Originally posted by Benny Moore
Well, you're probably right about the mindset, but what I said was quite true. If the other pilot's as good as or better than you, and he's already behind or above you, you're screwed.
That partly depends on if you're in matched or unmatched planes and what tactics each "equal" pilot is comfortable using.
I got jumped one night from above by a Tempest and a FW190, the Temp flow by a "better" pilot than me. I was the one who flew home and landed in my Spit XVI. Neither of those guys made it out alive.
High yo-yo, low yo-yo, flat scissors, rolling scissors, flat turn, loop, immelman, split-s, defensive spiral, flaps out, gear out, WEP on, throttle off, etc, etc, etc. It's difficult for even the best of pilots to react instantaneously to the arsenal of tactics available to the defensive player.
Yes, I agree you are in trouble but in no way have you lost until you've lost.