Indeed, one of the issues is that, since i lack a stick, i play with the keyboard, and that doesn´t allow a sensitive pitch control. I wish i could turn less abruptly, i hadn´t flown much with the Super Sabre and a stick since SFP1. Something like that happens with Mirages.
About the wingmen in distress idea, i try it as much as i can since Microsoft CFS2 with Wildcats vs Zeros. In this case i think that the best part is that the enemy needs to fly as slow and at the same height of their target, and loosing their initiative to adjust to the movements of our wingman, giving notice of their moves earlier. It is indeed a must do with Huns. Coincidentally, i did try to this very evening, when two MiG-21s went after my Nº3. He was too far and they were about to gun him down, so i tried with a sidewinder. If there were two MiGs on AB, and a Hun perpendicular to the missile path, and further away both in range and angle from it than both MiGs, guess wich one of the three got the Jackpot. Hint...screw Murphy