Happened to catch a good clip on this mornings "dawn patrol"...
I'm "bounced" by a higher spit....a couple of things I thought might be helpful to newer pilots.....
1) I let him put his cards on the table...I never try and climb into higher planes....especially spits, nikki's etc....
2) I give him my 6, to me this is actually less risky overall then reversing into him with that much E differential. I want him "locked in" not working his game from over me.
3) His speed apporaches 500 mph...and he's 120+ at the time of his 1st shot.....but by the time I 1st shoot he's 70 mph faster (~320/250) and by the time he's forced out in front we're less then 50 mph and I have the alt advantage which lets me catch up to him....
4) Even though I'm "neg E" you can see/hear me coming off both wep and the gas to work the angles and keep pressure on. You can see just how unimportant his speed advantage is.
This is a good illustration of why taking "top down" shot/attack profiles is such poor tactics. A good "reverse" is always set up by a poor attack.
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