Dogfight

[USARStarkey]

This is from not too long after I bought this game. Try not to rip too hard lol.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJRvpFePt3w

[Sceptre]

"6.5/10, it was ok" -IGN

[USARStarkey]

lol. I dont doubt that it was bad. Long time ago.

[SDsc0rch]

did i just see the speedbrake out AND the afterburner wide open..?

; )

[=Pedro=]

External views, labels, speed way too high! :D

[USARStarkey]

External views, labels, speed way too high! :D

 

Nobody used externals for the fight. That is obviously just the replay. Labels were on because this is right after we both started playing.

 

My brake was out because I had a horrible control scheme at the time an it was easier to just airbrake without any throttle adjustment sometimes. Like I said, this was really early on lol

[GGTharos]

So what I saw is summarized (50000' view) like this:

 

You gave away the fight. But the flanker pilot wasn't able to take advantage of this.

 

Then you went high and turned back down to him while he had his nose pointed at you, inviting shots on your aircraft.

 

At some point then the flanker gave up the fight, and you took advantage of it after a while.

 

Generally the fight took too long.

[TAW_Blaze]

I almost started screaming at the screen when I saw the flanker on idle power and brake out in contrails when turning at something like 200 knots.

 

The music was awesome though!

[USARStarkey]

So what I saw is summarized (50000' view) like this:

 

You gave away the fight. But the flanker pilot wasn't able to take advantage of this.

 

Then you went high and turned back down to him while he had his nose pointed at you, inviting shots on your aircraft.

 

At some point then the flanker gave up the fight, and you took advantage of it after a while.

 

Generally the fight took too long.

 

I wont argue it was perfect lol. Far From it. It was from early days. I just put it up because music/dogfights are cool. You guys are right that I gave up that first turn pretty badly. But the battle at high alt it not quite as it seems.

 

I will explain some things though. Yeah, I cocked up my first turn. I had a really poorly arranged control scheme at the time i got lost in my keyboard etc. That being said, I was going for a fast vertical turn, which I find usually works on Flankers. Alas, he got on my six, but he was somewhat distant, so I dove to gain E and did some Guns D to throw him out of sync long enough that I could get far enough out to accelerate out of gun range (.7-.8nm) Then I ran till I had about 1nm on him, and went vertical. He was far enough away in that climb that it was highly unlikely that he could hit me. My mistake at the top was that I didn't hold the climb long enough, I could have made a much tighter reversal and ended it there. He did not still have his nose on me, and at that point he had so little nose authority I dont think it would have mattered if he had. But I didnt take advantage like I should have. However, when we were spiraling around at 35k or whatever it was, I assure you(I know this from talking to the pilot) that he couldnt get his nose up on me, and we were both push as hard as possible to get around.

 

Anyhow I just thought this would be fun to put up. My block of text is more to give insight into our perspective during the fight, since I know you guys can only see it from that "50000" ft view. :) Obviously there are alot of mistakes. Just clarify some things is all.

Edited June 27, 2014 by USARStarkey

[Stuge]

I liked the music!

 

And I liked that it was long.

 

Once you guys got high though, I was hoping for a little tighter double helix :D