The trick is timing it perfectly and maneuvering sharply out of his guns. If you start to do it too early say 600yds... he has time to readjust and shoot you still. If you do it too late, he shoots you before you initiate. The key is to do it just before he begins to fire (due to net leg). Don't be afraid to let him get close as long as you have it visualized in your head how you are going to dodge him. The closer you let him get and still being able to effectively dodge will also enhance the effectiveness of your next maneuver.
Ah Fieldmarschall hittin the nail on the head
As your plane rolls inverted (canopy down) at the top you can neg G push to delay your nose. The bandit is trying to time your nose drop across his guns. If you delay your nose drop by neg G push while inverted at the top you will force him to roll too soon. Therefore either sliding just past him or actually getting guns yourself.
If you slide down to him you can side slip and stall with the rudder. I always try to make the bandit roll inverted here and I go canopy up and stall both wings all flaps out and wait for the bandit snap it ....after that it is ramming close but your inside and ready for guns.
The object is to bait him to guns on (pure pursuit). Each time he does this he is pulling to stall and becoming unstable. I always try to keep my canopy opposite from his....as in the bottom of both planes facing each other. THis makes the bandit want to roll to get guns. Since you are expecting this it is easy to time your roll such that you catch him dropping his nose in a near zero airspeed state.
hey neat twist...gotta try that
One other interesting factor here is with some aircraft the "fatal funnel" has a bit more...uh wiggle room. Hispano and 50 cal birds and thier high speed turn/ high G load ballistics can still make you lose some parts by pulling up and spraying
keep in mind an F4U can readjust and blast you in a near blackout/blackout G pull while a K4 would be rendered nearly harmless
Adjust and bait accordingly
anywhoo
Ardy I'd have to say you are quite adept at this aspect of ACM already. I feel that vert reversals are a crapshoot at some points, it gives you a fighting chance a good amount of the time..... but I've found sticks that wont bite ( Mtnman comes to mind, he'll just pull away and go set a trap for you ) and people who just get lucky. I've got craploads of videos of perfect examples and complete failures if you want to study them....I'll post if you are interested, but again I think you got this down already.
on bro
