How to get Enemies off your Tail?

[ChấnKute]

I'm playing 2.7 US planes rn.

[Nenne.]

Depends on what enemy ?

[76561199194959058]

i geuss like 109s or idk

[ChấnKute]

Originally posted by Nenne.:

Depends on what enemy ?

Sorry I'm new to the game. I don't even know what plane I am playing against? XD I felt like enemies always out turn and out climb me for some reason

[tmorgy]

1. turn down
2. hold down j
whichever one works first is the goodest

[Akagi]

Originally posted by ChấnKute:

Originally posted by Nenne.:

Depends on what enemy ?

Sorry I'm new to the game. I don't even know what plane I am playing against? XD I felt like enemies always out turn and out climb me for some reason

And this is your first mistake. I'm sorry to tell you but if you want to have somewhat decent experience (with that i mean not doing head ons 24/7) you'd need to learn the pros and cons of your plane and the common enemies you face.
I'd like to give you some more advice but before that you might want to give us follwing information:
What gamemode do you play (Arcade or realistic?) and what exactly is or are the planes you're using? (flying a Wildcat or Corsair isn't the same as flying a P40 for example)

[Nenne.]

And since you are new to the game and if you want to take it a bit seriously
you should read up on many things..

My first advice is: Dont throw crewskills around anywhere. Read what they mean its very important in the beginning..
G tolerance and Stamina is a very good place to start at. it will let you make harder turns with your plane without passing out..

Go arcade. learn the feeling of the planes and just have fun..
You will get shoot down alot in the low ranks since there are many high lvl players at those ranks and seal clubbing..
Thats just the way it is...

[Pucktiger]

american planes are usually fast so run away before turning

[Nenne.]

Yes do small left and right turns but never go away from straight flying.
Dive to get more energy than the enemy and escape him.

Energy is the key word here..

[Luxaeterna]

The easiest way to fend them off is find the closest teamate and present visually the enemy plane to them.

The other is reduce your speed while maniacally manuevering and force the enemy to overtake you making them the one that will present their tail.

[xCrossFaith]

Random suicidal manovers between trees and buldings sometimes can help

If it's a bf 109 and you are far from teammates you are mostly done tho, that situation relies more on the enemy doing a mistake than on you avoiding it

[Pozieres]

there are a number of cases that you can use different tactics:
-If you have an excellent turning plane you can out turns them.
-If you have a boom and zoom (BnZ) plane you can out pace them as long as you have not drained your energy.
-If you have competent team mates you can simply jig around in a relatively straight vector. This will entice the enemy to focus on you and not notice your team slip in behind and blast them
-if the enemy is in a very fast plane and you are in a slow one it is easy for you to turn hard but it is much harder for them to turn in time. just wait until they are 1-1.5 km behind and then do a hard turn. They will overshoot and if they turn hard back around for another go they will drain much energy. If they keep going then there is no point chasing them.

[ChấnKute]

Originally posted by Akagi:

Originally posted by ChấnKute:

Sorry I'm new to the game. I don't even know what plane I am playing against? XD I felt like enemies always out turn and out climb me for some reason

And this is your first mistake. I'm sorry to tell you but if you want to have somewhat decent experience (with that i mean not doing head ons 24/7) you'd need to learn the pros and cons of your plane and the common enemies you face.
I'd like to give you some more advice but before that you might want to give us follwing information:
What gamemode do you play (Arcade or realistic?) and what exactly is or are the planes you're using? (flying a Wildcat or Corsair isn't the same as flying a P40 for example)

I'm trying out Realistic. I think it is way more fun for me . And the plane I am using right now is F2A-3. I don't know what pros and cons of this plane yet.

[ChấnKute]

Thanks for all tips guys. It's very helpful.

[Lunovus]

US planes are mostly boom & zoom.

Fast, dive fast (and can take a high top speed without breaking apart), nice guns.

So mostly avoid turns.

Make sure to have more energy than your opponent (height + speed = energy).

Attack with energy advantage and cripple or kill enemy.
Zoom away to higher grounds, or zoom away to lower grounds.
Get some distance to your opponent and set up the next attack.


Basically you need to learn a lot about how dogfighting works.

What "boom & zoom" vs. "turn & burn" means.
What "energy fighting" is.
What differences are there between different planes.

Visit the academy section of the official forum and/or visit some YouTube videos about prop plane dogfighting (in video games/WT).

That'll already help a lot.

[Pookie Bear]

Learn to use flaps/throttle