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57s Vs Machines 2
Megs - Arcade
Planes: Yak 9, LA 7,
FW190, Me109
Maneuvers: Haven't had time to analyze
these yet.
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VMF_Nasty Vs Brer Rabbit 222k - Arcade
Planes: p51 vs Spit14
Maneuvers: Nasty shows great energy
management, patience and how you should extend in the P51D. Brer_Rabbit
show very good tactics in not climbing with Nasty as he extends. Note
where Brer flies underneath from behind and Nasty loses sight. This
is OK in arcade where you can keep track from an outside view but don't
rely on it in realistic sims. This is a very good duel one worth watching.
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57s Vs Hired_Guns 4
Megs - Arcade
Planes: Yak 9/ LA 5 / LA 7 vs. Spit14
/ Hurc IIC / Spit 9
Maneuvers: Haven't had time to analyze
these yet. Some of the fights are in several films (IE 3-1, 3-2)
since I had to stop filming when I switched planes.
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P51, Spitfire Loop Test 124
Kb - Realistic
Planes: P51D vs. Spit14
Maneuvers: Imok and I take turns
trying to follow each other through loops. This film shows how much
better the P51 is in loops. It regains all it's speed in the bottom
part of the loop and the three flap settings let you turn better at the
top of the loop.
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Imok_WTE vs HedgeHop 113 Kb -
Semi Realistic
Planes: P51 vs. Spit14
Maneuvers: Lots of
loops. This fight really shows off the looping superiority of
the p51. Check out the angle Imok gets by diving under Hedge then
pulling up when they meet..
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Tunnel Run 16 Kb -
Realistic
Planes: P51
Maneuvers: Flew through the tunnel
in both directions in realistic arena. The P51 turns a bit slow so
notice I have to fly sideways through the smokestacks.
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_57_Slide
vs SDIVER0 120 Kb - Full Realistic
Planes: P51 vs. Spit 14
Maneuvers: BnZ. Sdiver
has the opposite problem of coat.. He lost sight of me then failed to pull
up when I dove on him. Notice I dive from about 5000ft away.
Any farther than that and you give the target too much warning.
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_57_Slide
vs COA 256 Kb - Semi Realistic
Planes: P51 vs. Spit 14
Maneuvers:
You will notice that I start out above Coat on this
one.. there is a reason for this.. the Spit turns better and is
faster so unless you climb your P51 above opponent you will die.
This gives the spit driver two choices.. fight up high where he is at a
disadvantage or enter the fight from below. If you see enemy above
you, then dive for help and climb higher when clear. In this fight I
circle down on opponent (see film on offensive spiral). I then feint
attacks to drain speed from Coat. Notice that when I attack and he
is slow I exit by looping up. Coat is too slow to follow me so I
keep my advantage. If you wind up below a spit 14 in a p51 you are
toast unless you can dive for help.
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Split-S Attack 42
Kb - Full Realistic
Planes: P51 vs. Yak 3
Maneuvers:
Coat_of_Arms helped me make some training films for the Article on Split-S Attacks showing what to do if you are
chasing a better turning plane and they split-S (loop under) on you. The first film
matches the first diagram in the article, the second film matches the second diagram.
I fire a couple of warning shots when it looks like my nose has pulled ahead
of the enemy. I should point out that Coat_of_Arms is an excellent pilot, and is a
great sport helping me make these films.
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BnZ Training 834 Kb -
Full Realistic
Planes: Spit 9 v. Spit 9
Maneuvers:
Coat_of_Arms helped me make some training films on Boom n Zoom (or
E-fighting) tactics. This file has three fights, and the last two fights has the films
from _both_ our planes so you can see what happened from both planes.
Fight 1 - COA Comes at me from above and dives
down. giving up his altitude advantage in the first pass. This is the most common
mistake when you have an altitude advantage.
Fight 2 - COA Comes at me from
above, swooping back and forth and spiraling down (see film on offensive spiral). I
try to climb to meet him (second most common mistake) and he times it so I am too slow to
point my guns at him when he attacks.
Fight 3 - COA Comes at me from above, but
this time I play it smart and climb gradually keeping my speed up. When it looks like I am
close I try to shoot him but he flies away. Realizing I am slow, I dive to pick up
speed, and then resume gradual climb. Since I am fast, I am able to loop up to meet
him from 2500 ft below before he realizes I am closing.
See also: P51 Strategies, it
talks about E fighting.
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Ground Attack 28
Kb
Planes: P38J
Maneuvers: Slow to full flap speed, 45 degree dive to
destroy building, pull-up. See the article on Ground Attacks
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_57_Slide vs
TSC_rlsuth Tourney Duel #5 354 Kb
Planes: 109 vs Spit 14
Maneuvers: Boom n Zoom. This is our final fight. Warning:
1/2 hour long, use '9' key to fast forward if you need to.
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War Week Duels 429
Kb - Realistic
Planes: Spit 14 vs Spit 14, P51
Duels:
1st: Leggo_Head, I won and forgot to tape it.
2nd: Jkl_Mike is in a P51. I managed to stick on his tail
and the rest is easy until I overshoot (don't follow so close !). He is damaged bad
and I lead him into a full speed dive. Pulled out at the last second and let compression
take it's toll on his P51.
3rd: _99_bel out climbs me and pops me from above.
(AKA "the shortest fight in FA
history")
4th: Dr.6. He got in the arena late, giving me an alt advantage
that I quickly blew. Still managed to get him.
5th: Jasper__ excellent but long fight. I get damaged bad and lose
throttle in first headon, Jasper does the smart thing and BnZ's me. My only hope was to
stay low and run him out of fuel (he was down to 9% when he killed me). Started taping
after the first headon.
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War Week Preliminaries 322
Kb - Realistic
Planes: Spit 14 vs Everything
Maneuvers: My qualifying run in prelims. Room
started with 100 people, I turned camera on after my first two kills. Third kill I
set up a bounce from above, fourth and fifth kills I am the one getting bounced. Finished
as last plane and tied for most kills.
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_57_Slide Vs
RAF_thejudge - Tourney Duel #4 339 Kb
Planes: Spit 14 vs P51
Maneuvers: Lots of extending and E fighting
attempts in the 51 but it is just no match for a spit.
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_57_Slide Vs _57_Medic
- Tourney Duel #3 318 Kb
Planes: Spit 14 vs Spit 14
Maneuvers: Immelman, turn fights, lots of head on
shots. Some good fights in here. I left out two rounds since they were collisions.
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_57_Slide Vs Zapple -
Tourney Duel #2 277 Kb
Planes: Spit 14 vs Spit 14
Maneuvers: Immelmans, Split - S, turn fights.
Zapple gets me with a Split-S in fight 3, and uses his speed brake during the
following turn fight.
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Real Route 66 Squad Battle - 57th
vs Zone Drones 364 Kb
Planes: LA7 vs Spit 9 and Hurricane IIC
Maneuvers: Spins, stalls and more spins. This
was our first team venture into realistic mode on Fighter Ace, and I think we did well
even though we lost. I have a self gratifying
screenshot of my single kill too : )
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Rolling Scissors Fight
41 Kb
Planes: Hurc IIC vs. FW 190?
Maneuvers: Excellent example of Rolling Scissors.
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Rolling Scissors Fight #2- BBFG_cascabel
- 72 Kb
Planes:
Maneuvers: Excellent example of Rolling Scissors.
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_57_Slide Vs. CAF_Madmanmat - Tourney
Duel #1 234 Kb
Planes: Spit 14 vs Spit 14
Maneuvers: Immelman, Split-S, Low, High
Yo-Yo. Four fights. Opponent keeps looping under at beginning and I make a
mistake trying to get fancy instead of going for the snap shot in one fight. Rest
are straight forward.
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_57_Rebel Vs. Fly_Flap 82
Kb
Planes: Spit vs. BF 109G
Maneuvers: Fly Flap does a pretty good job of
energy fighting but fails to recognize when Rebel gets slow. Rebel recovers
quickly and fills him full of lead.
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P51 Energy Fight 94
Kb
Planes: P51 vs. BF 109G
Maneuvers: Excellent example of energy fighting.
Long swooping turns, wings parallel to ground. After a few passes, the enemy runs
out of energy. Once he is low and slow, blam.
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North Afrika 279
Kb
Planes: Spit
9 vs. BF 109G
Maneuvers: One big long turn fight. Outnumbered, my
mates are picked off one by one. Eventually I run out of altitude and game over : (
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_57_Slide Vs. Chuckzl 202
Kb
Planes: Spit 14 vs. Spit 14
Maneuvers: Defensive Spiral, Immelman, horizontal
and vertical loops. First fight shows why it is important to set your duels on a
grid line so the fight starts neutral. Third fight, I pull up too soon and get Chuck
on my 6 and has good example of using a defensive spiral to shake a bogey.
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Offensive Spiral 20
Kb
Planes: Spit 14 vs. Yak
Maneuvers: Offensive spiral. This is a short
example of how to spiral in on an opponent if you have a big altitude advantage.
This prevents any damage from head-on shots. Works betters against slower turning
planes but as this example shows it can even work against a Yak.
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Operation Victory 172
Kb
Planes: Spit 14 vs. Lots of Germans
Maneuvers: Me going down in ball of fire.
This is me getting killed during Operation Victory. With 150 people playing I have
never had such a sense of being in a real war. I think this short clip will
give you an idea. I was trying to catch up to our bombers who were in trouble when I
ran into a swarm of german fighters. Notice the shot where I look up and see three GE
planes immediately above me : )
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_57_ Slide vs. Mud_Hawg 270
Kb
Planes: P51D vs. Spit 14
Maneuvers: Immelman, Extending Dive, vertical
scissors, horizontal loops. NOTE - hawg surprised me while I was collecting stats, so you
will have to fast forward ( 9 key ) through me turning in circles awhile.
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_57_ Medic trouncing zapple 329
Kb
Planes: Spit 14 vs. Spit 14
Maneuvers: Immelman, vertical loops, vertical
scissors, horizontal loops. Excellent example of headon shots after first Immelman.
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_57_Slide defense from below 67 Kb
Planes: Spit 14 vs. Fw
Maneuvers: Vertical loops. Good example of
defending from below. Notice that speed is high and I zoom up and around top without
pause to keep my airspeed up.
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_57_Rebel Turns Tables on _99_Shark 149 Kb
Planes: Spit 14 vs. P51D Mustang
Maneuvers: Split-S. Horizontal loops. Excellent
example of what to do with a P51 gaining on your tail, and an excellent turning fight on
the deck that proves patience wins out. Note smoothness of the turns and gentle yo-yo's on
the deck.
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_57_Reaper Headon vs. RAF 71 Judge 73 Kb
Planes: Hurricane vs. Spit 14
Maneuvers: Horizontal loops. Reap suprises Judge
with his cannons, who makes the mistake of trying a tight turn fight against a hurc.
Must see for the die hard spit fans.
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_57_Xeno vs. Everyone 1.23 Mb
Planes: ?
Maneuvers: ? Haven't gone through these
yet.
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