Need Help Badly

[Nashwan]

I've been flying AH for about 10 days, and I just cannot get the hang of surviving. The only other prop sim I've flown is EAW and none of the tactics I used in that seems to help much, which doesn't really suprise me.
Basically, I think I've learned a fair bit so far, and I'm quite happy with my attacking, but whenever I get bounced by a plane with higher E I die. Every time.
I mostly fly a Spit 9. Any tips on how to survive when I have lower E? I can't seem to outturn any attack, though if I get into a sustained turning fight I can just about cope, as long as it isn't against another Spit or N1K1.
Any help gratefully recieved.

[popeye]

Stop by the Training Arena.  There will often be someone there who will practice with you.  
If no trainers are in the TA, get on channel 1 in the MA and ask for a trainer, or others who will go to the TA and work with you.

If you want to set up a specific time, I will meet you in the TA.  My email:  ellinger@umich.edu

popeye

AH Training Corps

[daddog]

Nashwan,

I would suggest you log into the training arena or make an appointment with one of them.  They can help you more than any post will here.  
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daddog
332nd Flying Mongrels
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[CavemanJ]

remember netlag and add it to any evasives you do.  Start your breaks a second or so earlier than you normally would, because you are seeing the guy where he was about a second ago.  If the distance is 950 on your FE he's probably seeing 600-650

[Nashwan]

Thanks for the offers of training, but I am not a paying customer yet and I wouldn't want to take up a trainers time until I sign up for an account. (Hopefully soon if NTL are to be believed)
I will keep trying, and if I meet my target of a K/D ratio of 1 by the end of my 2 weeks I will be happy. I must say it's been an education just flying AH, the skills most pilots display leave me in awe. How anyone can rack up 48 kills without a loss (ons I think his name is) is beyond me.

[Soda]

Nashwan,
  I wouldn't always set a goal for yourself like having a 1:1 kill ratio.  1:1 ratios in AH are pretty damn good considering the quality of pilots here.

  Look more for good things you do in a battle vs bad things.  Tape your battles and watch them over to see where you make mistakes.  Usually you can see the instant that you made a mistake that cost you the fight.  Start by gauging yourself on things you are doing right and work to eliminate the things you are doing wrong.



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Soda
The Wrecking Crew

[humble]

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[Nashwan]

I'm having far too much fun to "waste" any of my time training  

[Dingy]

 

Originally posted by Nashwan:
I'm having far too much fun to "waste" any of my time training  

Thats the most important part of the game.  Having fun.  

But remember this: many of us have been flying for years and still find others who can teach us something new.

The learning experience should not end once you reach a 1:1 K/D ratio.  I think you will find that the learning experience is the one that fuels your excitement for real air combat the most!

-Ding