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More great tips, thanks :) My problem is that you don't know what you don't know. Before I made this thread in my mind I was pretty decent at doing the job for which an A10 was designed.. CAS. So this means that I can fly the aircraft (take off, navigate, land), find the target and deliver ordinance to it. I am also aware of how to use the RWR to avoid targets, and which threats on the RWR are aircraft (my current biggest problem). Having taken the advice last night of shutting the HUD and MFDs down and removing all weapons and just flying the aircraft I think I'm taking a step towards beginning to understand "what I don't know" :) So last night I performed a number of basic maneuvers while keeping my eyes as much as possible off the instrumentation, and also a bunch of landings using only the altimeter and the "donut" speed indication. I think this really helped and was just plain fun. I've enjoyed learning to fly the aircraft and landings etc, but to do it without all the usual assistance was even better. Something else I did was to watch this video: This was to get a feel of what the aircraft is capable of when stripped bare. I had a go at some of it myself, was again great fun. I hope at some point to get online and see if I can find a newbie friendly server in the European time zone.

I'm not really sure how I will learn this other than waggling the stick and seeing what happens, but thank you guys for giving me some pointers.

So by turning the HUD and MFD off I will get the feeling better of how to maneuver? Trying to understand what you mean by learning to fly.

Thanks guys, some really good tips there. It's correct to say that I've learnt the systems but not BFM (google tells me this is Basic Fighter Maneuvers). So that's my next step :) From what I've read so far if you get into A2A then you've done something wrong, but from what I can tell fast missions make it totally unavoidable. But I guess I can use this to start practising BFM. Also, what is RTR? Radio Transmitter / Receiver?

I'm fairly new to A10 (bought it in the steam sale at xmas) but I've put in a good amount of time to learn most of the systems. So at this point I am fairly proficient with the basics. I am not yet an online pilot, so I mostly do either campaign missions or I use the "create a fast mission" option. What I am really struggling with when I create a fast mission is the enemies fast movers. A mission will often start with a Mig 29 or 2 on the RWR, already making a bee-line for me. What are the tactics for dealing with this? What I have been trying is to fly low, and pass over as many friendlies as I can find. I've watch the SAM avoidance youtube vid, so I understand how to avoid missiles, but it seems that I can avoid all their missiles and still get gunned down. What I am avoiding is trying to dog fighting with them, but after reaching the point where that seems like the only option.. I decided to make this forum post. Please help me :) Also, why does the AI fly past the 6 other AI controlled A10s and always go for me at the back?