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If you're a good pilot already or hate flying altogether, disregard, but here are my 15 tactics you may not know about flying planes in BFV.
1. Always try to get as much altitude as possible. Altitude = speed = maneuverability = the ability to out fly your opponent. An added benefit is you can see your opponent beneath you while they can't see you. Attack from as high as you can, and when finished use the remainder of your momentum to skyrocket back up. Find your next oblivious target and repeat.
2. Switch cameras often or at least keep your eyes peeled on the radar so no one sneaks up on you.
3. Fire in short bursts with machine gun fire. This increases accuracy and saves ammo.
4. Avoid firing rockets when directly behind your opponent. Wait till he turns, gain the inside track with your reticule, predict where he "will be" when your rocket reaches that spot and fire. This takes lots of practice, but the more you try the better you'll get.
5. Grounded planes or ones in process of taking off, are easier to kill. They have 0 or nearly no altitude or speed so finishing them off should be easy. Don't be noble, this was done in wartime to great effect on the outcome of larger battles. So doing this will ensure your team a victory.
6. Pick planes that have better turn radius's over all others. When in the infamous "death circle" a mig-21 will always out turn a mig-17 which will beat an f-4 which will beat a corsair.
7. If a guided (MUTT, SA-7 or F-4 missile) is coming directly at your face ALWAYS pitch the nose down to avoid it rather than up. Why? Because Alt=height=speed so when you pitch up, all you get is the speed of your engines, conversely, when you pitch down, you get the speed of engines + gravity, thus giving you better odds to outmaneuver it.
8. Wing-men are tried and tested, having a friend of equal or better caliber in the air beside you is invaluable. You can bait someone to chase you while your buddy finishes them off. Or at the very least they can warn you. Team-speak makes this even more fun.
9. Always carry an SA-7 when flying. If you get shot down, you may be able to bail and turn the table on your attacker. That's what I call sweeeeeet revenge!
10. If you are being chased, fly in circles near one of your team's zsu's, pbr's or quads. This will either give your team mates an easy target or your attacker will give up and chase someone else.
11. Our server allows ramming, sure it may not be the most tasteful tactic, but if you or your team mates are constantly being harassed by say a cobra with a gunner, ram away! You will get a 2 for 1 and save your team mates on the ground. You should even ram 1 for 1 when the chopper pilot is sooooooo good your team is getting creamed by them. Or lets say they are legal main raping, ram away. This gives your team a chance to get another flag while the attacker waits for his chopper to re-spawn.
12. Don't be shy to strafe the ground. Aim for well known spawn points, and places players congregate on foot. Rockets are great for jeeps or tanks I get LOTS of kills that way. On dart for example I have a system. I start by clearing the air, once I know both f4s are down and the skies are clear, I switch to ground targets, then back to air targets and so on... Also, remember, radar picks up ground troops and vehicles as well as air targets.
13. Don't listen to music or turn your sound down while flying. You need to be able to hear the battlefield, even in a jet. Sometimes you can hear a buzz when a mutt nearly hits you, or you can hear the pings of bullets off your aircraft, or even the direction of an enemies motor when you cant see him.
14. When not engaged in battle, fire off any remainded rockets. You never want to have 2 rockets instead of 4 before going into a skirmish. That reload time will get you killed. Be preemptive and think ahead with your rearming and how many you carry in the chamber.
15. If you win a battle and your plane is beat up, bail out over your airfield and get another. Constantly getting a new plane will be time consuming, but it will keep your deaths low in comparison to your kills. After all, nobody wants to be humiliated by being shot down by a pistol.
I know I haven't covered everything, let me know if you have any good ones!
1. Always try to get as much altitude as possible. Altitude = speed = maneuverability = the ability to out fly your opponent. An added benefit is you can see your opponent beneath you while they can't see you. Attack from as high as you can, and when finished use the remainder of your momentum to skyrocket back up. Find your next oblivious target and repeat.
2. Switch cameras often or at least keep your eyes peeled on the radar so no one sneaks up on you.
3. Fire in short bursts with machine gun fire. This increases accuracy and saves ammo.
4. Avoid firing rockets when directly behind your opponent. Wait till he turns, gain the inside track with your reticule, predict where he "will be" when your rocket reaches that spot and fire. This takes lots of practice, but the more you try the better you'll get.
5. Grounded planes or ones in process of taking off, are easier to kill. They have 0 or nearly no altitude or speed so finishing them off should be easy. Don't be noble, this was done in wartime to great effect on the outcome of larger battles. So doing this will ensure your team a victory.
6. Pick planes that have better turn radius's over all others. When in the infamous "death circle" a mig-21 will always out turn a mig-17 which will beat an f-4 which will beat a corsair.
7. If a guided (MUTT, SA-7 or F-4 missile) is coming directly at your face ALWAYS pitch the nose down to avoid it rather than up. Why? Because Alt=height=speed so when you pitch up, all you get is the speed of your engines, conversely, when you pitch down, you get the speed of engines + gravity, thus giving you better odds to outmaneuver it.
8. Wing-men are tried and tested, having a friend of equal or better caliber in the air beside you is invaluable. You can bait someone to chase you while your buddy finishes them off. Or at the very least they can warn you. Team-speak makes this even more fun.
9. Always carry an SA-7 when flying. If you get shot down, you may be able to bail and turn the table on your attacker. That's what I call sweeeeeet revenge!
10. If you are being chased, fly in circles near one of your team's zsu's, pbr's or quads. This will either give your team mates an easy target or your attacker will give up and chase someone else.
11. Our server allows ramming, sure it may not be the most tasteful tactic, but if you or your team mates are constantly being harassed by say a cobra with a gunner, ram away! You will get a 2 for 1 and save your team mates on the ground. You should even ram 1 for 1 when the chopper pilot is sooooooo good your team is getting creamed by them. Or lets say they are legal main raping, ram away. This gives your team a chance to get another flag while the attacker waits for his chopper to re-spawn.
12. Don't be shy to strafe the ground. Aim for well known spawn points, and places players congregate on foot. Rockets are great for jeeps or tanks I get LOTS of kills that way. On dart for example I have a system. I start by clearing the air, once I know both f4s are down and the skies are clear, I switch to ground targets, then back to air targets and so on... Also, remember, radar picks up ground troops and vehicles as well as air targets.
13. Don't listen to music or turn your sound down while flying. You need to be able to hear the battlefield, even in a jet. Sometimes you can hear a buzz when a mutt nearly hits you, or you can hear the pings of bullets off your aircraft, or even the direction of an enemies motor when you cant see him.
14. When not engaged in battle, fire off any remainded rockets. You never want to have 2 rockets instead of 4 before going into a skirmish. That reload time will get you killed. Be preemptive and think ahead with your rearming and how many you carry in the chamber.
15. If you win a battle and your plane is beat up, bail out over your airfield and get another. Constantly getting a new plane will be time consuming, but it will keep your deaths low in comparison to your kills. After all, nobody wants to be humiliated by being shot down by a pistol.
I know I haven't covered everything, let me know if you have any good ones!
