Etiquette

[Toad]

The "you" is generic. Unwad them, I wasn't talking to you.

[kj714]

Toad,

Look, chimp, they're not wadded. Cant you see the #$%* ?

[myelo]

Originally posted by kj714
No whining about chutes.

We'll see about that.

You know you can lead turn or drop and be on the 6 much closer and above for the shot, (above or somewhere to avoid killshooter), do you do it? Do you call it out first if you do?

Wait until they kill the plane, then dive in for the chute. You can call out the chute if you want. But this is not advised if an FDB is in the area, as that might rouse him out of his stupor and you risk losing the chute.

How do you deal with an over the shoulder shooter?

Shoot faster.

[kj714]

True, but I figure a truly noble pilot would allow the original shooter to due a graceful loop and return to rid the sky of that horrid watermelon hanging arrogantly at the end of that unsightly silk and rope thang.

[Widewing]

As a general rule, if there's a crowd chasing some Dilbert, I just watch in amusement. If the Dilbert turns towards me, all bets are off. Otherwise they can have their fun.

However, when the shoe is on the other foot, these same pack dogs will barge into anyone's fight uninvited. When I spot a recognized kill stealin' weenie, I'll pick his thieving pocket in a heartbeat and leave him huffing and puffing and spewing venom.

There are fun ways to deal with those greedy characters who shoot over one's shoulder too.

Last tour I flew the A-20 as a fighter quite a bit. I was tangling with a 109 who tried to BnZ me (the silly boy), and after about three minutes I was just about on his tail when a pair of fellow Rookdorks tried to reap the rewards of my hard work. A 190 and La-7 dive in behind and start shooting over my shoulder. I simply tightened my turn and pulled into their tracers, then drilled the hapless 109. As I pulled off the dying 109, I had the reassuring view of two chutes drifting down to the ground. It just doesn't get better than that. The pissing and moaning was epic. What was really funny was that because the killshootered Rooks both bailed, the 109 driver rode it in and got credit for both kills!!!

My regards,

Widewing

[mold]

Originally posted by Widewing
What was really funny was that because the killshootered Rooks both bailed, the 109 driver rode it in and got credit for both kills!!!

LOL

[humble]

Truthfully it all depends on who's doing the chasing. I'd agree with the majority view here...stay high...realistically most of the time your not goingh to get the kill anyway....however....every once in awhile it's the guys doing the chasing you wish you could kill... what you need to do is roll in on his (there) 6 zoom under pull up thru the tracer stream and merrily zoom on back up with the bogie and 1,2,3 or more "good guys" all spining in. Have I actually ever done it...nope...have I THOUGHT about it...HELL yes.

[kj714]

Yeppers I keep a little list of rude bish handy too. It's my no 6 call no assistance list. People do get off of it though.