Salute,
from what I have seen in FE you ain't going to learn too much about energy fighting. RB3d modded to current flight models is where to go. I have flown less than 1 week with FE and I can out turn a D7 with a spad and that aint real.
energy is zoom and boom. You have to defend your height. If you are above...you dictate, thats as simple as it gets.
By that I don't mean just a few meters. Pick your target...drop on him, get your shot in (if you can) and pull up with a slow turn to keep HA in view. But.... every dive costs..that means energy, so every pass must count...or don't do it.
Remember..height is everything in a spad or its tits up and lights out (not in FE but else where).
If you can master zoom and boom then you can fly anything