Do335 Posted December 31, 2015 Posted December 31, 2015 (edited) Edited December 12, 2018 by Do335 6 Quote
ShrikeHawk Posted January 1, 2016 Posted January 1, 2016 That's some mighty nice flyin' bruthah! Quote
Do335 Posted January 1, 2016 Author Posted January 1, 2016 (edited) Oh, looking forward to your 1937 china flight Shrikehawk! Reckon we'd finally have some biplane action too. Edited January 1, 2016 by Do335 Quote
Do335 Posted January 3, 2016 Author Posted January 3, 2016 already got a "preview" from your u2b feed SH but I still can't believe how tight these things can turn :blink: Quote
ShrikeHawk Posted January 3, 2016 Posted January 3, 2016 (edited) Sick isn't it? And would you believe, I toned that turning ability down on some of these. Oh, and here's another vid from 1937 (in technicolor!) Edited January 3, 2016 by ShrikeHawk 2 Quote
ZoltanTheHun Posted January 17, 2016 Posted January 17, 2016 I tried out video recording today. The recording went smoothly, unlike my flying, which ended badly, thanks to not paying enough attention to the enemy... 1977, Israel: Il-28 intercept with Kfir 3 Quote
ShrikeHawk Posted January 24, 2016 Posted January 24, 2016 Awesome, dude. That was really tense. Quote
ShrikeHawk Posted January 25, 2016 Posted January 25, 2016 Hawk IIIs attack a formation of A5M Claudes. 4 Quote
ShrikeHawk Posted January 27, 2016 Posted January 27, 2016 Nice! The Hunter is a really tough opponent. Great flying. I especially love the sweeping attacks you made on the last Hunter. That's just what the doctor ordered. 2 Quote
ShrikeHawk Posted January 27, 2016 Posted January 27, 2016 Been a while since I've been in the Mirage too. Crusader's Delta-Wing Mirage thread got me thinking about it. Here's a vid with something I'm trying out: Notes! 5 Quote
+Crusader Posted January 27, 2016 Posted January 27, 2016 Very nice "instructional" video .. about how to fight angle fighters in a energy fighter With plenty of "Baharav" shooting .. 2 Quote
Do335 Posted January 27, 2016 Author Posted January 27, 2016 Hey the force is strong with TK's delta wings:) Love 'em notes Eric (cough *Sherminator* cough), they explain much better what is happening and what you're doing. 1 Quote
Emp_Palpatine Posted January 27, 2016 Posted January 27, 2016 Nice! The Hunter is a really tough opponent. Great flying. I especially love the sweeping attacks you made on the last Hunter. That's just what the doctor ordered. I hate coming accross hunters. I handle my mirage quite well against MiG 17 & 21, but I'm carefull as hell against hunters. 1 Quote
Do335 Posted January 27, 2016 Author Posted January 27, 2016 I hate coming accross hunters. I handle my mirage quite well against MiG 17 & 21, but I'm carefull as hell against hunters. okie didn't know that. Recently took a bit look at the hunter flight model and it did seem to have very high lift past the buffet point (AlphaStall). but contemporary foes are afterburning frescos so maybe TK tuned it up a bit? (conspiracy theory? ....) 1 Quote
ShrikeHawk Posted January 27, 2016 Posted January 27, 2016 (edited) I had to look up "Israel Baharav." Very cool. Thanks for that. I learned the "Let Him Pass" from watching interviews with Ron Ronen and Giora Epstein in an episode of the History Channel's Dogfights. Since then, I've tried it in everything from Se.5s to F-18s. It really works well. I love the way they explain how and why the pilots do everything in Dogfights. I learned a lot that is applicable in the sim. I thought adding notes would be fun and useful, just like in Dogfights. It would be cool if video posters did that. Perhaps tactics for battling Hunters can be devised? I'm off to go after some Hunters now. Hopefully, I'll survive. ;) Edited January 27, 2016 by ShrikeHawk Quote
ShrikeHawk Posted January 28, 2016 Posted January 28, 2016 Here we go. I tried Eight Shahaks versus Eight Jordanian Hawker Hunter F.6s. I survived. 3 Quote
Do335 Posted January 28, 2016 Author Posted January 28, 2016 very intense mate! Nice shooting there. 1 Quote
ShrikeHawk Posted January 28, 2016 Posted January 28, 2016 Since the Hunter seemed a tough opponent, I thought I would fly the Hunter against the Mirage. Both sides had "Excellent" AI pilots. I thought I would win easily with the Hunter. It went like this... I'm only showing the vid where I survived. In most of the engagements it ended like this... The Mirage has an afterburner, the Hunter doesn't. The Mirage has good missiles (AIM-9E), the Hunter has none. The Hunter's turning ability is it's only advantage and it doesn't offset the Mirage's advantages. The Hunter is a terrific aircraft, but technology slowly left it behind, though I think it could win more easily against the Mig-21. To me, it seems the Mirage IIICJ is the best fighter in the skies over Israel in the late sixties. 5 Quote
Emp_Palpatine Posted January 29, 2016 Posted January 29, 2016 The Mirage has good missiles (AIM-9E), the Hunter has none. Indeed. As soon as I get AIM-9C/E, I am far less cautious against turning fighters and they are usually mauled out of the skies even by friendly AI. AIM-9B being now totally useless, classic dogfights are mandatory. Not with newer missiles. 1 Quote
ShrikeHawk Posted January 29, 2016 Posted January 29, 2016 Exactly. The Kfir doesn't even turn as well as the Mirage III, but that's moot since the Kfir gets the AIM-9L. It doesn't need to dogfight. It's why I still like fighting with earlier aircraft. It's puts stress on the art of dogfighting. If you're armed with AIM-9Bs, you'd better learn how to bring guns to bear. Those AIM-9Bs are little better than unguided rockets. Quote
ShrikeHawk Posted January 30, 2016 Posted January 30, 2016 How about a What if scenario. How would F-8H Crusaders fare against the Mirage III? I ran lots of missions. Here's how it usually turned out. 3 Quote
Emp_Palpatine Posted January 30, 2016 Posted January 30, 2016 Well... Which missiles were the Cruse using?By the way: - it's the AI, it did not really used the Mirage speed advantage and entered a turning fight. - The AI is a terrible, terrible shot with guns. - I assume you had AIM-9E, or something like that, given your missile success ratio. So the fight was IMHO a little bit unfair. Quote
ShrikeHawk Posted January 30, 2016 Posted January 30, 2016 (edited) Well, it's a matchup of plane versus plane. Some carry more missiles, some less. Some are faster, some turn better. If you're being "fair" in war, you aren't trying hard enough. In the previous match, both sides had eight fighters. Both sides carried AIM-9E Sidewinders. Both sides boasted "Excellent" pilots. That's about as "fair" as it gets. The "player" side "should" always have the advantage, because the player "should" shoot down the enemy faster than the AI. Thus, giving the player side a numerical advantage as the fight evolves. So, in the interest of study, I switched sides and flew the Mirage III against the Crusader. In the three engagements, it typically went like this. In engagements while flying the Crusader, I lost 2, then 4, and one time 6 wingmen even though my side still won the fight. The Mirage AI was flying well enough to get kills. In three engagements whilst flying the Mirage, I never lost more than 2 wingmen. In the vid, my entire flight returned to base unscathed. With this in mind, I would have to give the nod to the Mirage once again. And by the way, I hope the videos are a little more steady now. My recorder was not recording very well. I switched formats and I now the video should be much smoother. Edited January 30, 2016 by ShrikeHawk 2 Quote
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