Dog Fighting Help

[Ranger70]

When I engage some one it seams like they just buzz around me like i am standing still. I am a ground soldier by training and new to this. How can I get on them & stay with them? It feals like i am moveing in slow motion even when i am at full throttle. also my sites are lined up and i am giving it all but nothing seems to hit. I know i need to learn how to dog fight but some pointers to start would help. Thank you!

[Ack-Ack]

Aces High Trainer's Page


Good place to start out on how to play and fly.  You can also request a trainer's help for further instruction.  Good luck and welcome to your new addiction.  


ack-ack

[Spikes]

Originally posted by Ack-Ack
Aces High Trainer's Page


Good place to start out on how to play and fly.  You can also request a trainer's help for further instruction.  Good luck and welcome to your new addiction.  


ack-ack

lol acky

[trotter]

you feel as if you are standing still because each plane has its own E (energy) state, and the knowledge of this state (both your plane and your enemy's) is critical to having the fight turn in your favor. This is not the type of flight sim you play on a console where you move your plane up, down, left, and right and it responds to the same to each directional input. Every move you make will influence your ability to make the next move. How much E you enter the fight with will influence your ability to dictate the terms of the fight (and you should consider this). If this sounds like a lot, don't worry, if you have the patience to stick with this game you will figure at least some of it out on your own. For what you don't figure out, see a trainer.

You do not want to have the enemy in your sights if you are trying to hit him. You need to position your gunsight ahead of the bogey's current location (the amount ahead depending on angle and speed) so that while the bullets are in flight the bogey will travel a course so that the bullets will hit the enemy plane.

[Dichotomy]

1.  Ack Ack is right on.  Go to the trainers page then read read read read read read EVERYTHING.  

2. Spend time in the TA.  If a trainer isn't there usually there is someone willing to help.

3. Pick a ride and stick with it until you know it inside and out.

4. Go to netaces.org and read read read read EVERYTHING.

5. Do what you just did.  Ask questions.  You will get a whole lot of positive responses and a few bovine excrement responses.

6. Focus on the positive.  Are you getting better? If yes.. YAY.. if no WHY?  

To me this game is a lot like golf.  You aren't flying against the other guy you're flying to improve your skills and become a terror in the skies.

If you see me in the TA I'll fly target drone for ya

[MWL]

Greetings,

  I will as well, look me up in the arena.  I ain't any good, but I can attempt to dodge your bullets.

Regards,

[SgtPappy]

focus on learning noe thing at a time always. i.e. basic maneuvers, or cv landing, but never more than one. when you choose one, do NOT give up on it. When I first flew the F4U, i focused on CV landings first and made sure I could do it efficiently. It gave me an idea of the stall characteristics of my aircraft.

Also, don't fly a plane because it's 'uber' in the game. Fly it because you've always loved it. If the P-38 is too hard, keep flying it. If you've always loved the Spitfire and everyone's yelling at yor for being a noob, keep flying the Spitfire. It's a game, have fun and do so honorably.

[Oogly50]

Originally posted by Dichotomy
To me this game is a lot like golf.  You aren't flying against the other guy you're flying to improve your skills and become a terror in the skies.

If you see me in the TA I'll fly target drone for ya

So basically... If I master golfing I will be a terror in the skies?  

Yup... I can dig it.