I was a little perturbed the other day when I was verbally assaulted and called a HO dweeb for getting a kill. I didn't think it was a HO, and was wondering if perhaps Lag played a part.
Pony Hi, Me Tempest lower. Pony avoides the HO (as I did), he pulled up and did a good job of retaining E. I pushed low and also retained plenty of E. I however turned the corner quicker, actually I think the P51 wasn't going to fool with me, but I pursued. On approach to the P51's 6, he began a hard left turn, I adjusted left and this is what I saw. HIS wings were perpendicular to the ground, mine were level and I racked his plane. Saw one hit on the nose, one around the canopy and perhaps one hit on the Tail. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I didn't really think that counted as a HO lol. Could lag have been a player? COULD lag be so bad that he saw an actual HO merge while I was seeing the entire top of his aircraft? Just wondering because I was on the other side of the coin once. I turned and saw a straight on HO and the other guy referred to it as a "frontal deflection shot" whatever the hell that is.