Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26020068-20150501103516/@comment-628612-20150502013225

@Anon: Bear in mind that even though the Engine parts increase the mobility bar, it actually Does not increase its turning capabilities , parts enchances stats , but they only do what their description says.

@Ian: The bread and butter of dog-fighting is mobility, so enhance your aircraft mobility aspect by adding Roll , Pitch and Yaw parts. Also administrating your speed is essential, so keep at least at Mach 1 or so and know when to do a high-G turn , you won't be able to do so when you are at low speed , so i recommend using the Flight Dinamic Module , it increase the High-G turn in a considerable amount , use it in the place of a Yaw part if you tend not to do so (i highly recomend though , as it allows for sharper turns without using High-G).

In PvP, i myself like to use Machine Gun parts , as the Gun does a lot of damage to players , if you have a good aim , you can gun-down a enemy-players in a fraction of the time you would need to hit'em with missiles. But if aiming is not your thing, go for Advanced Propulsion , as it does not only increase the speed but also your missiles fuel , i've seen happening not with me only but on me also , missiles that miss the target , and a few seconds later they come back to them , you can see in the minimap it doing a sharp 180 and homing again on target.

The optimal distance to fire Standard Missiles at enemies is at 1000-1500 meters if you are behind the enemy, it gives the missile enough room and time to correct its path towards the target , also if you have acces to 6AAMs , use them as their range grants a chance of scoring a hit , normaly you have to deal with multiple missiles , and you think you evaded one pursuing you and forgets that a out-of-radar  missiles is coming for you.

In order to evade, do fake turns on the missile/enemy , do a turn to the left (or right) and imediatly roll and do a High-G to the right (or left).

To evade someone on your tail, throtle up to Afterburner and climb , once you hit 1000-1500 Km/h , proceed to a high-G turn directly at the enemy and you will have enough room to get behind him. If your plane have low stability, equip Brake parts , with this put your nose directly up and 90º and brake with all your might , if you are on a plane that is not a VTOL (F-35B , Harrier and ASF-X) your nose will instantly go down , if executed correctly , you should have a lock on the porsuing enemy and you can fire a point-blank missile on him ,this tactics does not work very well with planes that have missile-bays , as it will take part of your very short time to open. Remember that this is a blade with two edges, if the enemy is in a confortable distance from you (1250-2000 Meters) you'll be a easy target for him , use this tactic carfully.

Use and abuse of your gun, it has unlimited ammo , keep X pressed as you trail a enemy if you are lucky or accurate enough , you just might get some good effect on them.

My Setup is the following:

'''ADF-01 FALKEN lv. 10'''

BODY: Roll parts L, Pitch parts L , Enhanced Frame LL

'''ARMS: Advanced Warheads L. Advanced Mobile Fins L, Advanced Propulsion L'''

MISC: Shock Resistant Suit

This setup is IMHO the best for dog-fighting, it works the best for me , of course everyone has their own.

I Hope that it was useful for you, if anything you'd like to ask , go right ahead :D!