Im not sure if I would agree with you 73, when you say "very easy to lose one" flying otd or close to it.
Imo the best way to get kills is to fly it otd in a furball at topspeed in and out and caping the ones who aren't looking. Sucks for them but thats' their bad for not looking. Anything trying to dive on you, is going to have a hard time keeping with you in any evasives you pull at high speeds because for one, your otd, and he's got nowhere to go excpet to pull out of that dive and try to stick with you (which he most likely wont be able to) or zoom back up and lose any or most of the E advantage he had. (If he was closing on you the first time and zooms back up, he wont close on you as fast the second, third ect) And you can pretty much counter the BnZ dweebs if you see em coming. And if you dont see em. Well, you should have.
At most I'll keep maybe 5k under me in a jet staying at 350-400mph.
Sadly, the jets have lost their Nut in AH2. Something about them isnt the same. It feels like they've gained weight since AH1. It could be me, but thats how it feels.
I used to fly them alot in AH1. And I really wouldnt be afraid to turn fight in them givin a 1v1 maybe 2v1 op with the right conditions. Now I wouldnt think of it. Not like I used to anyways. Again, they just feel way too heavy to me. Much heavier than they used to.