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Originally Posted by Janosch
Stay off servers that have padlock, open cockpit and enemy external views allowed. Optimize your controls. Don't yank the stick too hard up/down - it results in a vicious stall or wing damage.
Boom & zoom all day, every day. The more advantages you have, the less "skill" you need. Of course, it's not a good idea to always pick the best plane with no weaknesses whatsoever.
Customize your paintskin! GIMP works, as long as it's not asleep. Red Baron understood this, so did Adolf Galland.
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Ignore everything in bold above. Read the Nugget's Guide and follow it. If you do I guarantee you that you will have a relatively smooth transition. Joint Ops is also a very good bet if you are new to flight sims, or actually just new to this sim. Learn to fly the plane before you start thinking tactics. Consider it like learning to walk before you learn to run. Don't worry about a custom skin until you learn to fly. Use the QMB in the sim. If you have them on turn off the map icons early on.. they really can become a crutch but initially if you are k=just learning to fly and fight they work well because they get you to the action quickly but you will find online that many servers do not use them. NEVER skimp on flight settings (stall CEM etc) and get used to having the cockpit around you early on. Initially if you like you can use unlimited ammo but even when you do try to not get into spray and pray mode.. spraying bullets and hoping you hit something. It will take a little time. Remember there are folks here who have been flying in this sim for over a decade.