Originally posted by Goth
Always considered myself a decent FW pilot up until about a month-month and a half ago. Merged with Vudak, he in a 190a5-8 and myself in a spitV. I was pretty confident, and got the kill, but that man made me work.
He was very aggressive, using the verticle well. It was not extend grab and remerge fight, it was a twisting turning fight from about 15k on down to 5k. One of these days I'm gonna grab you Vudak and drain your brain of FW moves, you have an excellent grasp on those birds.
Thas was a fun fight, wasn't it?
It was an A8, btw (I figure if I'm going to be turn-fighting spities I'd better kill them w/ one snap shot if they give me it
)
I'm not really sure you could drain my brain for much. I seem to recall I was working on a little crazy theory I had at the time. (Most of the time it got me killed, some of the time it didn't, all of the time it made for a fun fight (I'm SURE the spits agreed
). That makes it a sound theory in my book.
Basically I'm just trying to merge as hard as possible and set up into a quick scissors type deal. If everything goes to plan, I have a snap shot by the 2nd scissor. If everything doesn't, having 10k of alt to work the vert scissors with really helps, at least to prolong the fight. Nose low turns also help - just to keep maneuvering speed.
Of course, more often then not, this gets you admonished by people and makes you look stupid. Just the other day I'm in a D11 in the CT fighting a Zero in this fashion.
(After fight 1)
Zero: "Don't ever, EVER try to turn with a Zero. You will die EVERY time.
(After fight 2)
Zero: "This is like shooting fish in a barrel lol"
(After fight 3)
Vudak: "You were saying?
"
For all I know, that could have been 1/10 by the time we were through, but that 1 is what it's all about
... It's unfortunate that most tend to disagree.
Oh - and Dipstick - always fun fights man! One of the best things about flying Rook or Bish a few hours is knowing I'll be running into you and your squad, S!
