![]() When I tell you it took north of 25 minutes to fine-tune every last aircraft control in the game, I'm not joking even slightly. Meanwhile, my missile-lock and missile-fire buttons migrated over to the two side buttons on my gaming mouse. At the same time, W and S now managed turning both elevators in unison up or down to help cut into turns with more ferocity. Said spacebar now controlled my chaff and flair dispensers. Not only did my throttle buttons get swapped for left shift and control, by my spacebar to drop bombs arrangement was replaced by the N key instead. Through spiked blood pressure and gritted teeth, he advised me how to change each Air RB flight control setting to his exact specifications. But my friend was having none of it, saying that these changes were non-negotiable if I wanted to play with the group's Air RB squad. As someone who's used the W and S keys to control the throttle and the brakes in flight for years, being told my whole control scheme needed to be changed wasn't what I wanted to hear. Believe it or not, this was the biggest headache of the whole ordeal. That is, assuming you bothered to set up the controls properly. Be warned they aren't all-aspect missiles, so now head-on shots with this warbird. Being direct re-manufactures of American AIM-9P Sidewinders, these missiles have the goods to do some major damage. The star of the show has to be the six RB24J air-to-air missiles this jet can take into battle. But you'd be surprised how effective a well-aimed burst can be when an enemy jet reverses its turn right through my crosshairs. With a single Svenska Flygmotor RM 6C engine with 8,030 kg (17,703 lbs) of thrust to play with, this Draken variant can keep up with all but the fastest jets in its battle ranking.Īrmed to the teethAs for weaponry, this Saab jet makes use of a single Akan m/55 30 mm autocannon. At least 24 were sold to the Finns and deployed in a more straightforward medium-altitude fighter jet rather than a high-altitude interceptor. With an air-realistic battle rating of 10.7, the Finnish Saab 35FS can tussle with just about any jet in the game.Īs a special export variant of a once-flagship Swedish jet fighter, the Saab 35FS began life as a Swedish Air Force J-35F1 Draken interceptor. The same update also introduced range-topping tier-VII jets as the new aspiration for every War Thunder player. Did I want a point-and-shoot style big interceptor like the MiG-23ML? Or maybe something that's good at ground-pound operations, like an A6 TRAM or a Panavia Tornado IDS? Ultimately, my choice of the Finnish Air Force Saab 35FS is one I don't regret.Īs the flagship jet in the newly christened Finland section of the Swedish tech tree, this unique Saab J35 Draken variant was introduced in December of last year with the "Apex Predators" update. Although I must admit, unironically window shopping premium War Thunder jets with the intention of buying something for once was a total kid in a candy store moment. The jet in question? Well, that took some time to think over. When one friend offered to buy a premium jet of my own to fly, I could only sheepishly and meekly thank him and accept. This same group of friends has been coaxing me into playing more air-realistic battles (Air RB) recently instead of more laid-back, air-arcade battles (Air AB). Be it Grumman A6 Intruder TRAMs, MiG-23MLs, heck, even the premium early A-10 variant before it was removed from the American section. Having a change of heartThat was until all my friends started buying them. ![]() I assumed the people who did were pay-to-win hacks with too much time and money on their hands. For the longest time, I swore I'd never buy a premium jet in War Thunder. That'd be purchasing one of any of War Thunder's dozens of premium vehicles. But if you want to work your way up War Thunder's tech tiers at a non-geological time scale, there's a not-so-cheap but ultimately the very effective way to speed things up.
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