Newsgroups: warbirds.training

Subject: Re: E-fight vs similar AC

>So my Q is as follows:

>How do I best apply E-fighting in the early RPS against very similar >aircraft ? What is the best way to rapidly building and keeping that >critical advantage ?

I think a critical distinction should be made in some of our terms. Energy fighting is a larger umbrella under which you find boom and zoom and turn and burn. Both kinds of "style" still are involved in energy fighting.

That being said maybe that needs some explanation. A turn and burn fighter will still use nose high turns, for examples, to slow his air plane and gain a better turn rate and then convert into a low move for closing a shot. Or a turn fighter may lag his pursuit to wait for a shot. Conversely a boom and zoom fighter certainly fights with energy foremost in his mind, but because he is too tight on the stick, or uses rudders too much may limit the energy gap he has and quickly find himself in a turn and burn fight he didn't want either.

Here are some tips on how to build up energy:

1) Don't waste energy on a shot that wont produce a clear shot (read HO)

2) Don't go heavy into the stall horn unless you have a sure kill

3) Stay out of the stall horn all together when you don't need a superior turn rate.

4) Lag, lag and again lag. What is the hurry?

5) Don't chase after a target...ride it high if you have energy ride it low if he has energy over you.

6) Never zoom climb after a solution that wont produce a shot...lag it

7) Lag some more. :)

Worr, out