Yeah, I hate trying to rely on the scissors at ANY time. I usually make my pass, if I don't get the kill, which would only be poor gunnery on my part (I run the full gun load), I usually just try to break off in a gentle zoom, once I have separation I bring it back around. Or if I REALLY want a kill, just chop throttle and ride out on their 6, eventually getting it, while setting myself up for the spit/La crowd. This actually worked to my advantage once, I got 3 kills from overshoots! I guess the 190 is the same as any other good bird, get it low'n'slow and you're dead. For what it's worth... I still think the a5 is the best! You can have your doras, shove 'em! gimme my a5 anyday! Heheh
Edit: Of course that simple B'n'Z doesn't always work so perfectly... that's where sometimes I play... the A5 will actually do more than people give it credit for! I was accused if cheating once when I outturned a spit... well duh! If the spit is in a flat turn and I use the vertical, hell yeah I just outturned his flat turn! Common sense duh! Guess he didn't understand...
I think maybe I should just keep flying it the way I'm doing now... I'll learn more as I go, but I know enough too...