that is all well and good guys and i assure you that i am aware of all those possibilities ...
but none of those things are what we were discussing ...
someone felt free to criticize my play style and and question my understanding of the real world parameters that this game attempts to represent.
in the process he made statements that clearly show a bias in his valuation in fighting styles and suggested a poor understanding of ACM.
i pointed that out and here we are, all of you saying if this and if that, none of which addresses the issue at hand.
i think this previous poster said it best recently ...
Actually, there are speed/turn (and altitude?) envelopes (I forget what they're called) for every aircraft. The optimum ACM is to be in a flight regime that exploits your plane's strengths vs. the enemy's weaknesses, which are not necessarily the slowest possible speed.
Extending in a dogfight is also a valid option.
Statements of the obvious, I know.
and i will take what he said for what it is and not project into it to suit any bias i may have about how one should fly.