In a case like that, you can't really do much. A Typhoon has the most HORRID 6 view of any aircraft I've ever had the displeasure of flying. Since you can't see behind you, you don't know what he's doing. In this case, aircraft design failed not your SA or vision. As for miracle vert reversals, that's not possible. He doesn't have enough time to go vert on you, hang, stall, dive, gain speed, and do it again. My guess is, he was holding it up with rudder alone and you popped around into his sights a second or two before he would have dumped it.
Flying a Typhoon is nice when you know what you're doing, as you rarely have to check your 6. Horde that speed like a bank holds money and you're set, just don't slow down. In a Yak I've got that armored glass behind my head, so I can just look back and see what he's up to. In a Typhoon you've got a solid armor plate. Same goes, more or less, for a 109; you have
some 6 view.
If you did anything wrong, it was flying a Typhoon and not sucking his E off. I'd tell you do pull a ratchet turn, but the Tiffe doesn't have the rudder for it. But if you find yourself in a nasty fight with a turn fighter, and have speed, try this:
Slowly pull it up until completely vertical. Once there, throw the stick hard right and give it a sharp jab of left rudder for ONE second while adding a little [key word] elevator. This snaps you around between 45º and 90º from your original flight path. Now pull down executing a half-assed Split S. Throw a little roll in during the dive and you'll pop out behind him. When it comes to flying aircraft with poor roll performance, you can often kick in a quick rudder jab to improve it. Just boot the rudder hard in the same direction you roll, and you'll snap roll only 90º.
Whatever you do, DON'T hold that opposite rudder for long. Especially in a Yak, as it will start that nose-high spin. The only way out of that spin I've found is to slam the gas, nose down, roll into it. The aircraft will act very lazy for a few seconds as you recover, but it'll pop into line a bit later. If you don't have alt and enter this spin, you're dead. It takes around 3-6k to simply recover, depending on how quick you react.
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