Originally posted by 6GunUSMC
[B... A FW190A8 now is a fat slow target.. without the corrections in the FM and its damage model set in such a way that almost every first ping kills engine oil it's now useless except in suicide vulching missions. [/B]
6Gun
The A8 is only a fat slow target if flown that way. It is fast, just not in a long drawn-out run with the LA7's hunting you down.
Keep her high, and keep her fast, swoop down, attack and get back on perch, that is the 190's key. She's no furballer, she's an assassin’s weapon.
Basically you really never want to get a bogey on you six, control your engagements. But bogeys do get on your six eventually. The 190A8 is a very maneuverable plane, that doesn’t mean she turns well (she turns very poorly), but maneuverability is more than turn rate. Use your roll rate to change your lift vector and your direction quickly. Stay off of the rudders and the elevator; they are both notorious bleeders of energy. No plane in the arena can follow your roll, they will be using elevator, and hopefully rudder to try and follow you.
If the bogey has to much e on you, wait until he just breaks 600 yards, then chop throttle, kick full rudder, aileron roll, drop your speed, make a couple of rolls to throw off his aim. He will hit 200 yards a lot quicker than he expected, and then he will realize that you are trying to force an overshoot. But now is the tough part, you have to watch your six more than your front as you are in this full rudder state. See what he is doing, roll to keep him from getting a good guns solution. If he breaks off to get alt, you should be behind him and should get a shot into him at under D300. Hopefully you have friendlies who will now take him out or force him to disengage. This works especially well with LA7s as they don't slow down very well. But it works on Spits and NIKIs also. Sometimes you do your best and get shot down anyway. Try to figure out how he got on your six, and don't do whatever you did again
Don’t get down on the deck with a 190 unless your speed is above 450 mph, then grab alt after the pass, remember that a low A8 is a dead A8.
The A8 is a diver, if it is a 109 on your six do some rolls and try to get pointed straight down. Full WEP until you reach about 450 mph, then chop throttle, the 109's compress at about 480 mph, once you are 480 and he is closing, gently pull up, the 109 can’t follow. Now get up some alt on him, and dive down as he pulls out of compression, or break off if it is a G10, he’ll just outrun you. This works for other planes, but you have to get more speed before they compress, once you hit 550 mph chop throttle , kick rudder to bleed speed or you will compress. He should be target fixated and compress in just about anything, gently pull out as he roars by you. You will probably just have to disengage and hit for your lines until you get alt back.
Keep your egress route well planned, your egress is more important as your ingress. As people now know you are a A8 and not a Dora, you will get more people pursuing you than before. Keep it faster and higher than you did before.
The A8 has some other tricks that I will keep to myself.
She is really a much better plane than people think.
