That... and thirty six 50 cal mouse pointable guns that always shred me (and, truthfully, most other attackers I've watched) before I can even damage one enough to kill it. 
You're hitting it wrong. Try to gain alt on em, get ahead of them and dive from the top. I've seen many pilots, (Grizz without the 262, Steve, just to name a couple) do this and shred us. If you come from the 6 you have ball/top, waist, and tail to worry about, from top all you have is ball.