Welcome to the modern world of air combat with crappy ass AIM-9B's and AIM-7D/E's. The missiles were unreliable and you now feel the pain our pilots felt in Vietnam. You want realism, there you go. Also if your flying on HARD FM then that is another problem. We had an actual US Navy Mig Killer tell us if all F-4's flew like these do on HARD, there would of been a lot more dead pilots. I fly on NORMAL FM.
Gun pods were terribly inaccurate back then too and Beagles don't have missiles. Just a nasty tail gun.
These isn't a hit a switch and it dies sim, dogfighting in an F-4B, with worthless AIM-9B's and Sparrows and no gun....doesn't get any better and that is how it was done. That's realism for you.....my advice, practice practice practice. Been flying and modding this sim for 9 years and its still a challenge and thus why this is one of THE best dogfighting sims ever made. IL-2, ROF, LOMAC......cant touch the A2A side of this.