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I use to fly the 1A a lot, but since there are so many run-90's and pee-51's, I have changed to the 47M so I can press them a little more when they turn tail...
The hogs are great when fast, but not bad when slow (for a little bit). They can't accelerate out of a bad situation like a spit, but if you can keep their speed up, and not get too slow when lots of cons are around, they can be super fun birds.
Flaps are great on these birds, when going over the top inverted, they can help get your nose down more quickly making a decent stall fighter (rope a dope). They are heavy, so the zoom climb well.
When getting slow, turn off combat trim. When I see speeds are coming down, I turn off combat trim at 200 mph, locking the trim at that spot (as long as you don't have a manual trim wheel set, this works). Now when you pop flaps, you won't get any weird bouncing. You can turn it back on when you speed back up.
I drain the left wing tank till it's dry, then switch to main. This seems to add weight to the right side, balancing against the prop rotation. It may not actually do anything, but that's what I was taught.
I set the guns with a cross convergence. The inner guns at 375, middle guns 350, outer 325. Never fire till you see the icon at 400.
You can use the gear and the giant rudder to keep from overshooting, and get an overshoot.
Good luck
