Author Topic: Poll: Are you a turn-fighter? (Read 1223 times)

devious · « **Reply #30 on:** December 19, 2002, 03:54:38 AM »

BnZ, plus sometimes I'll try to E-fight - and get killed moments thereafter

DVader · « **Reply #31 on:** December 19, 2002, 05:43:23 AM »

I fly the F4u mostly so BnZ is my tactic of choice but sometimes if it's a 1 on 1 ill give a couple notches on flaps and TnB. As often as not I come out on the bad end of that. Usually if I cant get the kill early in a TnB fight Im dead.

skernsk · « **Reply #32 on:** December 19, 2002, 08:20:28 AM »

I prefer the turn fight, but ultimately end up in a HO situation which pisses off the other guy. I never back down from a HO pass. Hell. why do you get mad at me if YOU flew straight at me and we collided or ripped each other wings off? If I'm lucky enough I survive and can TURN back to get the chute:)

I hate the BnZ fight because they make it look so damn easy and for me every time I try it I end up with a really bad pass or black out, or rip my wings off, .... you get the point.

keyapaha · « **Reply #33 on:** December 19, 2002, 08:41:16 AM »

I t&b and b&z all planes, but I like a good turnfight the best

Dago · « **Reply #34 on:** December 19, 2002, 09:00:37 AM »

I prefer to think of myself as a "turd fighter', always doing battle with those turds who fly P51s, 190s and N1Ks.

Since the only plane Popeye lets me fly is a Spitfire, I seem to be a turn fighter.

dago

NoBaddy · « **Reply #35 on:** December 19, 2002, 09:07:50 AM »

I turn fight. Of course, the majority of my turns are vertical

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Nifty · « **Reply #36 on:** December 19, 2002, 09:17:32 AM »

I'm an angles fighter. Whatever it takes to get the angle for the shot, I do it. If it's flat turning, so be it. Vertical turning, so be it. Letting a guy with more E think he's gonna get a shot, then roll over on his 6 and take shots as he's extending, so be it. Shoot you in the face as you try to avoid the HO, hellz yea.

Thing is, I suck.

I get a kill here, a kill there. then I die about 5 times in a row.

gofaster · « **Reply #37 on:** December 19, 2002, 09:42:07 AM »

I usually fly a variety of airplanes. If I'm flying a new plane, I'll try to turn it first and, if that fails, then I'll try BnZ. Doing TOD and the CT has given me some R4d FIgH+eR 5K1Ll5 in the midwar planes, but I get eaten alive in the MA unless I'm in a FW 190a8.

BUG_EAF322 · « **Reply #38 on:** December 19, 2002, 09:54:52 AM »

I dance around in the lightning.

Nilsen · « **Reply #39 on:** December 19, 2002, 10:06:20 AM »

both, depending on the ride

stegor · « **Reply #40 on:** December 19, 2002, 10:25:21 AM »

I walk on the border between E-fight and B&Z.... trying to avoid T&B; I suck at it:D
B&Z request more preparation and can be boring sometimes,but geezzzz.... what a sensation when you reverse your plane and go down for the target;)

Tabasco · « **Reply #41 on:** December 19, 2002, 10:37:02 AM »

To me there's nothing like an intense turn fight. Slow Spit vs. Spit or Nik dances on the edge of stall. I love it when planes slam on the brakes and start scissoring as I come up behind them hoping I'll overshoot. I LIVE for that chit. If I'm in a SpitV, I slow right down with 'em. If in a speedster, take advantage of their blown E. BnZ is cool if your opponent is overly aggressive. Zoom back up to your perch and watch the con attempt to reach up to you and close the distance till he starts slowing down, then nose over and light 'em up. Of course, overshooting in that situation has gotten me killed.

Energy fighting is the real challenge when it's not so easy to tell who has the advantage (that's when I get killed the most). There's an "escape window" that's closing as the fight goes on, and you gotta decide if you're going to need it before it shuts, especially when you're in a speedster and fighting an La-7 or Yak.

Saintaw · « **Reply #42 on:** December 19, 2002, 12:07:09 PM »

I am a converted Spit-tard.

Badguy · « **Reply #43 on:** December 19, 2002, 04:19:32 PM »

I am the type of pilot that you need to hold still and let me shoot you. My style really depends on what I am flying and what mood I am in.

Happy Flying

Badguy

TheManx · « **Reply #44 on:** December 19, 2002, 06:46:30 PM »

Bit of both depending on numbers. If there are high numbers of enemy vs ally, I tend to fight more conservatively and turnfight only in short durations. If it's relatively even matched, I'll turnfight anything with pretty much everything.