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Old 04-30-2012, 03:23 PM
Outlaw Outlaw is offline
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Originally Posted by raaaid View Post
the foe is running away from safety of base and youre in a slower plane

what you do?

this

D

you cut his way turning left

thats the way indian caught deer running
The above statements make no sense whatsoever.

The only "turn" in the letter "D" is the long way around so a slower plane won't catch anything.

If you're talking about cutting across the opponent's turn, that would be the straight portion of the "D" which does not involve a turn.

Of course, even glazing over the obvious ridiculousness, the answer to you question of "what do you do" depends on where I am relative to him and his flight vector relative to mine. For example, if he's on my starboard wing heading directly away from me AND I want to keep him in my forward hemisphere I would make a turn to starboard.

To simply say that someone would turn left in all situations is just stupid.

--Outlaw.
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