You don't have to be a timid alt monkey to get perks. You can fly like however you normally fly, just in lower-ranked ENY planes.
P.S. Take 100% internal and no DT, switch to manual fuel select and drain main tank first. Save aux for when you get that main tank fuel hit.
P.P.S. You'll note I said "when" not "if"....
Who said anything about being a timid alt-monkey? It's smart play in a d-11, dude! Up against a spit 16 or an LA7, you're damn right I'm gonna come in with an advantage! The alt is just to make sure you have smash when you join the fray.
Once you're in, you have smash to move verticaly, horizontally, do whatever you need to do to beat up on 'em. when your airspeed drops to about 250, zoom up, extend, come back with some alt. Easy!
Aux tank moves the Cg too far back in the 47. I drain that one first. If you leave it full, you can wind up in a wicked accelerated stall that's tough to get out of.
I was just throwing out easy ways to get perkies. If you want *REALLY* easy perkies, take the jug with 100% up to around 20K, and go bomber hunting.
