05.03.2010, 08:50
The jug is the one aircraft I think it is most important not to be caught low and slow with. I guage online and offline flying much differently. Offline I can use the Jug well, the enemy never seems to use the turn advantage they have and I can normally just stay fast and make slashing passes at enemy formations. Against the 190 can be tricky when the enemy is very good. That is if you are under 20,000ft. The thing about the jug is that is seems to have the same turn rate and radius at 10k as it does at 25k. At high alt the Jug really shines. Up in the thin air, every fighter flies like the jug does at low alt, worse in most cases. The jugs big wing allows you to make solid turns at high alt and kill any sent against you.
Online, not very many people fly and fight at the nosebleed alts, so if you are in a jug at 25k chances are you are the king of the mountain. Use that advantage to make diving attacks. Watch your speed in a dive to make sure you dont lose control and try to be in position at the bottom of your dive, not the top. By this I mean that it is way better to use the energy (speed) you gain in the dive to climb back up to altitude then to use it maneuvering for a shot that will leave you slow with a long ride back up to alt.
Online, not very many people fly and fight at the nosebleed alts, so if you are in a jug at 25k chances are you are the king of the mountain. Use that advantage to make diving attacks. Watch your speed in a dive to make sure you dont lose control and try to be in position at the bottom of your dive, not the top. By this I mean that it is way better to use the energy (speed) you gain in the dive to climb back up to altitude then to use it maneuvering for a shot that will leave you slow with a long ride back up to alt.