Flight Tactics

SqdrLdr-Skipper · Post by **SqdrLdr-Skipper** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 3:05 pm

Well i was told to post regulary on the forums if I wanted to join your fine squadron so that is what I am going to do.Seen as I'm not allowed to discuss IL2 in this section.....I will just dicuss "Flight" in general.So chaps....what would you say is the best tactic to throw any enemy fighter of your tail?

Answers on the back of a postcard please or alternatively just reply to this post!

Cheers

SqdrLdr-Skipper

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 3:08 pm

Also just another quick question...do you know that your time is wrong on the forum index...it is an hour behind

.......sorry to nit pick

but i thought you'd like to know

:FI:Falcon · Post by **:FI:Falcon** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 5:15 pm

Anonymous wrote:... do you know that your time is wrong on the forum index...it is an hour behind .......sorry to nit pick but i thought you'd like to know ...

Kick him out!

obviously a trouble maker!

...

oh, wait

we like trouble makers here

... nevermind.

SqdrLdr-Skipper wrote:Seen as I'm not allowed to discuss IL2 in this section.....I will just dicuss "Flight" in general ....
SqdrLdr-Skipper

and don't worry about what to post where lad

"Off Topic" means anything.

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L.F · Post by **L.F** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 5:23 pm

this greatly depends on what aircraft you are flying

two exapamples

If your in a J8a then turn! turn like the seasons!

if you are in a p-47, dive!

It also depends on what aircraft you have behind you.

If your faster. run.

if you can turn better. do circles

But most of the time, when you have a bandit behind you, your already as good as dead.

the trick is, NOT to get him behind you.

Situationall awareness plays a great role here.

if you dont know where the bandit is.
you are dead.

if you KNOW where he is, you have a chanse.

a even greater one if he hasnt spotted you first.

keep looking around, and always know where everybody is.

avoid headons like the plauge.
they hurt.

learn to fly whit one hand and use the other hand to look around with the mouse, if you dont have track-ir.

as said, you have to know the weaknes of your aircraft, and avoid them
at the same time you have to know the weacness of the enemy aircraft, and try to bring the fight towards those areas.

take early spit vs fw-190

the spitfire can turn cirles around the fw, at LOW SPEEDS.

if the fw driver manages to lure his enemy into a high speed fight, he will win 99% of the time.

same thing if the spit can get the fw-190 slow and turning. the spitfire will win 99% of the time.

if you have any tricks to share, then come with them.

:FI:Moog · Post by **:FI:Moog** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 6:16 pm

Anonymous wrote:Also just another quick question...do you know that your time is wrong on the forum index...it is an hour behind .......sorry to nit pick but i thought you'd like to know

Technically the forum times are correct as they're given in GMT (and not BST as we're currently experiencing here in the British Isles), but if it's really sticking in your craw then you can edit you forum profile to display the correct time in your time zone, or change the date/time format, in fact you can do loads of jaw-droppingly incredible stuff there, check it out!

As regards shaking a bandit, here are the two most important tips:

1.) Don't get tailed in the first place - you should never fly straight and level for more than three seconds in the combat zone, and ALWAYS check your and your mates' sixes. But when you do get tailed...

2.) Take evasive action, ANY evasive action, immediately but remain calm. Don't snap-stall the aeroplane (if you ever stall then you've done something very wrong), kick in some rudder so you disrupt his gunsight aim, try to gain or at least maintain altitude when possible (exception is if you're in a fatty such as the P-47 which can outdive a submarine!), and hope to god that your wingman likes you enough to take the guy down BEFORE he gets you

Post by **:FI:Gurberly** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 6:59 pm

Anonymous wrote:Also just another quick question...do you know that your time is wrong on the forum index...it is an hour behind .......sorry to nit pick but i thought you'd like to know

That would depend on where you were. It is correct for me, post time says 5:59 pm and all forum times are GMT

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Post by **:FI:Gurberly** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 7:02 pm

Just bail... they loose interest pretty quickly then anyway.

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:FI:TacticalS! · Post by **:FI:TacticalS!** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 7:25 pm

:FI:Gurberly wrote:Just bail... they loose interest pretty quickly then anyway.

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Don't be giving away our squad's secrets for free mate.

Sapper-FIN · Post by **Sapper-FIN** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 7:25 pm

Scissors!!

It has saved my arse, dozens of times

You also might be able to get a shot at the bad guy, when he goes past you...

Let´s see if this animation works...

The trick is to turn from side to another, and fly slower than the enemy...

SqdrLdr-Skipper · Post by **SqdrLdr-Skipper** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 7:32 pm

Thanks for eveybody's suggestions...I will try all these out and hope I may survive to get home now.Hope to see you guys in the air sometime.

Salute!

SqdrLdr-Skipper

L.F · Post by **L.F** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 9:12 pm

:FI:Sapper-FIN wrote:Scissors!!

It has saved my arse, dozens of times You also might be able to get a shot at the bad guy, when he goes past you...

Let´s see if this animation works...

The trick is to turn from side to another, and fly slower than the enemy...

yes!

I managed to "out-cissor(?)" a fw-190 in a p-47 once.

it has saved my virtuall butt many times

:FI:Moog · Post by **:FI:Moog** » Fri Apr 01, 2005 2:03 am

A 190 once tried to use a scissors on my P-47.

The poor blighter couldn't get close enough, let alone open his cockpit and lash out at me with the hand-held device.

I responded in kind with eight "fifty cals", more than a match for his one scissors...

Ol' mother FI-FI ahoy-hoy!!!

:FI:WillieOFS · Post by **:FI:WillieOFS** » Fri Apr 01, 2005 2:08 am

I find that a loooooooooooooong cheezy fart works pretty good to get folks out from behind me....

It makes my 10 year old step son blast off like his hair is on fire.

:FI:Heloego · Post by **:FI:Heloego** » Fri Apr 01, 2005 3:12 am

..."cheesy".

:FI:WillieOFS · Post by **:FI:WillieOFS** » Fri Apr 01, 2005 6:09 am

Helo wrote:

Define...
..."cheesy".

Hmmm.. MUSTY and thick,with a lot of nose and strong presence of flowers of sulphur, and a nose burning finish with subtle but OH SO NOTICEABLE hints of hydrogen sulfide???

Loudly presented works best for those on your six.