On a final reversal I get into a firing position with the cannon. I fire and the projectiles hit their target. One kill!
On a final reversal I get into a firing position with the cannon. I fire and the projectiles hit their target. One kill!
We did a series of scissors and I managed to stay behind.
We did a series of scissors and I managed to stay behind.
I'm almost in position to fire an IR missile but he has climbed steeply and is outside the acquisition cone, so I can't hear the slightest growl...
I'm almost in position to fire an IR missile but he has climbed steeply and is outside the acquisition cone, so I can't hear the slightest growl...
But I'm still on his tail and I'm speeding up.
But I'm still on his tail and I'm speeding up.
I almost overshoot, he has a window to escape.
I almost overshoot, he has a window to escape.
I'm manoeuvring to keep up.
I'm manoeuvring to keep up.
He pulled me into some scissors and I had the opportunity to fire the cannon, but unfortunately it went wide.
He pulled me into some scissors and I had the opportunity to fire the cannon, but unfortunately it went wide.
I set off again on a barrel roll to try and keep my room to manoeuvre. He goes straight for speed. The situation looks promising.
I set off again on a barrel roll to try and keep my room to manoeuvre. He goes straight for speed. The situation looks promising.
We're still turning but he's decided to slow down suddenly, which surprises me and I'm on the verge of an overshoot.
We're still turning but he's decided to slow down suddenly, which surprises me and I'm on the verge of an overshoot.
We're entering a turning phase of the battle and we're both trading altitude for the ability to turn tightly, hoping to get in our opponent's wake.
We're entering a turning phase of the battle and we're both trading altitude for the ability to turn tightly, hoping to get in our opponent's wake.
He was obviously turning too and seemed to be taking the lead, but to turn so much at this speed he had to trade altitude for G's. So he finishes his move much lower than my position.
He was obviously turning too and seemed to be taking the lead, but to turn so much at this speed he had to trade altitude for G's. So he finishes his move much lower than my position.
Then we would have passed each other head-on again if I hadn't taken advantage of my lead and the space available to start a barrel roll (1/2). This'll give me altitude (an advantage that can be converted into acceleration) and should leave me room to turn behind him.
Then we would have passed each other head-on again if I hadn't taken advantage of my lead and the space available to start a barrel roll (1/2). This'll give me altitude (an advantage that can be converted into acceleration) and should leave me room to turn behind him.
But he finally turned sharply to his right, so we engaged in a kind of one-circle fight in which I had the advantage because I had started to turn earlier. But he's too far away for any of my weapons to catch him.
But he finally turned sharply to his right, so we engaged in a kind of one-circle fight in which I had the advantage because I had started to turn earlier. But he's too far away for any of my weapons to catch him.
I continue on my left turn as he goes straight ahead faster than the speed of sound, seeming to want to avoid a confrontation.
I continue on my left turn as he goes straight ahead faster than the speed of sound, seeming to want to avoid a confrontation.
I (blue plane) make a left turn to meet my opponent head-on and lower my speed to reduce the turn diameter, hoping to get behind him faster.
I (blue plane) make a left turn to meet my opponent head-on and lower my speed to reduce the turn diameter, hoping to get behind him faster.