Help dogfighting (and moderating speed)

[Haklangr]

Originally Posted by panzer1b

tactics are extremely hard to explian in a quick post

since you mentioned the bf109G i can give you a few tips on using it, as its my second most used plane after the fw190

for starters the G6 and later are not turn fighters, so unles you are dogfighting a very bad turning plane do not try to outturn

its a energy/vertical fighter, try to maintain altitude and speed and take shots at him when you can, never get slow in the G6


now the lagg3 as you said before was ur enemy, that will outturn you but is a bad climber as well as slow, so outrun it and outclimb it

as for speed control you really shouldnt be trying to slow down much especially against a more agile turn fighter like the lagg3, only do that if its a badly maneuvering plane

otherwise keep practicing and probably most importantly get good at aiming at high speed

Thanks! Glad to see a 109 pilot here to give me some tips. Okay, so as I understand it, the 109G-6 is a good "Boom and Zoom" fighter, and as you say I say I ought to be faster than the Lagg-3 and a better climber. However, I'm not quite sure how to use these advantages... how does one line up a shot, even if one is faster, if the enemy can always turn away?! Zoom at the sucker before it can get too far and hope you hit it with a quick burst as you pass by? 'Cause that's what I'm thinking of trying next, heh.

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Update
managed to score my first kills. Still absolutely rubbish at shooting down anything except bombers, and at getting enemy fighters off my tail too, though.