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Skybird · 05-10-13, 09:51 AM

My dogfight moment to remember: many years ago, with Flanker 2.5. Using a Mig-29 myself versus 2 AI-flown F15s, guns and 2 IR per plane only. 5 Minutes of pure air ballet. Somehow the 6 missiles all got spent and hit nothing (in lethal Flanker - that alone is remarkable), and then the ballet began. For me, it was a perfect moment on a perfect day, it was up and down and left and right, from low above ground to some ten thousand feet, sometimes chasing one of the two, sometimes got both trailing on my 6.

Never had such a perfect dogfighting experience before or after again. I managed to survive for around 5 minutes maybe, then gunned one of my opponents, half a minute later got knocked out by the other. But I still start dreaming when remembering the flying. And even without TrackIR back then... I had a very good HOTAS setup with plenty of viewing options on it.

Flanker had the best flight model for jets in its time. As I recall memories of it, it still would hold its ground today. Very dynamic and non-linear, very different to Falcon's FM.

05-10-13, 09:51 AM	#8
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 40,496 Downloads: 9 Uploads: 0	My dogfight moment to remember: many years ago, with Flanker 2.5. Using a Mig-29 myself versus 2 AI-flown F15s, guns and 2 IR per plane only. 5 Minutes of pure air ballet. Somehow the 6 missiles all got spent and hit nothing (in lethal Flanker - that alone is remarkable), and then the ballet began. For me, it was a perfect moment on a perfect day, it was up and down and left and right, from low above ground to some ten thousand feet, sometimes chasing one of the two, sometimes got both trailing on my 6. Never had such a perfect dogfighting experience before or after again. I managed to survive for around 5 minutes maybe, then gunned one of my opponents, half a minute later got knocked out by the other. But I still start dreaming when remembering the flying. And even without TrackIR back then... I had a very good HOTAS setup with plenty of viewing options on it. Flanker had the best flight model for jets in its time. As I recall memories of it, it still would hold its ground today. Very dynamic and non-linear, very different to Falcon's FM. __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.