In the E4 I'm always on auto pitch (obviously you do the initial fiddle to make it work right) - oil rads always 75% open - radiator handle 180 degrees from wide open (straight down), and I'm always wide open using WEP. I think there's a 30 second window where you can't use it, then 2 minutes with it on - repeat.
To get the advantage against the Rotol or IIa, assuming someone is on your 6 somewhere between 750m behind you CO-E, you have to stall climb. If you grab a buddy in a Rotol, for instance, and climb out to where you are in a proficient climb, between 275-300kph the Rotol will just climb up to you and kill you. But if you point the nose up another, a guess here, 10 degrees to where you are climbing at a measly 190-200kph, the only thing he can do is get directly below you. If they point the nose up to try to match, again I'm assuming CO-E to begin with, they almost stop dead in their tracks. Once they are directly below you, limbering along like you are, then spiral climb in a stall. This will slow em down even more as they will either have turn with you or you obviously get a nice shot at them when they appear in front and below you.
Do that for about 5 minutes and you'll be able to drop down and take a shot. From then on they have to point their nose down to gain some E to out turn and avoid you. Then next thing you know, it's YoYo city where they are always 1500-2000m below you. The hard part is not following them down as they go lower and lower.
Give it a go.
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12-05-2011, 08:17 AM
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