ease down ladies, thanks for the input.
I did get much better results by deploying a couple notches of flaps as soon as I could in the turn, killing pretty much any unwary spit in a couple turns
I still have to mind some habits taken while flying US iron, I always try to fight nose down to increase the speed of the combat and use the flaps to surprise the nmy, and that just doesn't work in the niki
the bnz capabilities are not so bad tho! it retains E quite well, climbs good, and maintains elevator authority at very high speeds
I like it, its a better plane than the 51 to get a lot of kills on your own.