Yak-1B, 3 Frags, and discussing the "least worst mistake"

[GridiroN]

Me discussing some things i've learned from "In Pursuit", and the principle of the "least worst mistake". May make a short follow up video as I'm not sure I communicated what I really meant to.

 

 

Let me know what you think friends.

[56RAF_Roblex]

Or as the baseball player Lefty Gomez once said "I'd rather be lucky than good"     Chuck Yeager later adopted the saying as his own.   You all made mistakes but you were luckier.   The one situation that makes every pilot chuckle with glee is when your enemy climbs then runs out of energy and hangs there while you still have energy.  You know the fight is over and you have a guaranteed kill so you should have been dead at that point.   You also got a lucky shot on the third 109, it could easily have been him killing you in that head to head.  Personally I am in the middle of a nightmare streak where I have not had a kill for 12 sorties because all my sustained on-target bursts are missing by mere feet while their stray bullets always find something vital! 

[Finkeren]

Good video and very good narration.

 

The first kill is a classic example of an inexperienced pilot thinking, that he will gain more altitude advantage by pulling up to near vertical not realizing what a perfect target he makes of himself while doing so. I've lost count of how many 109s I've killed this way.

 

By all accounts you were very lucky, that the first one was such a bad shot - reminds me of my own online performance. I'm a decent pilot but an absolutely terrible marksman.

 

The other two were nice examples of playing to the Yak's strengths. Especially your second kil looked like he was frustrated and perhaps didn't realize how much the gun pods degrade his energy retention in a turn.

[GridiroN]

Or as the baseball player Lefty Gomez once said "I'd rather be lucky than good"     Chuck Yeager later adopted the saying as his own.   You all made mistakes but you were luckier.   The one situation that makes every pilot chuckle with glee is when your enemy climbs then runs out of energy and hangs there while you still have energy.  You know the fight is over and you have a guaranteed kill so you should have been dead at that point.   You also got a lucky shot on the third 109, it could easily have been him killing you in that head to head.  Personally I am in the middle of a nightmare streak where I have not had a kill for 12 sorties because all my sustained on-target bursts are missing by mere feet while their stray bullets always find something vital! 

 

Ive been experimenting with different convergence ranges. Most people seem to use 250, but I've tried out 400 and it seems to work much better. 

 

Good video and very good narration.

 

The first kill is a classic example of an inexperienced pilot thinking, that he will gain more altitude advantage by pulling up to near vertical not realizing what a perfect target he makes of himself while doing so. I've lost count of how many 109s I've killed this way.

 

By all accounts you were very lucky, that the first one was such a bad shot - reminds me of my own online performance. I'm a decent pilot but an absolutely terrible marksman.

 

The other two were nice examples of playing to the Yak's strengths. Especially your second kil looked like he was frustrated and perhaps didn't realize how much the gun pods degrade his energy retention in a turn.=

Thanks, that means a lot. 

 

I was amazed the first guy didn't kill me. I could tell from the way he was flying he was getting frustrated. 

 

I'm unsure what the second guy thought he was going to do...like I said in the video, it felt like he really expected me to roll over and die because 2 on 1. I don't think he was expecting to lose so quickly. 

[Finkeren]

The 2 vs. 1 hubris is a real danger. In reality you are never more than one good burst away from losing your buddy and being back to 1 vs. 1 and possibly in a bad position.

 

I've turned such a scenario around a few times. Just last week I was in a really bad spot being low and slow in a MiG-3 against Wulf in a Fw 190 with a Bf 109 wingman. I didn't shoot them down on my own, but I frustrated them for something like 5 mins until I got a chance to slip away in the direction of some allies. When they became preoccupied with another fighter, I turned on them and shot down the 109, then a Bf 110 that had joined the fray, then I ran down Wulf, who had taken a hit, shooting him down with my very last bullets just seconds before I was hit by AAA that took out my engine, though I managed to glide to my own side of the lines for a belly landing. It was one of those fights, where you really wish, you had been recording it.

Edited October 26, 2017 by Finkeren

[GridiroN]

The 2 vs. 1 hubris is a real danger. In reality you are never more than one good burst away from losing your buddy and being back to 1 vs. 1 and possibly in a bad position.

 

I've turned such a scenario around a few times. Just last week I was in a really bad spot being low and slow in a MiG-3 against Wulf in a Fw 190 with a Bf 109 wingman. I didn't shoot them down on my own, but I frustrated them for something like 5 mins until I got a chance to slip away in the direction of some allies. When they became preoccupied with another fighter, I turned on them and shot down the 109, then a Bf 110 that had joined the fray, then I ran down Wulf, who had taken a hit, shooting him down with my very last bullets just seconds before I was hit by AAA that took out my engine, though I managed to glide to my own side of the lines for a belly landing. It was one of those fights, where you really wish, you had been recording it.

This is where Nvidia shadowplay is useful. Set it for 20min and you can always save a clip if you forget to record it.