Dogfight with commentary: constructive criticism request!

[GridiroN]

So this is a 10min video of my engaging in a dogfight with a MiG3. I lose and I'd like some opinions on what I'm doing wrong and what I should have done differently. I narrate it to show some of my thought processes.

 

https://youtu.be/Sgwa0JyHL9A

[DD_Arthur]

You pull the stick too much.  Try and have the patience to let your aircraft fly in a straight line and retain your speed.  Be aware that retaining a height advantage means you maintain the initiative too.

 

None of your firing solutions looked like easy shots to me and trying to obtain them meant you ended up handing the advantage to the Mig.  When he got behind you all those turns you made merely gave him the opportunity to cut the corner whilst you bled a little speed each time and so close the gap on you. 

 

You also traded height for speed in a piecemeal fashion which you then bled away with more stick pulling and he gained some more.  Soon you had no more height to trade for a getaway.

 

Why didn't he open fire more often?  He only fired when he was certain of hitting you.  

 

Check this out;

 

 

[GridiroN]

You pull the stick too much.  Try and have the patience to let your aircraft fly in a straight line and retain your speed.  Be aware that retaining a height advantage means you maintain the initiative too.

 

None of your firing solutions looked like easy shots to me and trying to obtain them meant you ended up handing the advantage to the Mig.  When he got behind you all those turns you made merely gave him the opportunity to cut the corner whilst you bled a little speed each time and so close the gap on you. 

 

You also traded height for speed in a piecemeal fashion which you then bled away with more stick pulling and he gained some more.  Soon you had no more height to trade for a getaway.

 

Why didn't he open fire more often?  He only fired when he was certain of hitting you.  

 

Check this out;

 

 

 

Welp, that was me in the video. Dunno if you already knew that, but in any case, yea, my wing stalled in that video and I could not fix it, but either way.

 

I'm unsure what good necessarily keeping a higher speed has against a generally co-E opponent. How else would you ever get a firing solution but sacrificing speed  unless you're in a position to BnZ which I was not, except at the start. He had the E to turn around and basically play chicken. 

 

I will work on keeping the stick smooth, I suppose I'm just not sure what I'm supposed to be doing with that. 

Edited October 19, 2016 by GridiroN

[DD_Arthur]

Hi GridiroN.  Yeah, I knew it was you.  I thought you'd like to see yourself from the other perspective.  

 

The '109's BIG advantage is its speed and rate of climb - not it's turning ability.   You can sacrifice speed for height and vice-versa to retain your initial advantage and you had the advantage at the start of both these vids.

 

 You've just got to have the patience to turn that advantage into a killing opportunity and that generally means being above and behind your opponent.

 

 If you feel you have lost the advantage don't be afraid to firewall the throttle and run away.  

[GridiroN]

So, I played some WoL last night and tried your advice about minding a smoother turn and not bleeding energy away with rough stick handling and it definitely changes things. I got 5 kills in 1 sortee. I will upload vids when I get home.

 

In your video though, I'm unsure what I could have done. The i16 has the better PtoW so climbing the pants off you doesn't really work. Dive and extend?

Edited October 19, 2016 by GridiroN

[JG13_opcode]

 

 

Dive and extend?

 

The 109 has a higher top speed than the i16 pretty much everywhere.  Climb at the i-16's top speed and it literally cannot nose up at all without slowing down.

 

If you don't see the i16 until it's already quite close, then yes, a dive followed by a level, high-speed extension, then a shallow and fast climb will get you away from an I-16 every time.  If you REALLY miss him and he's good and saddled up, well, you deserve to be dead and he deserves the kill for setting up a nice bounce.