A VERY Capable Jet (War Thunder)

[@benh392]

Shoutout to everyone watching while climbing in RB

[@b-52stratofortress55]

Only 39k rp left

[@chosh3637]

B-52 Stratofortress I feel you, I had 750 silver lions not even a thousand

[@rextuller3498]

@@chosh3637 yeah i literally research all these vehicles and the SL cost is so high

[@bamaman6478]

Lol been playing since 2017 and only just unlocked the p38J

[@kolby5157]

@@bamaman6478 F

[@ayylmao9697]

The P-80 was present in WW2 and saw action as a reconnaissance plane in Italy

[@Spitflyer]

Oshit. Figured it saw service in ww2 but not combat

[@martijn9568]

@@Spitflyer Would have been a bit to dangerous for the Americans don't you think. It also was still in testing and being further developed. Also those P-80's were YP-80's, a pre- production variant.

[@shannonnezul4903]

Yup not worth us going full combat with them. We were ready to go full scale if the war had gone on.

[@benoregan9016]

@@martijn9568 also they were slower

[@alanpietrovito1597]

The YP-80A (per-production), but essentially identical to production P-80A aircraft, flew unauthorized combat missions in Italy prior VE Day, but never I countered enemy aircraft. Production P-80As were deployed to the Pacific prior to VJ Day. (They never flew combat missions. That still makes the P-80A a WWII aircraft.

[@EvametryE]

i always sucked at flying props, when i got the P-80 i was afraid to fly it because i heard bad stories about it. nontheless i had to grind through it, turns out it was an amazing jet, i had no problem fighting other jets, exept 229's, those were the bane of my existence.

[@dillbobbunky1170]

GiometryE I learned doing head ons with the 229 works as if you do it at an angle it has slow rotor control and what turn into you

[@user-uv4xm1lw9c]

The P80 with the fuel tanks on the wings are the P-80C a Korean war plane

[@jettstorm2253]

Spit sounding like Bob Ross teaching me how to fly jets

[@mrbalz5404]

Please make video on F86 A5, I struggle with it currently and I would really appreciate your help!

[@Spitflyer]

you're struggling because it's overtiered lol. i wouldnt play it

[@maartenderooij2376]

it should just be removed

[@martijn9568]

@@maartenderooij2376 But it was the first Sabre in the Korean war

[@Nighthawk2401]

I just didn't play it. Grind the previous jets to unlock the F86F2, then start playing a Sabre. But now that the F4/MiG 21's being added I doubt it'll be fun post 1.91

[@SB-wz5id]

It should probably be 8.7, so you are definitely not alone. It can be fun to troll in because it is so manueverable, but you shouldnt expect reliable results until it gets moved down.

[@emilgirginov9848]

I love your videos man ! I have learned many things from you and thats what made me a good player. Thank you

[@gwyn1483]

You called the F3D A2D way too many times

[@YDDERP]

I absolutely love this aircraft it’s fast and the 50 caps are great. Keep your speed up is really the most important thing. A slow jet is a dead one. Keep up the great work love your vids

[@sleempy6343]

How .50 are great?

[@Waruidro]

@@sleempy6343 they are easy to aim and destroy planes with not a lot of difficulty so... basically good

[@sleempy6343]

@@Waruidro maybe for a noob who can't aim ;)

[@Waruidro]

@@sleempy6343 Yup, great for starting, still preferring german MK 108's tho, those things 98% just wreck planes, bombers, everything.

[@chosh3637]

Waruidro the MK108’s spark a lot

[@SkyScorpions]

I just flew this out, first jet, first jet match... AND IT WAS SUCH A BLAST! Spaded it in 2 days because it was so fun when flown right- you are totally right, it's like a new game coming from props

[@germax7]

My first jet was the 262, however i didnt like it very much for one specific aspect, the 30 mils. They just had so little velocity that at times i thought i was gonna outrun them. I think the F80 is overall just a much more balanced and enjoyable machine to fly. Because i will never touch those german potato cannons again.

[@margohennessy2960]

I like the potato cannons I love the 262 my fav

[@bunuslippur2238]

"FJ-4, lets not talk about that" PepeHands

[@jadengomez5564]

F3d is a great bomber aircraft. After it drops it's payload, turns into a effective jet and can turn fight better than other aircraft and I get up to 4 or 5 kills

[@woodrow1455]

watching this in 2020 XD the quality change in vids has changed sm

[@Gurowho]

How to turn on that after burner or that orange thing on the end of the tail

[@fabihubi622]

I learned jets with the german MiG-15bis. I worked for that plane so hard and I loved it so much! It was about 2 1/2 years ago My first one was the 229, then the He 162.

[@lemonzest8650]

I finally researched my first jet today! Played my first jet match in the stock F80A, got 3 kills!!

[@Spitflyer]

Good shit man!

[@bigmandan5824]

Lemon Zest if only I could say the same for my stock jets lol

[@chosh3637]

Spit_flyer don’t you think the F80 is a bit overpowered?

[@chosh3637]

@Infinity i guess i was in the wheraboo phase

[@pantherv2669]

Hey Spit_flyer, I was in a match with you!

[@SmittyWerbenJager56]

Prop climbing is based on excess horsepower at certain speeds, because horsepower is not an accurate measurement for jets you kinda have to throw that thinking out the window. Pound force of thrust is how you measure jet power, and that follows a linear function, whereas horsepower for props follows a square root function. So basically for jets higher speed=more air intake through the engine=more power, whereas props lose a lot of climb efficiency waiting to get to their higher speed before tipping the nose up to climb. Whatever speed has the greatest thrust vs drag will be your ideal climb speed

[@jakobc.2558]

I love the F-80. It's a amazing aircraft for a WW2 design. The engine has almost twice the power of the ME 262's engine while not nearly haveing the overheating problems and being much much lighter(I mean the aircraft is lighter). But I still prefere the F3D because 20mm's are meta in war thunder and .50 cals are sadly underperforming extremely hard, especialy the M2's(which the F-80A is equipped with)

[@martijn9568]

.50 cals underperforming?? How???

[@jakobc.2558]

@@martijn9568 You can lituraly see it in the video! And and spitflyer even talks about it himself. 1. They spark like nothing else. 2. Their strukture damage is nothing compaired to 20mm's. I have had situations where I ran out of 20mm ammo for my P-38 and I chased down a BF-110. I emptyed 1200 rounds into him and he just flew on like nothing happened. I got so many hitmarkers and had to cool down my guns ~4 times. I ran Out of ammo above his airfield and as I tryed to ram him because I was so frustrated I got shot down my AAA. This is just one example. It happened to me so many Times already. 3. The onely thing that .50's can do well is pilot snipeing because they can pen the Cockpit Armor of Most aircraft and have a high firerate. However hitting that one single tiny crew member inside the plane is realy difficulty, especialy at higher tiers where you onely get a couple of miliseconds of time on target. You will get more time on target when you are in a stallfight but then you automaticly loose as a US Player because gaijin balances good high speed manoverability (which lituraly every US plane has Except for the SB2C and the P-59) with poor low speed manoverability which doesn't make any sense but okey. 4. Speaking of the SB2C, I actualy feel better armed with the SB2C's 2x 20mm's than with 6 M2's. The reason for that is simple: Oneshots! 20mm are extremely capable of oneshoting other planes, especialy German once with their high HE filler. I don't know how gaijin programmed aircraft cannons but it's realy RNG. I have already had situations where a single 20mm shell from a BF109 oneshot my P-61 or even my B-17(which I don't fly a lot but when I do it ususaly happens). And in this case I don't mean one Shot in the form of the wing braking of, no no no! I am talking about the entiere plane explodeing into all the moddeld parts instantly killing me. The Elevator, the entire tail section, both Front wings, the falps everything breaks.

[@alphawolf1786]

@@jakobc.2558 honestly I hate when that happens when I unload so much rounds on a plane but it flying away all fine

[@firstequinox9869]

Honestly, this plane is a little overpowered, and could do with a bit of an acceleration nerf, it simply destroys fools, i need to go play this thing again

[@chosh3637]

FirstEquinox When I go against the f80 it is faster than me it climbs better than me it can catch up to me even tho I’m almost going Mach 1

[@dsdy1205]

@@chosh3637 the ghost of Kelly Johnson is smiling in the sky

[@kocant1274]

Its acceleration already sucks tho and it has a unreasonable repair cost

[@delta9990]

8:42 "In props you need lift to produce altitude in jets you need speed to get lift" Ah yes ofc

[@lordmortos979]

Great vid can't wait to unlock this plane been grinding for it.

[@commodorejones8044]

This was a jet, for me at least, that didn't take a whole lot of practice. I adapted the same style of play from the 109 model of aircraft into the turbine style of aircraft. The main change was the size of the maneuvers, but over all the maneuvers stayed the same. This jet supports an energy fighting style very well, from my personal experience. I did also watch several videos on how to fly jets, the P80 and the 262 alike. I had a decent knowledge on how to fly one, just not the experience.

[@KarlisMcBadass]

the F80A for me was my first jet i got back 2 weeks ago and in that much time i love it. Im having an issue with the m3s on the F84B but i really would recommend getting this jet its so much fun and deadly in the right hands of course. And Spit_flyer ty for the videos it really made me a good player in jets other wise i would be crying in the corner that jets are rigged some how

[@theflyinggasmask]

yeah, i like the M2s over the M3s. The M3 shoots rubber bullets.

[@lemonzest8650]

Dont the M3s shoot faster?

[@princesshuxian3559]

Did you have a afterburner?

[@brotherjim3051]

The letter "P" in P-80 stands for "pursuit" and the "F" in F-80 means "fighter."

[@wepti8753]

That goes for all American planes, not just the F-80A/C

[@goldenx86]

My fist jet was the Kikka before the engine and cannon buff, I was so happy when I got my first kill on it.

[@spartanx9293]

0:21 when the air Force became independent it was reclassified as the f80 so is the f-51 the f-47 and f-38 removing the pursuit and changing it to fighter

[@chuggon7595]

I doubt you will read this but the F-80 was designed in 1943, flown in 1944, and saw service in Italy in 1945, it was probably the best jet of the war if it had actually saw combat (maybe the meteor was a tad bit better lol)

[@Tankliker]

I like how softly you say "Ah, germany and there *wunderwaffe* " XD

[@kolby5157]

same xD

[@Tankliker]

@@BosworthMcG got me there.

[@Tankliker]

@@BosworthMcG first of all its written "Nürnberg" You are probably not even German and also you made at least two grammatical mistakes in that text XD

[@xvphoenixvii5146]

damn, Spit_Flyer is so passive aggressive while being calm, it's great, while being the best for info for planes or tanks keep it up dude

[@daniel_f4050]

Altitude is Energy. Energy is Speed. Speed is Life.

[@heinzguderian628]

You don't need to be really high, just higher than enemies, thats a basic and I love it just as much as you

[@VikingTeddy]

The Meteor never saw combat because the British were worried the Germans could get their hands on it. They kept it at home and only used it to intercept V- weapons in which it was better than anything else.

[@tiiastudios2853]

Spitflyer! I'm so pleased you finally did a video about my first jet ever. Even tough I had hard times while the R2Y2/Ho 229 spam lasted, I loved this jet cuz I could do anything I wanted with it against any jet. I still carry a special bond beteween me and my spaded P80... so much fun 'till today

[@ScottNguyenRCAC]

After purchasing the jet, I recommend you to try it couple times in custom battle before doing an actual matchmaking.

[@RyzawaVT]

I love this thing, I don't really have a problem going from prop fights to jet fights so I was fine on my way to spade this.

[@CyberBot17]

this plane was so capable that... my country had them on service from 1990 to 1998

[@spacetomato1020]

Notice how everyone has stopped talking about fixthegamein1.91 after gaijin released the mig 21 and f4

[@emilgirginov9848]

fix the mig 21

[@jakobc.2558]

#SaveTheMaus is still standing. I have seen quite lot of people writeing in chat.

[@emilgirginov9848]

@@jakobc.2558 thats how it should be

[@erickuo2786]

0:33 YUP! I am the dumb ass who go for the navel jet due to the fact i feel they have cooler looking, and then i got troll so hard, almost finish unlocking F-9F and guess what? F2-H show up... Then when I am about to unlock F-2H and guess what? F7F pop out of no where...

[@RAAFLightning1]

3:08: Unless you are flying a Vampire, then just T U R N .

[@xhirotwox]

Man that naval insult really came back to bite you🤣

[@gracieevans6389]

thank you mate u have learnt me to take time with these starter jets and helped me improve my gameplay with them

[@geshabuL_]

Im a 262 player, you're really very accurate with every single bit of info.The new players coming to the low tier jets should really be patient and take their time learning to play their jets properly and sadly a stock jet at this br is really really hard to fly,I just experienced it with my 262.

[@krosskreut3463]

I am a 229 and as stock i wanted to kill myself

[@TheCodMineMan]

So I just looked up war thunder videos to get Guud again and I didn’t even realize it’s SPIT FLIER AND HE ALSO HAS 25k SUBS YOU GO MY G

[@Spitflyer]

Aye man it's good to have you around again

[@AliceDerg]

"Lag pursuit" isn't what you've described, but I'll give it to you anyway.

[@Kottery]

I love the F-80. It was my first jet and have always had fun games in it even if I didn't end up killing anyone. On the flipside, my second jet, the MiG-9, is absolutely painful to use.

[@-m4nGo-]

Have patience, first wait 20 minutes for 6.7 air assault with a stock F-80A-5 sack of shit, 4 losses in a row after. Inside my head: "AAAAAAHH x 999 billion"

[@adamloxley2551]

Nah don’t give me this shit, we all know the best plane to face jets is the reserve tier frenchy. Got a Meteor in that.

[@Mr.Blue987]

The F80 was LATE LATE war. only a few made it to Europe and only for integration and patrolling friendly airspace

[@mrhouse6886]

From my experience the only prop you actually have fight is the A2D-1 but with how match making is you almost always get all American teams so if you fly American you won’t really need to worry about props and I know this because I fly the A2D-1 and unless it another a2D-1 you will never see another prop

[@billysilva2859]

Glad i'm not the only one that likes the shooting star.

[@The_Crimson_Fucker]

"Jets are better than props" To parrot a certain sentiment by a certain pilot, the first jet I ever say I shot down. Thunderbolts rule, 262s drool.

[@yerrrrrd]

NGL I prefer the F-84, M3s, better gun placement, faster and still goes up on props

[@baldwin1907]

The F-80 (P-80 at the time) came into service at the very end of WWII in August 1945, I think

[@ViperPilot16]

I REALLY late I know, but the P-80A (not C) is the only jet I do good in. Now I haven't got an ace yet I'm not THAT good, but I've gotten 3 kills in it, and that really good for me.

[@spartanx9293]

0:59 and bingo was his name-o

[@dumitrescuadrian6594]

The f80 is now in the realm of "useless planes because of repair cost" -17k SL when spaded to repair

[@filipladan7756]

Originally wanted the naval jets because of the t33 shooting star but heard that every other plane after that sucks. Seems that you also agree😂

[@carterchell4817]

I struggled for 500 hours in props. Getting maybe a kill a game if lucky. Take weeks to unlock the next plane. Got the p80 three days ago and already have the f86 now. Jets are wayyyy easier to play

[@gasdorficmuncher9943]

i started with the japanese 262 ..my only goal was speed and dropping the one bomb ..just looking at how many combat turn i can do against a enemy learning how to break off at the right time . it had limited ammo ...one pass is all you got ..you look for the team mate with the swarm on his tail ...use that speed to be a pest draw enemys away from team mates.

[@andyeulu828]

I love the P-80 Shootingstar so much.

[@Swat_Dennis]

I loved this thing when this was my first jet. I am happy this was my first jet because it can learn the jet ropes very well... The thing a lot of pilots underestimate about this thing: Airbrakes, to murder german teams to death with

[@Spitflyer]

yes and no. NEVER use it in anything other than a 1v1

[@arshitektur2210]

Ain't the difference between F-80 and P-80 is that one use M2 .50 cal and the other one use M3 .50 cal?

[@arshitektur2210]

@@kerkize8907 ah yeah i mixed up, A variant used M2, while C variant used the M3. US military renamed them because reorganization in naming system.

[@alphawolf1786]

@@arshitektur2210 the f80c has a better engine and can use wep for 4 minutes

[@Netanya-q4b]

P80 handles so smoove it's a joy to fly

[@julianviefers6703]

question: whats the best belt for airtoair for the m2/m3 mg jets in america tree? i usually use the tracer belt or stealth belt if i feel confident enough

[@jungletrouble8296]

i feel like stealth belt is more poweful than tracer. i just aim with my gut and it works out most of the time. with tracer they seem to overpen planes and rarely do any damage.

[@slayo710]

Been grinding forever it feels like just to get this thing. Been playing a few months and finally unlocked the f80 and I tell ya what I love this thing soo much.

[@martijn9568]

I don't think that a slow jet is dead jet is only applicable to jets, it basically applicable to every plane.

[@breadnoodle]

the most annoying thing about the p80 is how it starts climbing at high speed even when you're in level flight

[@kyle857]

Trim your aircraft?

[@AlmightyDude420]

My first and still favorite starter jet

[@sleven8730]

Designed and built by Lockheed in 1943 and delivered just 143 days from the start of the design process

[@alphawolf1786]

F80 my first jet one of my most favorite planes honestly it's easy to use and not that hard to do well in it and when other planes depending on the pilot you can usually win most engagements in a 1v1 unless you're fighting a horten in which that plane annoying to deal with

[@caleb4754]

dang, just unlocked my first jet (the F-80) and this couldn't have been better timed, even though I'm mainly a sim player this is still great info on how to play it

[@caleb4754]

@Ibraheem Khan It depends, its a lot more grindy and slow paced but I way prefer it. Last night I played with the P-51-D-30 in a single game for 2ish hours and earned 148,000 SL without premium

[@alexpayne2662]

This is not competitive this is over powered and game breaking.

[@19s43]

Good video bro, this was my first ever spaded jet, I really enjoy it and still fly it today :D

[@Supershade9421]

I'm not sure if this got buffed or it's just the way I'm playing it. I managed to outrate an me262, and reversed my turn on an su-11 and got behind him. I wasn't pulling to hard in the rate fight, I only pulled if the su-11's nose was pointing Infront of me. This was when my f-80 was stock.

[@lafosh7234]

Can you make a review The Re.2005 it’s a cool historic plane that could’ve been a monster for the allied forces in ww2!

[@dawsondekam6292]

Yeah, the f-86 is a little more difficult to be good with with the br, but the f-80 is just a fun jet and tier I am a bad pilot though

[@Nighthawk2401]

I tried a test flight on the dev server with the Dragon F80 skin and AntiCheat closed my game saying something along the lines of a modification detected. I couldn't get it to happen again, but I'm praying now that nothing else comes from it

[@joshuaurbany6468]

Yesterday I played this plane non stop. I was flying the f2 and got bored and I have to say this is my fav.

[@captaincluck2451]

Saw you in a match last night, I think you were flying the La-7. Love your videos, and it was a pleasure flying with you!

[@destroyer6869]

P80 has been my favourite 7.0 jet in the game for a long time it was my first jet to get a ace in

[@helloimmark2769]

Hey spit little word of advice the .50 cal tracers literally act like cannons unless they really hamper your aim, use them

[@z1maass727]

mate, the FJ4 is a great plane above 700, capable of dealing with the supersonics, you should give it a try

[@wangchum349]

People who still did the naval side be laughing rn

[@kimik-sb1bc]

Thanks for making this video! I only have like 190k RP left till this jet, quite excited to try it out soon.

[@ribriddler8114]

i dont struggle with jets, but the DAMN 23MM's

[@Ggb129]

If this thing is capable, that must mean I'm not! Impossible! BaD pLaNe! P80 sUcKs1!!

[@justinwolf148]

I play this game on xbox due to my lack of a gaming PC, started in June. Already about to unlock the Sabre.

[@cameronneal7764]

These things are still wayyy beter than the 7.3 262, cant get away from them

[@OZZY_MOZZIE]

thanks for the information on the p80 i just got mine and was not able to get a kill but now i have a good KD

[@aragornlesicka8995]

Helped so much Thanks!

[@chestersemaver]

OK two questions for experienced WT players (Realistic Battle (RB) preferably please): 1- Is it an afterburner on that F80? 2- If it is, how come my exact same fully spaded F80 lack this engine or the engine feature? Thank you in advance for your feedbacks.

[@Spitflyer]

Old video when non AB jets had flame effects

[@chestersemaver]

@@Spitflyer Thank you very much sir :)

[@coocoo_man303]

Spit_flyer props to you for answering a question on a 1 year old video! It shows that you really care!

[@blakemuch5607]

How do you have flame on your exhaust? when I fly I can’t seem to find the setting

[@princesshuxian3559]

I have the same damn problem

[@oof8852]

I think all jets had it before a certain update, now it’s correct with only the afterburning jets having them.

[@beans7889]

Now what variant did you use in this video? A or C?

[@Spitflyer]

A. You can tell by the yellow default camo and no WEP

[@beans7889]

Spit_flyer ok thanks

[@craigveurr452]

Yes please do a 262 video. American jets just suck when you are stock, they have everything over you

[@dskpgsoe9008]

You promised a video on the He-162

[@RavenPoet09]

I love your videos for your discussions but really wish there was game audio even quiet in the background.

[@Spitflyer]

I need to be able to split music from game audio

[@Mph1231998]

A capable jet, which gets you a negative kd . 58 kills - 68 deaths

[@Spitflyer]

It's almost like I struggled with it at first back in 2016 and now have the hang of it after coming back to it. Don't hit me with that you donut

[@Mph1231998]

Spit_flyer Yeah I suppose that’s fair tbh

[@yass5889]

I fucking love this thing

[@genericbritishdude]

This plane looks like a shark that ate a baseball bat