Terracota, as they explained, the more u want the kill, the more you shake. But usually I'm not freacking out. When u know that you have a plane who turns about same or better, then no need to sweat, the guy can't out turn you. So seat back, relax, follow him, let him sweat and do something silly, you will got him sooner or later, take your time.
Don't go on hard abrupt manoeuvering to follow him, work on keeping your E, especially if it's a G10 vs Niki or something. you will notice that most guys do scisors, I could catch up with faster planes even in Niki by flight straight and level while my target was slaloming in front of me always crossing my gun seight (then lossing E, thus speed).
Go easy on ammos too, don't spray like crazy when he is barrel rolling all other. Again, relax, follow, wait for him to cross ur gun seight and throw a short burst. When I started AH, I was always in a good firing position when i had no ammo, and that makes u feel mad at yourself.
[This message has been edited by SFRT - Frenchy (edited 07-04-2000).]