Originally posted by Guppy35
Is it just me or are more people flying Russian birds then ever before. LA7s LA5s and Yaks seem to be out in force.
In another valiant but futile attempt to get better at this game I was out tooling around in my P38G when here comes a Yak.
OK 1 v 1, lets see how bad I get clobbered. We pass at the merge and no face shot. Yeah! maybe an real live turn fight. He goes vertical and so do I. I work in a bit of flaps and I'll be darned I've got a chance. A quick snap shot as he passes and I get pieces off. Round we go and I'm still gaining! Oh joy I might win one!
I get inside his turn and I hammer him to the point he's smoking and minus an aileron. Gawd if only I could shoot!
Round we go and #(%&#* here comes an LA7.
I'm way too slow now but I pull in the nose to honor the new threat and the SOB blasts me right in the face and down I go.
Oh well, if nothing else I gained a little confidence against the Yak.
And I still hate LA7s! 
Dan/Slack
Welcome to the Aces High Main Arena. Sad, ain't it?
I see you've met the typical Tempest, KI84, and LA7 etc., pilot.
AKA the leaders of the REAL horde. Those who can only fly planes with serious a serious speed advantage or cannons, or both, fly in packs, and cherry pick as a main tactic, with the HO shot as their "big move".
Their favorite tactic is just what you described above. Catch an enemy either engaged or just out of a fight, low on speed and or altitude, and maneuver to set up an HO he cannot avoid. If by some miracle he avoids, or by poor gunnery the HO master misses, he is still in a faster plane with speed already on his side, so he does the only other thing he can, he runs. Hoping one of his fast cannon equipped bird flying buddies will be able to chase you down and kill you while you attempt to catch the little no talent coward. Too bad you can't hear them scream on their local or squad channel.
