Have you checked out the following sites:
http://trainers.hitechcreations.com/http://www.netaces.org/Specifically these articles:
http://www.netaces.org/altmonkey/altmonkey.htmhttp://www.netaces.org/gunsdefense/gunsdefense.htmhttp://www.netaces.org/avoidbnz/avoidbnz.htmhttp://www.netaces.org/reversals/reversals.htmIts best not to let someone on your six in the first place. There is a difference between 'camped out' on your 6, and someone closing in on your 6 with more speed than you (closure rate). The former is the worst place to be in - eg someone with little to no closure rate dead behind you and within guns range. The later is a much better proposition. Avoid the camped out scenario at all costs!
Heres some simple things to do to help your defensives:
- stay at your aircrafts best corner velocity/turn rate. Too slow and you cant move out of your opponents cross hairs fast enough. The faster you can change heading (rate), the quicker you can move out of danger. Too slow, and you're an easy kill. You'll find this to be around 180-240 depending on the aircraft (200-220 is a good starting point).
- always turn towards your attacker, so that you pass him as close to head-on as possible. This forces them to have to turn more, and more tighter to turn onto your six which costs them energy. Also hanging out directly underneath your attacker forces them to go into steep energy wasting dives which are easily avoided.
- engineer a high closure rate, by trying to be slower than your opponent, but not below your best corner speed. This means you need to have a reasonable guess at your opponents energy stakes and speed (look at how fast the distance closes as he dives at you). Turn into them a bit so they approach you from 3-4 o'clock or 8-9 o'clock if you can't completely turn to meet them in time. This increases their closure rate and makes it easier to avoid their shots (not to mention to engineer an overshoot). Barrel-rolls can help sometimes to increase the closure rate. Use your throttle if you're too fast to slow down. Use the rudder to skid if you're too fast. Deploy airbrakes if you have em if you're too fast etc. Be careful tho, dont scrub off too much speed tho (always stay close to your best corner speed).
Do anything you can to avoid the camped out scenario, and get a moderate to high closure rate. Closure rate doesnt always mean speed differential (but this is the simplest example). Changing the "angle off tail" (the angle they approach your 6 from) changes the closure rate as well. If you are both 250MPH, if they approach from the rear, there is no closure. If you are both 250MPH and he approaches from 3 o'clock he has closure. Dont just think breaking left and right either, think up/down/left/right (eg in all 3 dimensions). Get more used to maneuvering in all dimensions to make yourself harder to hit. Get 'out of plane' (basically make sure you wings are not aligned with your attackers).
Once you get better at engineering the closure rate and following them around in your views etc you can begin to anticipate there moves and be prepared to take advantage of the overshoots and turn the tables!
