Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!think.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!waikato.ac.nz!comp.vuw.ac.nz!actrix!Mark.Stuart Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games Subject: Re: Falcon: Operation Firefight: Defeating MiG-21s??? Message-ID: <1991May30.184030.18853@actrix.gen.nz> From: Mark.Stuart@actrix.gen.nz (Mark Stuart) Date: Thu, 30 May 1991 18:40:30 GMT References: <6608@vela.acs.oakland.edu> Organization: Actrix Information Exchange, Wellington, New Zealand Comment-To: jpc@fct.unl.pt Lines: 33 In article jpc@fct.unl.pt (Jose Pina Coelho) writes: > > In article <6608@vela.acs.oakland.edu> sphaak@vela.acs.oakland.edu > (sphaak) writes: > > > My question is: how do you defeat the MiG-21 in a dogfight? > > [with an F16] > > I think it's a very close call, generaly, once it gets near, you have > to play with airbreaks and flaps to make tighter turns and afterburner > to jump to a clear place > > On and F15 (or is it the F16) the power/weight ratio is supperior to > 1, so you can run up (90 degrees), cut power, dive, and get either > missile lock or some lead. Be carefull about wing load (if it > exists). > > With Dogfighting 90% of your chance of survival relies on whether you suprise the Mig or you get a better tactical position in the first few seconds of the dogfight. Keep your radar off at all times, it is pretty useless anyway, try to stay low, especially when your sneaking up on a mig. When dogfighting always use the Heads Up View, then you won't overshoot when he break, conserve your ammo until you can see the whites of his eyes. Don't be afraid to use your afterburner to close a turn, if you lose your energy he'll break and make 'slashing' attacks. I stick to these rules, and have defeated 9 Migs, Colonel Level, with Ace Migs turned on, and landed! (oh, and up to 3 migs in a scrap, and that was one mission). Remember when you chase a Mig let him lead a little and don't pull your nose ahead until your going to make that shot.