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Title: Book on ACM??
Post by: hogfarmr on February 26, 2001, 10:58:00 PM

Anyone know of a good book on ACM used for WW2 type aircraft. I've been looking around but all i can find is some pretty basic stuff.
TIA
-Hog

Title: Book on ACM??
Post by: ByTor on February 27, 2001, 12:04:00 AM

 The finest teacher of ACM I've read to date is 'Fighter Combat' by Robert Shaw from  Naval Institute Press.  
 If you are truely driven to learn the 'art' of air-combat this is essential reading.
 I humbly suggest making this your favorite 'potty-time' reading as I (and many others) have before and after me.
 The information contained therein will afford you the skills to become a formidable adversary even when fighting from a position of disadvantage.The avg.sim pilot learns quickly enough the art of the kill from superior position,_the pilots that amaze me most are the ones that kill you from a lower E-state.These are also by far the most fun to fly against,as having blown an initial energy adv.,they have the ACM knowledge to press the attack from equal ground now,rather than extend. You have all come across these types and marveled at their execution.I will point out Kieren and Udie as this calibre pilot.Scores aside,when you come across a true master of ACM,you can descend in your chute with a smile and the knowledge that the art of air-combat is not gone  (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/wink.gif).
 Get this book!

Title: Book on ACM??
Post by: Vermillion on February 27, 2001, 06:38:00 AM

What ByTor said.

Bob "Mouse" Shaw is a great guy, and his book is the best. No questions asked, the BEST.

Here is a link to his book on Amazon
 http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0870210599/qid%3D983277996/105-8435881-8161513 (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0870210599/qid%3D983277996/105-8435881-8161513)

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Vermillion
**MOL**, Men of Leisure

Title: Book on ACM??
Post by: Effdub on February 27, 2001, 08:39:00 AM

yep, Shaw's book is "the ACM bible"  (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/smile.gif)

Effdub

Title: Book on ACM??
Post by: Effdub on February 27, 2001, 08:40:00 AM

yep, Shaw's book is "the ACM bible"  (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/smile.gif)

Effdub