I'm not going to get into the trash talking, "you suck" , "no , YOU suck", part of this thread.
But from a purely tactical point of view, I have to disagree with this statement.
. Give me that situation and 2 gun passes. How you ask? simple throttle chop.. All three of you never chopped throttle and locked on to my tail like you should have and I exploited your excess speed by using the ground as a corner to back myself into. I bought myself 35-45 secs after initial engagement, but due to knights inferior numbers help never came.. All in all you were finally victorious and thats how it goes usually in a 3 on 1, but don't expect me to say nice kill when you spray and pray and then make questionable comments to boot.
I guess if your sole objective is to "get that kill" you may be right.
But to me, the great pilots are ones who get kills, and then get home to
land them.
To me the pilot that got 50 kills in a tour, and only died 5 times, is a
much better pilot that got 350 kills but died 200 times.
This is pervasive misconception in AH pilots. Many compare kills, but they neglect to look at how many times they died getting those kills. Typical Turn & Burn mentality.
If you are engaging an enemy who is both lower and slower than you are, it is downright stupid to give up that advantage, by chopping throttle and dropping onto his 6 to "lock in". Especially if he is flying a P-51, F4U, or Fw190.
Here's why:
1.) He can now reverse on you. Why give him the chance? He can't reverse if you have both Altitude and E, unless you let him. And a smart pilot will never let him.
2.) You are now in the exact same energy/positional state that he is in. In other words if you thought he was "easy meat". You now just put yourself into the exact same position for any of his buddies that come along during the fight.
3.) Who cares if the guy buys himself 30-45 seconds? Dead is dead. And now you have a superior position for the next fight, or for your extension or rtb.
4.) If his buddies show up on the horizon, you actually have the ability to dis-engage yourself from the fight you are in, and extend to the support of friendlies or a base. Or as Juzz likes to call it "Run like a Screaming little Girl"
Yes, I know many of you find this style of flying boring. But this is what the reality of
real WWII ACM was all about.
"Live to Fight another day"
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Vermillion
WB's: (verm--), **MOL**, Men of Leisure,
"Real men fly Radials, Nancy Boys fly Spitfires
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[This message has been edited by Vermillion (edited 01-12-2000).]
