With respect Widewing, but in that case when you challenge everyone you should of stated "I'll fly that against any late war fighter flown by anyone." but also added "within DA rules only".
So.. Energy fighting you in vertical, not BnZ, I was trying to keep it close while maintaining an energy advantage without extending beyond 2k just for the sake of fun.. Then after a few passes as I was extending in vertical again through about 1.3k you added DA rules telling me 1.5k not 2k which basically reduces the scenario to a TnB fight, hence I landed. Not because I didn't want to TnB a yak against your F4 but because you added the rules mid way which changed the scenario from an open challenge/gauntlet as per your initial thread comments to a DA fight within limits suiting TnB..
Anyway no big deal, just that I took the time out to drop in say hello and hang around for a while which I haven't done in the TA for years.
<S>...-Gixer
I mentioned dueling rules in text earlier and assumed you understood. I guess I was incorrect. As I said at the time, these fights are not about bragging rights or ego, they are about trying some new things and having fun.
As it was, you flew out about 10 to 15 miles while I circled the field at 200 mph waiting and answering other player's questions in text. When you finally came back, I eventually spotted you on my six 4k distant closing at high speed. I realized you were attacking, so I did an off angle split-S to build a little E for a merge. We passed, I reversed and you extended out more than 4k. I even elected to keep a full drop tank because you had loaded excessive fuel. After the initial merge, I would meet you nose on nose, reverse and chase you while you extended out, sometimes in excess of 2k. On one HO merge, I tried to angle off a bit, but you face-shot me. On the next merge, I returned the favor. After a while, it got rather boring, so I started following you up to see if I could milk my E enough to catch you. I finally had pitched off the drop tank when it was obvious that you weren't going to maneuver with me. After a while, I was able equalize E states anyway, on your six 500 yards behind. I then stated that I was breaking left and offered you a clean re-merge. However, you elected to land anyway.
Had I realized what kind of a fight you had in mind, I would have climbed out on an opposite heading and met you Co-Alt with some E built up. I can play the high speed game as well as anyone. However, I suspect that the result would have been merge/extend/merge/extend until one of us ran out of gas.
I would be willing to trade planes with you and duel, perfectly content to maneuver fight in a Yak against a 109F. The Yak-9U can give the 109F a very hard fight, even within dueling rules.
I started film after the second merge. The film is exactly 10 minutes long. I'll send you a link to it via PM if you want a copy.
Next time, lets concentrate on mixing it up more as it'll be more fun and you may find that the Yak can fight effectively close-in, even against a 109F. As I said, we can trade planes, or I'll switch up to something else, like a P-39. Spend a few hours of furballing with the Yak and you may find that it's fun, and not as boring as the high speed, low risk style. It's the TA, you can go for broke and risk getting whacked, as there's no penalty.
Well, I do appreciate you coming by and hope you come again, and take the risk of a few knife fights. It'll be fun, regardless of outcome.
My regards,
Widewing
(edited for typo)
