My first Guns-only Dogfight vs Mig-29S

[LeCuvier]

I'm not good at dogfighting, but I wanted to see how much of a break the Hornet can give me. So I set up a 1:1 encounter vs a Mig-29S piloted by AI, both fighters not carrying missiles nor external tanks.

It took a few turns, but the Hornet gained turn by turn. I was impressed with her stability at low speed, at one point I was down to about 140 kts and she was still stable and obeying commands. And I got my kill! This plane is phantastic!

 

 

Track attached.

FA-18 vs Mig-29S Gunfight 20180605.trk

[fmedges]

I tried 2 v 1 vs 2 mig 15’s. I got waxed multiple times.

[LeCuvier]

I tried 2 v 1 vs 2 mig 15’s. I got waxed multiple times.

With its low thrust/mass ratio, the Mig-15bis should not be a match at all for a modern fighter. But the AI version of this fighter has infinite thrust, near to zero mass, and incredible manoeuverability. You can only kill it with missiles.

I tried 1:1 and had no chance against this performance monster.

To get even, I shot it down with a Bf.109 :thumbup: Not joking!

[Oceandar]

I was also conducting some A2A guns combat with DCS AI (excellent) Fighters in SP. I can say the hardest to beat were MiG-29, F-15 and F-16.

[Icebeat]

I'm not good at dogfighting, but I wanted to see how much of a break the Hornet can give me. So I set up a 1:1 encounter vs a Mig-29S piloted by AI, both fighters not carrying missiles nor external tanks.

It took a few turns, but the Hornet gained turn by turn. I was impressed with her stability at low speed, at one point I was down to about 140 kts and she was still stable and obeying commands. And I got my kill! This plane is fantastic!

 

 

Track attached.

 

I honestly don't see it so impressed, yes it is more stable at low speed but it doesn't have enough punch to recover speed, so basically you are a sitting duck.