IRL.

So, if I understand correctly, when I am in Air RB, and I can only use 1 plane, bailing out of it right after repairing on the airfield lets me choose a different plane even when the gamemode is set to ''No Respawn''?

How do I use a 109K-4?

Would altitude also count for jets?

me before this viedo: *playing wt for 3 hrs while raging and then rage quitted* me after this video: "why tf did I dogfight using a p-51c against a zero ._."

A pro tip that nobody accually knows hug the ground in a fw190 and try find a spitfire and use your turn speed to your advantage but be carefully as the spitfires superior firepower will wipe you out in a head on just a tip

Jettison secondary weapons and additional tanks

First match got chased across the map 2 times then engine exploded

I use aerobatic smoke because i am certain i'll win the fight and i like to taunt people

I’ve done all of this and I’ve also been practicing and I still suck

What's the intro song name?

Real aces were very careful with their acrobatic smoke.

What does the term "Air RB" mean? I haven't played War Thunder before, played a lot of il2 (not in pver a year now tho) but haven't heard it before.

So on console can leave plane after a reload and repair? Does it still work?

Since when landing will enable you to switch planes? :6:59

1:58 im keybaord mouse player , how do u see around your plane without movin the plane??

I've been trying to get into air RB after getting top tier tanks on some nations, but its so fucking frustrating as it feels like they always crit my wing/rudders after trying to head on me, and i try to not head on, and I'm left limp in the sky contemplating alt+f4. Even when someone tries to fight me dog/energyfight they crit my plane with something that feels like pebbles hitting me and again im doomed. I dont understand how people play this shit or how the fucking hit me so well every time. I've tried both 4.3 premium i got with a 70% coupon and just low tier 2.3-3.3 planes...

I dare you to come after me while I bleed my speed by go vert I’ve been using it ass bait all weak I’ll go into a high altitude stall to force and body faster than me to pass me

Take the firat one to gead im not a good player ill say that righr off but when i do play fighters i dont chase bombers i chase the idiots that chase bombers as they are within range unlike the bomber they are trying to reach and almoat always at a stall speed with thier nose soo up that they have to yaw slice turn to get thier nose down to get into a fight speed by then they are a flaming comet

i just started the game, and i have a slow plane (it top speed is 150 km/h) and i don't know how to buy a plane or make money. and i don't know how to setup my controls any help please??

What plane is he using from second 3:50 to 4:40?

Seriously help your team if a spitfire is distracted with a bf109 shred that bastard while he's still distracted and hey Maybe that player you saved will do the same for you

PRO TIPS on how to play Air RB: *DON'T* Why? 1- You climb, if you dive on someone below you, an enemy at your altitude will come down and clap you. 2- If you stay at altitude, a friendly/ friendlies will most likely clap said enemy/ enemies and when you look down you realize the entire enemy team is back in their hangar and you haven't got a single kill. 3- There's one enemy left and it's a lvl 100 noob who's come down to your Br, and doesn't care how much of your team's time he wastes so he just flies around his base AA and claps anyone on your team stupid enough to try and engage him. 4- And this happens all the time, you climb, and 80% of your team doesn't. The result? Before you even reach the combat zone your team is already in the next match. And you're faced with a mob of red. 5- You know the game mode is bad when there is a 5 minute Alt + Tab where you're not actually playing the game, between entering the match and actually shooting stuff. But Robin, what should I do if I want to play planes? I hear you ask. Ground RB, if you want to play fighters, you can protect your team from CAS planes that already realised that Ground RB was a better way to grind CAS planes than Air RB. If you want to play CAS planes? Plenty of targets that give you more RP and SL than Air Rb ai ground units plus if a fighter engages you, you have a chance at actually living to rearm at an airfield, rather than your hangar screen, you could get saved by a friendly fighter or fly over a friendly SPAA, better odds of survival than AIr RB. And there isn't a 5 minute Alt + Tab between entering the battle and the action. And lastly if you want to grind Strategic Bombers, or unlock more planes in the tech tree, play Air Sim Battles as a Strategic Bomber. But make sure to climb around in a spiral over your base AA when you spawn, that way the 2 AI fighters + AA can protect you as you climb. Get to around 10000 feet, then head out to whatever target you please, still climbing. This way you're above every enemy plane. Works 90% of the time. And you can go the whole match without dying. Huge SL and RP gains. Also if you do get engaged by fighters your defensive guns actually serve a purpose, because the enemy's plane is hard to aim, your bomber takes more punishment than in Air RB and you get a 3rd person view for your gunners. An added benefit to this gamemode is you can have RU-vid playing in picture-in-picture mode in one corner, or just listen to a podcast or music while you grind. Still better than the average Air RB match as a heavy bomber. So there you go, my tips and tricks on how to actually enjoy playing planes in this game. Trust me, unless you're one of these natural born aces that frag your entire team in a PO-2, or an ahole in a Japanese Ki-43 or Zero, you're not going to have a good time in Air RB, either by your teams incompetence or the enemies overwhelming prowess.

lol am a Brazilian guy watching a English speaking guy that knows things most youtubers way just start shooting

Tip #1: buy a 109...

How do I deploy the smoke?

how to change to this view for aming ty?

y u bullt the a26?

As of late summer 2022... Do not climb in tip tier the fat tom cats will eat you

What the hell nothing works I just can’t sem to get better I don’t know what I’m doing wrong 😭what du I hav to do. Everyone seems to be better then me I’ve plays fore 5 years and I still get bet 😡😭

The best plane rb tip: play ground rb

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I lost count of all the landing gear I've torn off slowing planes

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Is it me or is the Italian Bomber 3.7 utterly Trash?

These videos don’t sem to help me😔

Been playing this game for five years, just wanted to see what noobs struggle with

if you play for 7 year you are fucking bad you need at 5:15 about 1000 shots to kill 1 plane xD