As Good As It Looks? | F9F-8 Cougar | War Thunder

The F9F8 Cougar has a beautiful silhouette, but how does it stack up against the competition? Let's see...
Song: Wiguez - Pray Tonight (ft. P-One)
• Wiguez - Pray Tonight ...

[@Jaeger_89]

Though they are a bit rarer at 8.3, my favourite target for 9bs are the climbers. A 9b becomes a 9g up high and it's insanely fun to use. I absolutely love them on the 9.0 - 9.3 bracket. The fact that the Cougar has 4 of them coupled with it's maneuverability makes it one of my favourite jets. I haven't even spaded it yet and I have a blast playing it every time.

[@douglet2294]

I'm not really big fan of it because it just feels like I'm just not fast enough to engage stuff like mig 17s tbh I just prefer the a4b

[@Jaeger_89]

@@douglet2294 Yeah, top speed is an issue. But the low speed makes it easier to reverse people and even shove a 9b up their asses if they choose to go vertical (which for some reason people can't help but do ._.)

[@guitarninjarick8179]

Yeah have put some hours in on this jet back in the day. It's a lot of fun to fly. He pretty much nailed the performance aspects. This jet is real good at bomber hunting with the AIM 9bs. Also, a lot of times u get good missile shots because no one is expecting missiles at 8.0-8.3 and they are not looking out for them. AIM 9bs aren't to bad if they are at a consistent turn angle they might actually hit. However, if they are dodging all over the place you ain't gonna hit them.

[@aweirdthing7781]

please keep making content, you're an amazing person and have helped me a lot with war thunder!!!

[@flashtirade]

I think the possible kill potential of the missiles is greater than any mobility gains from not taking them, especially in uptiers where superior planes can just fly circles around yours all day. They have to respect the threat of a sidewinder or else they'll catch one in their tailpipe.

[@EdibleRockingChair]

3:17 is one of the most profound philosophical statements I've ever heard

[@edin5317]

Ive had alot of difficulties with this olane because of its bad acceleration 2, maybe 3 turns and it turns into a tub

[@td9302]

It doesn't have bad acceleration you are turning too much, the plane has LEX which helps with instantaneous turn but not sustained turn. So try to not turn as much or as hard force people into a scissors type fight that is where you do best.

[@williammontgrain6544]

Maybe not the best acceleration, but it seems to dive really well, so I often use a short dive to recover my speed, and it seems to work pretty well.

[@ianmedford4855]

Ted Williams flew these... When he took a break from being the best hitter in baseball history to fight Communists. When he was a Marine combat aviator, and John Glenn's wingman. *Ted William's was Americas ultimate Giga Chad. It's not even close.

[@caralho5237]

this thing is beautiful indeed this and the mig 15 are a great duo of beautiful early jets

[@specialman6004]

Damn, I never thought how powerful Aim-9Bs could be because most planes with them they are fast but this plane is slow and most of planes at the BR are slow.

[@charlescourtwright2229]

only people not paying attention and flying in a straight line will be hit by aim9bs

[@ichosolemanuel6048]

@@charlescourtwright2229 almost all kills he got was him shooting the aim9b's at slow people because they cant dodge them

[@wrenchinator9715]

Just started grinding for this over the weekend. Not a great jet pilot, so it's gonna take a bit to research, and get the missiles for. But I'll get there eventually.

[@RogueBeatsARG]

Looks almost like a Lifting Body desing, kinda like the YF-23, so cool looking

[@kiubekpl5863]

Its good as support because of its missiles and cannon, its not meant to be really a frontline jet because of its performance.

[@raymondcarter4335]

I just got this thing, specifically for the Aim-9 at 8.3. I play GRB with the Sheridan and Bradley and wanted something fun to fly out when the air is too cramped for the B-57B The information about overcoming the compression is pretty useful, I’ll try to hold my speed better and treat it more like a P-47 😂

[@EdibleRockingChair]

The ever expanding Jet Noob lore

[@guitarninjarick8179]

Another thing I would suggest is flying this thing like it's an FW190 because it has a lot of the same flight characteristics as it

[@VeeTaperTemplar]

The 9.3 up tiers are ridiculous tho when your enemies have missiles and 3 times your speed smh, Gaijin loves us

[@srwilliams1963]

I have it in my rc turbine , one of my favorites

[@_Joob]

That’s awesome. I want to get back into RC at some point. Have a bunch of old ones that haven’t been flown in years.

[@jackshepherd7449]

Always make my day with these videos love you jet noob

[@_Joob]

:D

[@dani_zax9359]

Very good!!

[@alpacaofthemountain8760]

Amazing video! Love your channel, and I can’t wait to play this jet

[@BeanzWarThunder]

Great video as always and stay healthy

[@Sunday_fits]

the BR placement is the only predator to this aircraft, remember guys, this is a Carrie based aircraft, it’ll be heavier than expected but it will hold on to its energy, also great vid, sik gameplay

[@Jitlegit]

i saw one at an air museum the other day. wayy bigger in real life.

[@eQui253]

like the cougar. It is just fun to play right now. Not super good, not super bad... But I curse the AIM9Bs a lot.

[@leocompot]

I play wt since this was TOP

[@690_5]

I could never get this jet down right. I adore the look of it and I bought the "Lynx One" skin for it because RCAF fanboy.

[@autumnrah]

I just got a Direct Hit update ad lmaoooo

[@rnote_]

ur aim so sick

[@dmkbnin5129]

Wyld intro

[@uncroataenojado2003]

Nice channel!

[@ugarit5404]

When a4e early vid?

[@bergloff_3410]

Thanks for the video

[@Ronnie_McDoggle]

thumbs up for squeed

[@owen3514]

Might revisit this plane. I just wish it couldn't matchmake with the MiG-21, absolutely ridiculous.

[@sussyamongus6754]

I've only ever had that happen to me like once every 8 or so matches.

[@AviationNerd006]

wait. this was 10 months ago?

[@bearyblox]

it is as good as it looks

[@ImSoSillyJustTheGoofiest]

nice

[@enzotog.1676]

Still waiting for gaijin to add an Argentinian skin for the F9F

[@BOTmaster15]

I'm trying to grind F86A from stock but with sale it's nearly impossible with all the missile spam and constant uptier. Is there any hint beside whats in this video coz looks like 8.3/8.7 is another premium valley at the moment with missile spam everywhere (red tops and vixens arent fun)

[@yuxihuang6852]

1:25 gonna correct you a bit here, it's in the naval BRANCH not the naval tree

[@Freddepadd]

I prefer the F-86 a5 at 8.3 i just find the flight performance of the cougar lacking

[@borrevanalphen4202]

Do you have some tips to improve my defensive flying?

[@ja37d-34]

I like the Panther´s look better..

[@ja37d-34]

Anyone who cares about stats is a twat anyways. And you can manipulate them by hanging back like a pussy or go for AI so...

[@Xtariz]

I hated this plane at the start considering how bad it's stock...

[@gabemartinez2558]

I laughed way to much at bleeding squeed

[@diarian]

that intro was horrendously loud😂

[@bergloff_3410]

I just got this thing got 3 kills first game now I'm eh

[@EonFigure]

Hmm, this game should FORCE people into cockpit view...i dont believe in dogfights the way one would play with two toy planes in hand. It's to easy.

[@aurorathearcticwolf4243]

then you have the F-86A-5 which is absolute dogwater for an 8.3! SURE you can go mach 1 in a dive with it but thats about all its good for... the guns dont do well at that BR since EVERYTHING else will be armed with autocannons that fire nuclear bullets capable of 1 tapping anything in the game (excluding tanks and ships ofc) the maneuverability is mediocre at best (your not going to out turn anything you face unless its an uptier and theres supersonics around) and if you physically cannot get any pilot skill points like me... GOOD LUCK GETTING ANY FORM OF LEAD ON ANYTHING WITHOUT PASSING OUT!

[@specs_u]

IgorCykel?

[@chrisszpeterz642]

mig 15bis (german) when??

[@Thunderbox247]

I got this thing nearly 2 years ago along with every other US rank 6 plane (this was before rank 7) and said F*ck this and only crewed and used the F-4E and never really tried anything else. I used other rank 6 and 7's when they were added such as Harriers, A-7D's, F-5's, Thuds and the F-4J but skipped the A-4's, FJ's, F-100, F-104's, F3H, F9F's and most of the F-86's (which is a sin considering they are one of my favourite planes visually) Any rank 6 US planes I should go back and try??

[@_Joob]

F-2 saber. Amazing in a downtime but outclassed in every way in an uptier, but the maneuverability and the guns make up for it, if you can stomach the repair cost. Edit: I forgot it’s rank 5 oops. Uhhmmm actually idk I haven’t played much else in US rank 6 recently.

[@Thunderbox247]

@@_Joob The F-2 Sabre is rank 6 for what ever reason. But even with 19 million SL that repair cost is keeping me away. But hey might give it a shot Why is every vehicle I enjoy or want to try got a repair cost higher than Snoop Dog

[@td9302]

@@Thunderbox247 When dumb pilots stop playing a plane it only leaves the best to play and drive the rep cost up. Its worse in France the F1C is like an upgraded F4E but has 2x the rep cost.

[@Thunderbox247]

@@td9302 Oh yeah I joke that USA gets fucked over by Gaijin with repair costs and other BS, but France gets it WAY worse, which is sad coz they have some cool stuff

[@whitewolf6605]

Good plane. Got a discord? It's all good. Everybody has a biden day

[@_Joob]

Started working on my discord yesterday. Should be up and running pretty soon.

[@whitewolf6605]

@@_Joob nice. Got a squadron?

[@_Joob]

@@whitewolf6605 nah. Might do that eventually though.

[@davidmakharashvili9655]

i kill it with my mig-15 pretty easy