Mornin' folks, I've been thinking of a way to try and help folks beyond the damage I'm doing in one on one sessions and it occurred to me that I could post films and then ask people to spot my mistakes which would hopefully spawn more questions and generate a discussion that would result in some people walking away having learned something.
So to kick off this little experiment I have a film from a P-38 duel I with Madda the other night, if memory serves we flew 4 or 5 he won the first couple and I won the last couple including the one in the film below. My victory was more of a last ditch move and lucky shot, Madda controlled most of the fight. For that duel I was more aggressive than usual, both on the merge and I was experimenting a bit with some more aggressive throttle work.
I get some angles on the merge, then lose them, spend most of the fight on the defensive then manage to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat at the very end (which is a change, usually my gunnery lets me snatch defeat from the jaws of victory
).
So here's the question, where did I go wrong? What could I have done differently that could have kept me on the offensive rather than the defensive for most of the fight?
Let the experiment commence.
http://trainers.hitechcreations.com/files/soulyss/38duel_madda.ahfI don't want to just here from the vets and the experts here, I encourage anyone to throw an idea out, there isn't a "wrong" answer here if it means you learn something from it.