I would turn my back and he'd get brave and turn to re-engage but as soon as I would turn around, he'd turn the opposite way and run. Not once did SixO try and fight, he only wanted to engage if there was absolutely no chance of him getting shot down, this kept up for over 30 minutes until I finally ran out of fuel and my engine quit so I augered as SixO kept running.
I agree AckAck...and what you will hear from these testicularly challenged folks is:
A. "Why would I want to 1 v 1 you when I don't have to"?
B. "This is what the P51, HOGs, LALA's, ad nauseum were designed to do during WW II but you expect me to turn-fight you"
C. "I'm extending..."
D. "I am using my speed"
I say testicularly challenged because they make a choice NOT to fight...even in 1 v 1 situations...there is one squad specifically...they seem to good pileits but if they see anything that turns well...they only engage if there are two or more of them. Is that a WW II tactic? Sure. But so was turn fighting....see Pug Southerland vs Saburo Sakai. In making the choice NOT to fight, they say something about themselves...to run from a fight in the real world is cowardly...but to run from a fight in cartoon land???? That becomes a negative number on the I-AM-YELLOW chart. Just sayin...
Changeup
Grizz - A fight includes extending a bit in their a/c and re-engaging sometime in our near future. Jumping on VOX and proudly claiming their WW II historically correct, cerebrally perfect, extend-escape tactic does not. Low on fuel, got it...no ammo, roger...pilot wound, cool...1/2 a wing missing, understood. Small weinered, sackless historically correct runner = tinyjohnson.