For all those who said "F3 makes no difference", "I don't use F3", "can't shoot in F3", "I only use F3 for SA", F3 doesn't help at all" please take a look at the stats for the il2 tween tour 135 and tour 136, I think they speak loudly for themselves
Now to move on to "no F3 for any plane with fixed forward firing guns"
Just saying
JUGgler
perhaps you should look at the gv/plane kill ratio and see which one drop. I dont think many people used the il2 to furball, except for ghi. but I did notice this tour and last tour havent had many gv battles and this is mostly due to not many people upping gv's due to the new change. less gv's, less il2 kills.
not saying your f3 theory is wrong, but they're other things you have to consider.
semp
edit : just checked the stats, gv kills are way down as compared to last month. so less gvs then less il2 kills.