If taking a IR missile shot, break to side, and dump flares like crazy. So roll alot, to prevent opponent gun or missile solutions. Quicker then almost everything, except clean Mig-21. In DCS I find that F-5E has really fast roll rate. They would ambush Japanese, dive on them, or single pass from underneath, then run like hell. Fighting superior Am6 Zero's with less maneuverable P-40. Ambush tactics! Like the Claire Chenault's Flying Tigers in China in 1940. So best bet is one pass at enemy, fire off Sidewinders, one head on gun pass if possible, then run away. A clean Mig-21Bis climbs quite a bit faster then F-5E.
Mig-29, SU-27/30/33/J-11A, Mirage2K, all can see you further out, have more and better AA weapons, faster, and climb faster. 4th gen fighters, and will probably loose. In my opinion, within context of DCS world, unless you are fighting Mig-21, Mig-15, another F-5E, L-39, Hawk, or intercepting large aircraft, you are at energy disadvantage vs.
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Even full internal fuel will slow you down, but F-5E will go through that fast in afterburner. So you can't 'dogfight' with fuel tanks and AG stores. Gross weight of aircraft effects how it sheds and gains energy. This is central to Western thought on ACM. Read Energy Theory of Air Combat Maneuvering by USAF Col.
The harder the turn, the faster the AC looses energy. About 400-450 knots for tightest turn, and fastest turn rate. Aircraft needs speed for best performance. Visual target and threat detection with RWR is more useful.Īfter SA, managing energy (air speed and altitude) is next most difficult. In F-5E, radar is ancillary sensor at best. Have labels, so you would know where the friendlies and enemies are. External views, especially F5 nearest aircraft and nearest ground hostile view,are most usefull. Which is knowing your aircraft relationship to target or threats, or both at same time. Regardless of platform, situational awareness is most difficult, in DCS, and in real life. ACM is hard dude! F-5E is actually more of a ground attack, then air-air.
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