Can anyone explain me this dogfight manuever?

[BirdKiller]

It's a common belief during the dogfights that the aircraft with the fastest speed (Max speed + Afterburner) for a long time will become the victor because of fast manuevers and agility. However on rare occasions I would face a pilot who would do something else that would break this belief. He would slow down his aircraft and make a quick tight turn and quickly gain back speed hence outmanevering me and easily being on my tail. I have attempted trying to do this manuever but failed as my plane would become sluggish hence would take a long time to achieve a tight turn and would not accelerate quickly hence losing the target. I used a keyboard/mouse to test this manuever, and I suspect the pilot achieved this manuever by using the joystick and setting the trottle to 50%-75% in order to slow down, maintain a constant speed, and accelerate quickly (100%). I do have joystick, but it's with my computer which is in Korea, i'm using my mother's computer in California to play BF2 right now.

Any more info of this manuever and how to achieve it with the keyboard & mouse and joystick?

[gkrangers]

"I'll hit the brakes and he'll fly right by".

-Maverick

[BirdKiller]

Nope, that's what I did that got me into a mess, these pilots were still able to play the cat and mouse game. When they used this manuever they got closer to my tail and it was no longer a circular chase. I never was able to get behind their tail when they did this.

[pyalot]

I find the breaking not a very good idea, because it costs you maneuverability, joystick or not.

If you just want to get slower then your enemy, you can just begin flying larger curves. Of course for this to succeed you have to shake him first, so that he doesn't see you and follow you.

[BirdKiller]

I find the breaking not a very good idea, because it costs you maneuverability, joystick or not.

If you just want to get slower then your enemy, you can just begin flying larger curves. Of course for this to succeed you have to shake him first, so that he doesn't see you and follow you.

This is the unusual and distinctive feature of this manuever, even the the aircraft slowed down it was still able to pull of a fast turn. You could never shake him as long as he did this manuever because he was always near your tail. I want to try and learn this manuever but I have failed to achieve it with keyboard/mouse.

[dragon159753]

i don't use the manevuer much, i count on my ground units to back me up, i call for my squad to get in a air defense, i fly by them and kick in the after burners and god hope it hits my enmy, if not its simple force them to fly into u(tight areas where u just bail)

[PunisherUK]

They don't brake fast enough in this game so it's not possible.

[Foxtrot]

Only inexperienced pilots will attempt that move, it makes you vulnerable to every AA on the map.

[imported_Psycho]

If you slow down most pilots will just go past leaving you free to do what you want.

[iewgnem]

when you are tailing the target and you cant keep your turning radius match with his with your current speed because you will overshoot, slow down and you can prevent yourself from overshooting and stay on his tail. When you are flying at 1000 for example slowing down to 900 wont change your manuverbility that much but will enable you to stay at that guy's tail

[Sir. SashDaMan]

Surely while he's slowing down in fornt of you you double click and WHAM he's dead...But hey I will try this trick and see if it works... i'll keep you posted!

[dfr.mav]

best tactic to get someone off your ass is to do a medium loop right in the air, come back down and twist 180 degrees, then full burners straight back up in the air to 600 feet, then come back down on his ass when he's still looking for you.

[Coderedpl]

i lose 95% of the ppl on my tail because of my crazy moving around in the sky!

[Deez]

Try the good ole Tom Cruise "Cobra" manuaver

[dmonkey]

Man I wish air combat in BF2 was like Ace Combat 04 and 05. It was so damn easy it wasn't funny. I think that BF2 should at least include radar, arrows like in Ace Combat would simplify things way too much.