F3D-1 In War Thunder : A Basic Review

[@Rolzhey]

Your trying to tell me a PO-2 got clapped by a F3D? i dont think i can wrap my head around that concept.

[@TimsVariety]

For-real!!!

[@lenny_1369]

no way

[@ODST_Parker]

I love the name, Skyknight. Always reminds me of the "sky knights" from that old cartoon, Storm Hawks. One of the early things which got me into loving aviation even more.

[@kosmokat111]

fuck yeah that show was so good

[@davispeterson1876]

I've actually seen one of these in a small scrapyard tucked away behind one of the hangars in the Air National Guard part of the MSP airport. They've got a whole bunch of old planes back there in varying states of disrepair, everything from P-51s to P-80s to F-101s, about 3/4s of an F-102, one of these, and even an F-16

[@larsu-gx579]

Tim's Variety fan meetup where we get together there and steal them

[@TheRunaway115]

That’s pretty legit, I’ll have to make my way out there one day.

[@davispeterson1876]

@@TheRunaway115 you'd need a security clearance, or an invitation from the base commander, or something like that, it's not exactly open to the public, sadly.

[@superfamilyallosauridae6505]

Damn. I lived in Minnesota for a year and had no idea I was within snatching distance of an F3D Skyknight

[@OneMoreDesu]

Rearward facing radar is one of my favorite design aspects. Feels ahead of it's time in that regard.

[@cammarlow3951]

Not ahead of its time as you might think. Late variants of the P51 Mustang also had this.

[@OneMoreDesu]

@@cammarlow3951 As early warning, I'm more interested in utilizing them for over-the-shoulder missile slaving

[@TheCreeperGaming1]

This was my first ever jet in WT. I ground it out as an F2P and was so happy when I got it. Tons of good memories in this thing. Glad to see it still holds up in the current meta :)

[@bvsveera]

The F3D is a great base bomber in air sim. At 7.0, you don't face too many jets that can outperform it. The radar is perfect for identifying slow and heavy enemy prop bombers. Pair that with the Skyknight's speed/acceleration and the reach of the 20mm cannons, and you have a winning solution for smiting bombers. I'm glad I gave this jet a second chance! It now occupies a permanent position in my early US jet lineup.

[@chickenpurple6704]

And due to the current ju 288 spam, there'll be no shortage of bombers to annihilate

[@OuterHeaven210]

I been using it to smack bombers too. That radar is great and the cannons rock.

[@Skajlajnm]

since SIM BR rooms are from 6.7 to 7.7 the better option to bomb is to choose B-57A(7.7BR), better payload 6x1000lbs instead of 2x2000lbs. and much faster, as it goes 925kmh easly.

[@ThePrudentialist]

This has been one of my favorite early US jets, once you get the bombs it's a great grinder with plenty of ammo. Fantastic support craft in Air RB.

[@TheJayjam]

"When the cannons hit they do a lot of damage" -Tim right before showing a 40 second clip of him getting multiple hits and crits to no awail.

[@superfamilyallosauridae6505]

Easily my favorite jet in the game. And I have F-16s... this takes the cake. Lethal as hell, fast enough, maneuverable enough, bomby enough.

[@emmata98]

The repaircosts in sim ground are horrible though. You get shot down once by aa and you can't get positive sl

[@cat_clan_leader]

​@@emmata98 that's the case with vehicles even in rb though

[@emmata98]

@@cat_clan_leader did you look at the difference from rb to sb?

[@cat_clan_leader]

@@emmata98 I'm well aware of the differences, however it does not disregard the fact that there are plenty of planes in RB that have such bad repair costs that is hard to make positive income

[@emmata98]

@@cat_clan_leader yes, but is is even worse in sb

[@LeftMech]

A great review of one of my favorite American jets to fly in War Thunder. The F3D-1 has surprisingly excellent maneuverability and performance- even when carrying the maximum bombload. Though of course the bombs do rather severely affect the acceleration and climb rate until you drop them. I personally find the guns to be excellent and I actually prefer this sort of Autocannon to the more prolific Vulcan gatling cannons that most of the top tier American jets carry. The ammo supply is immense and allows you to farm huge numbers of AI ground targets in Air RB

[@chr0min0id]

I really like this jet, both IRL and in War Thunder. Thanks for the review…

[@BADBADGER18]

Would love to see a review for the f9f-8 cougar. Looks good on paper as it does physically 4 9bs at 8.3

[@TimsVariety]

I'll get to it eventually. :-)

[@Ali-ou9lc]

You forgot the 18k repair cost

[@BADBADGER18]

@@Ali-ou9lc yikes I didn’t notice that lol

[@covenantslayergaming6362]

It's not fantastic. The missiles are just aim-9b's so they're only ever useful for ignorant or extremely slow targets, and therefor just doesn't have flight performance to speak of against other 8.3's. if you want a decent missile "fighter" in the US tree, consider the A-4B. Alternatively the fj-4b but the fury suffers just like the f3h.

[@IceSki117]

This is actually perfect timing as I'm working on unlocking this next.

[@FatherExo]

I like flying the F3 in simulator when the BR is set right, I have a wonderful greenhouse canopy with good visibility, I have full authority over the skies do to the extremely exceptional radar, the bombs can destroy a full base in one hit and a full naval vessel, only thing I would add on this is the inclusion of people who happen to use knots over KM/H, and if you would like to review some of these aircraft again but also touch on simulatior battles and how it’s used there, which I’m sure many people would love to help you with

[@rolandjaycutter3504]

I remember flying this before the new carriers, almost impossible to get off the old decks, and if you took any bombs, you'd take a swim. Now speaking as a 'historian', I'm disappointed we didn't get the tail radar.

[@camilorodriguez5602]

Finally a plane of my liking that is actually good, im cursed in this game cuz my fav planes are far from meta, the tornado, j7w2, the swede pushers, the me262 to name a few

[@cat_clan_leader]

J21s used to be very meta until they got a massive performance nerf. Rest in peace my lovely weird aircraft

[@camilorodriguez5602]

@@cat_clan_leader i never had any luck in those actually, and i started playing just when sweden was added

[@cat_clan_leader]

@@camilorodriguez5602 really? I had a blast in them, I remember being able to dance circles around most planes back then (Aside from Zeros ofc)

[@aaronanstett8987]

One of my old favorites with my old account, played it like i play the A6 intruder nowadays. And it was actually a decent fighter.

[@sorrymabbad]

Always curious about this one, thanks for making the video!

[@MrVictoriousGaming]

ive been flying the f3d1 exclusively this month, its such a fun lil strike aircraft and its a fun one to learn beginner jets imo

[@pilotpug]

They should reaaaaally add the beamriding sparrow version. Only 1 aircraft with beam riders in game currently, such a shame.

[@lucascousins6934]

Ahhhh...my first jet, and easily my favorite. It's a small tomcat, and I hope they add the F3D-2M at some point so I CAN have a tomcat without the steaming mess that is top tier. Anyway great job representing a great plane Tim!

[@black_thunder2159]

its funny to think that Tiny Tim is probably about few hundred kilograms heavier than Tim himself despite being Tiny

[@user-wu6qb2xl1c]

Was my first jet, I think it’s quite nice

[@ZeSgtSchultz]

This was probably the first jet I actually enjoyed. It just felt right.

[@Karter_Blackpaw]

Nice work bombing the guy behind you at 5:20 ^_^

[@TimsVariety]

Surprise!

[@abribri3538]

excellent video as always

[@masterclips7657]

thank you so much for doing this one I've been trying to research this one for a while

[@awwgordy]

I love the F3D its my go to for CAS at its BR

[@Apr1L-j7u]

Thank you for making this video 😊

[@scoutty146]

I run a custom VMF(N)-513 Flying Nightmares nightfighter paint on both my F3D and my F7F. wish air rb had legit night battles

[@jamesdap2793]

'Cannons hit hard when they connect' - proceeds to tickle/hit simulator an Ouragan to death.

[@TimsVariety]

Heh, yeah I hit with every dud in the belt there. I knew immediately I had to include that clip.

[@morebid6129]

One of my first matches with this thing i was able to gun down 3 Me262s, 2 in turn fights

[@axeavier]

5:30 bombed a plane, amazing

[@dyeshan221]

I knew what was coming as soon as he didn't pull up after the base bomb....you have to stay low so it brings them to the bomb. also 1.5 secs fuse delay is what I use generally

[@saddamhussein5462]

Wake up bois new Tims Variety vid just dropped

[@cldus7442]

the m3s got their explosive filler nerfed a while ago. At the moment using ground target belts does the best damage

[@ryantaylor6730]

Hey Tim, I have a consideration that may be a good to implement into your vehicle previews. Could you add a section where you talk about and demonstrate how to destroy said vehicle? Like explain how to kill whatever vehicle it is if you have to face it in missions.

[@ryantaylor6730]

I do understand that you put a lot of time into making these and adding this would just be more work. So it’s ok if you don’t want to

[@jakeogroton]

You forgot to mention on the landing section that because of where the engines are you can reliably belly land this thing at pretty high speeds. It allows you to greatly reduce down time and you don't need to slow down on your approach to the airfield

[@TimsVariety]

I didn't forget, I never mention or advocate for belly landings. Having flown small aircraft IRL, belly landings make me cringe regardless of context. ;-)

[@TomPrickVixen]

I am planning to revisit this jet do to I'm only a few K RP from a US BB, and I think maybe a fast jet has a chance to get through some of the top ships' AA. + some naval maps only has carriers as AF.

[@little_shady_fox]

Hope that we'll see a variant that could carry Sparrows

[@dfct9494]

I feel like if you take the time to practice aiming unguided rockets like the tiny tims, you can get pretty good with shooting them. But in your credit, war thunder is supposed to be fun and practicing shooting unguided rockets definitely is not.

[@DieErsteKartoffel]

Gotta love War Thunder Wednesdays.

[@KinetiKo_]

Hey Tim, could you please do an in depth review on top tier SPAA? I've recently unlocked the Tunguska and i've been having trouble with radars, missile guidance and how to play overall, I hope you see this because i haven't really seen any other youtubers do in depth detailed videos on that subject. Please and Thank you

[@TimsVariety]

Noted

[@meanman6992]

The whole quote is, “A Jack of all trades may be a master of none, but often is better than a matter of one”

[@commandergeokam2868]

My favourite aircraft in sim i grinned with it all the early jets and all the 8.3/8.7 aircrafts with it The radar is a the redeeming factor of the F3D so you have to play with it

[@miguelturner7824]

Was just watching some of your other videos and up pops a new Tims video, its gonna be a good night tonight, better break out the Moscow Mules

[@apiestink]

you make really good videos +1

[@coomlord5327]

since when did the an/m3 cannons start doing damage again?

[@gansior4744]

Still one of the most fun jets in Sim

[@HighSideHustler811]

This is my shit right here!! I absolutely love this jet and use it more then any other jets in the whole game for air and grb, regardless it’s not the best for either match types compared to the others at that 7.0 br . And the odd part is I have absolutely clue why I love it so much 😂 wish they would add some aim-9b’s cause they used them back in the day, pretty sure it’ had like the first jet on jet kill while using a air 2 air missile or something also. ( may be off on that one tho )😂

[@slayo710]

I recently got this thing, I didn't typically care for the air strike tree for USA but I do love this thing even though it's fat and slow lol idk why..

[@Topo842]

Polikarpov Po-2 biplane is legendary for being the only plane to achieve a "GodMode" IRL Got a "kill" on a Jet that slowed (stalled) to engage it :v

[@TimsVariety]

My Po-2 is just waiting for the F-94 Starfire to get added to the game ....

[@CharliMorganMusic]

This plane will be a monster in naval AB once we have ships at that BR

[@Tobias-wb6kd]

It does ok in naval, but there are better options.

[@Rmmmmmmmmmmk]

Are you going to do a long form in the F4S?

[@TimsVariety]

When I get to the F-4S, it will be in the same format as this review.

[@PaiSAMSEN]

Gaijin, gib AIM-7 for Skyknight, plz.

[@dyeshan221]

I'm no expert but i heard that the F3D-2 got the sparrows sadly

[@katgut]

I would kill for a sparrow f3d

[@mab2187]

Still waiting for them Sparrows, and rename to F10

[@evanwiger]

5:23 beautiful

[@chroniclerorsini3601]

I think you are overlooking a very powerful option for CAS with the F3D-1. It can be used extremely well as a dive bomber. kzbin.info/www/bejne/g2KWoJp6hZV0msk (Sorry to link, but Hunter displays this gloriously).

[@prex2000]

Yay

[@Sniper5875]

the day i get an f111 in war thunder is the day ill play jets again

[@user-cs3qh1uv5y]

pretty much a early intruder

[@ja37d-34]

Felt a bit like an Intruder as i spaded it, years ago.. :)