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Offline thrila

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Poll: Are you a turn-fighter?
« Reply #15 on: December 18, 2002, 05:41:08 PM »
I usually energy fight.  That's not to say that i wont turnfight once in a while.:)
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« Reply #16 on: December 18, 2002, 05:46:46 PM »
BTW, if you need to turn flat, you've done something really wrong before.

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« Reply #17 on: December 18, 2002, 06:07:41 PM »
I do a little bit of both... usually start as B&Z let it degrade to T&B until a certain point I know that I will lose the advantage.  Then I disengage.:)

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« Reply #18 on: December 18, 2002, 06:12:15 PM »
SPITDARDS??? people who dont turn fight ,, suck at it  so they use advantage and bounce ya with their la7 or stang ,, run  ,, or bounce you when you are in a turn fight with a true fighter . I think the spit is gettin a bad rap in here . zeke and hurrican aren't dweeb AC'S ??
I think its the pilot  not the AC that are dweebs
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Offline vorticon

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« Reply #19 on: December 18, 2002, 06:48:33 PM »
im a try to fly and die fighter on defence...once im on your arse well...lets just say that 20mm hispanos are very good flor wing clipping

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« Reply #20 on: December 18, 2002, 06:51:11 PM »
all i used to do was turn fight. prob is i usually couldnt run when i was out of ammo. so now iam a bnz least this way i gotta chance

Offline J_A_B

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« Reply #21 on: December 18, 2002, 07:15:27 PM »
Turn fight?    E-fight?      I do whatever I think will work  :)

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« Reply #22 on: December 18, 2002, 07:52:57 PM »
I do have to admit that 20mm hispanoz can spit out lotsa trash. Doesnt bother me a bit cas I got 4x20mm in my A8.

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« Reply #23 on: December 18, 2002, 10:38:35 PM »
Funny I think most folks dont realise there is a difference between Energy Fighting, and Boom n Zoom.  Thou I can see a few do.  

I attempt to E Fight whenever I can,  some situations require differnt tactics.   Of course this doesnt mean Im good at it, but I try.

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« Reply #24 on: December 18, 2002, 11:19:25 PM »
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« Reply #25 on: December 18, 2002, 11:34:46 PM »
I fly toward the enemy get into a position where I can shoot and thats about it. Sometimes this means I turn and other times not. I love to stall the enemy on the vertical ropes and shoot them when they can barely move.

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« Reply #26 on: December 19, 2002, 12:30:29 AM »
I guess I can identify with all of you. In the beginning I was a Spit turnfighter, then a Tempest B&Z (in H2H where one can fly perk planes at will)...now I fly the 109 G10 and try to fly smartly and be E-aware. Do I succeed? Sometimes I do, but often I find myself on the deck with an La7 on my tail, and, even though I think I can squeeze the most out of my 109 in a turn, it's not enough...

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« Reply #27 on: December 19, 2002, 01:18:48 AM »
Depends on the plane I'm flying.  I normally fly the P-38, F6F, and sometimes the 190A-5 or Spit V for kicks.

My fighting style in the 38 is hard to define.  It cannot dive to great speed without compressing, so BnZ attacks must be carefully managed; I will not dive from the stratosphere on people, perhaps only 5,000 feet or so.

As far as TnBing, I don't use it like a Spit V and whip it around in tight circles.  I always use the vertical in a stallfight.  Nothing immels and loops like a P-38.  Having no net torque is a godsend, and with flaps out, I can get down to about 40 mph before my nose will fall.   So, I don't turn and burn, I loop and burn. :)

On the other hand, the F6F is a wonderful BnZ plane, but I can also surprise people at low speed in a stall fight with the aid of one or two notches of flaps.  Generally I try to climb above a furball and pick out the stragglers, and I'll engage in a stall fight with certain other planes if necessary, but never spitfires.

190A-5 is the perfect BnZ plane, but without the Dora's ability to run from anything, so flying it often tends to test your defensive skills.

The Spit V is, in my opinion, the best TnB plane in the game.  I only fly it for defending a base against superior numbers.  It's slow, but it's one of those planes where I can emerge the victor when greatly outnumbered, as long as my opponents aren't too clever.  I try to exploit people's aggression and greed for kills to be successful.

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« Reply #28 on: December 19, 2002, 01:24:27 AM »
Turn fighting is a blast and what I prefer. I love my Hurricane Mk1 because it takes some skill to fly correctly and even more to get kills in it with the 303's. I have been trying my hand at bnz but i find it kinda boaring to climb to 20-25K only to find somebody else at 30K+ not much fun in that at all!
  I don't think there are any dweeb planes out there, just the people who fly them. LOL the worst are the BnZ guys that you do manage to catch in an awkward position, flame them and then hear them whine on ch1 about it.


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« Reply #29 on: December 19, 2002, 03:44:05 AM »
Many people says that the B&Z is boring. It depends

Its true when enemy come with huge E advantage and use real Hit & Run tactics with minimum 5k extend runs (Ponys, 190s, P47s, F4Us etc) ;-).

Things come litlebit different when enemy use Hit & Climb tactics with 109s (not G10), Spit9 etc and stays inside 3k. Like somebody says once: Energy knifefight.

I had some very good fights in MA which start about 20k-30k and end to the deck or allmost. Once it was Spit9 vs Spit9 and fight progress like: about 25k Hit & Run to push enemy to turn, 15k Hit & Climb and last 8k vertical Turn & Burn. It was loong fight where I give and take hits.