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Help and Support Forums => Help and Training => Topic started by: devild0gs on November 04, 2008, 05:43:05 AM
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I have been playing AH for a while but I kind of taught myself everythign I have played just around 2 years I took a 1 year break and starting up again. I used 2 be really good I had been teaching myself BnZ and cherry picking I was finally doing good getting more kills than deaths and hardly ever dying. But I just came back and realized seriously how much I am missing out on. My tactics dont work not because I dont remember them because I do but I just never learned them right. So I would like to call on anyone if you would be kind enough to help me out with training my turns/scissors/and mainly how to get someone off my six. I have no problem dodging people who BnZ me but when someone of equal speed is on me I cant get them off at all. Thank you guys <Devild0gs>
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If you want to read information, both the training site and search function here will give you more than enough info. If you want a little 1on1 training with a trainer, stop by the Training Arena and look them up. They are most helpful.
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I have no problem dodging people who BnZ me but when someone of equal speed is on me I cant get them off at all. Thank you guys <Devild0gs>
The art of air combat of course is to not let that bogey of equal speed "get on you" to begin with. This is always the first option that you should be working toward which is either neutralizing or getting an angles advantage at the start on the bogey.
When you're being bnz'd, there's usually a difference in relative speeds that makes it easier to create flight path overshoots because the bogey is going faster than you.
In a co-speed case that difference in airspeeds doesn't exist therefore it's much more important to not be at an angles disadvantage to start with. Bearing in mind that it's all very situational, in general you want to try and get pointed nose-to-nose with your bogey as much as possible at the start to reduce or neutralize any angles the bogey has on you. What I find to be a fundamental factor that decides my initial angles in this situation is choosing which direction I'm going to turn. That choice of direction of turn depends on a myriad of things and very situational.
If you start out with an angles disadvantage then the trick becomes using everything you have in your disposal to take away that angles/positional advantage the bogey has on you.
Of course it's good advice to find someone who will work with you (e.g. like the trainers in the TA) to help you develop your recognition of different situations and the various actions / reactions you might have at your disposal.
Tango, XO
412th FS Braunco Mustangs
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jump on the rook side tonite...we'll wing up :salute
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Yes I know the braunco mustangs very well <S> I flew with you in my immature pre-puberty days and got some tough love on self control xD so I am back in balance willing to give it another go. 412th is what got me pretty much flying p-51's only and def switching back 2 rooks thats were my roots are :lol
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I almost bounced a TBM last nite but I held high for my squadie to get the kill...and it was you. :lol Was going to PM you but seen you're in a squad so decided not to. Look us up, if and when you come over. :salute