War Thunder P-26A-33 Review

P-26A-33 is a tier 1 fighter plane of USA aircraft in the game. It is equipped with a powerful Pratt & Whitney R-1340-27 Radial Engine with a 2 bladed Hamilton Standard. The plane's weapon are 2 7.62 mm Browning machine gun. It is very maneuverable, fast turn time, etc. The takeoff run is about an impressive 7 seconds when in arcade mode. The plane is free to buy, repair, and research. It is worth your time to fly this aircraft.

Tips to play the P-26A-33

Avoid the tier 2 planes, since they have better guns and flight characteristic.

Do not show your pilot to the enemy because if they take a single shot, the pilot will be killed.

If you are at about 50 mph (80 kmh), you need to toggle the elevators upwards. Otherwise, the plane will stumble forward, causing damage to the plane, such as propeller to break, your tail cut off, etc.

To land this plane, gently touch the front landing gear to the airfield and do not engage the brakes continuously, you need to engage the brakes for about 2 seconds and let go and do the same until the plane has stop.

When landing, be sure to shave some speed to about 100-140 mph (160-225 kmh).

P-26A-33 Cockpit

   

P-26A-33 attacking a Sd.Kfz.6 truck

 P-26A-33 in flight scanning for target

P-26A-33 Pros:

Very maneuverable

Fast turn time

Takeoff run is very short

Can destroy small AAA guns, trucks, and search lights

Has 2 bombs

Can cause critical damage to biplanes

Quite fast for rank 1

WEP is quite effective

Easy to kill the Ki-10-I

Cooling system uses air, not water

Fair climbing rate

 

P-26A-33 firing its guns

P-26A-33 Cons:

No protection for the pilot and can get killed by small guns

No flaps (only for the P-26B-35 version, which only has landing flaps)

Very hard to kill the tier 2 planes

 

 P-26A-33 in flight over USS Enterprise

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