A question: how do you manage speed during dogfight ??

[MorgothNL]

Hey, I was in those games , my first sim-mode games. It was really cool

Anyways, I will not pretend Im a pro at sim, because I have only played a few games, but they went pretty well.

About the speed: dont be afraid to cut your throttle to 0%. If you are still going to fast, make some barrel roll behind your enemy. Also, I noticed that not every one in the game realised that your turning radius will decrease, of you decrease speed. Due to this I was able to outturn spits with my 109 k-4. The turn RATE will decrease as well like you said. But the smaller turn radius, will make you turn inside their turn, thus giving you an angle to fire on him (most of the time). The smaller turn radius with the lower speed, is also nice to shake someone off, since he will overshoot your turn, and because of his bigger turn radius, he will never have angle to fire on you.

Also, when turning, put combat flaps (if you did not allready).
Thats all the advise I can give for now, but I'll be playing more sim from now on , so prob I will learn a thing or two more myself .

Hope to see you again in the skies !

[Soulsurfer]

Originally Posted by MorgothNL

Hey, I was in those games , my first sim-mode games. It was really cool

Yea sim mode is the way to go, none of that red arrow malarky

[Benrizz]

YEP You were there too SoulSurfer

That's why I arrive to the conclusions that we are very few to play SIM on the Xbox live and most of us are on that very forum wich is however great

[Voyager]

I mostly play offline on the PC, but I use high Yo-yo's myself. That way I keep my energy, but can still get inside them, and if you'e coming down with a high deflection, they can't get a bead on you before you're out of range. If you do this on someone who in a low turn fight, and they try to engage you, you get them low, slow, and going in a semi-straight line.

The problem is, you're very vulnerable at the peak of the yo-yo. If someone else is above you, they can pounce you while you're slow at a high angle of attack. On the other hand, yo-yo's and vertical turns are the only way I've found for BnZ planes to get inside TnBers in a turn fight. Ya picks ya poison.