Bleh, 4 deaths 0 kills.
I suck at the dogfighting thing. <_< >_>
It gets better
Just try to keep the gun-thing on the target-lead-thing and the enemy plane will be destroyed
A few other tips that are good for air combat in general:
- Always look around.
- If you are disengaged and at no risk of being engaged, climb slowly. You can convert altitude into speed, and "speed is life". It allows you to decide when and where to commit rather than the enemy.
- If you are disengaged and at no risk of being engaged, reload your weapons (arcade).
- As you fire, four quadrants of your firing circle will become coloured in red. That means your weapon is overheating. Once that happens, your guns jam and you have to reload. Fire only when you are sure to get some hits, otherwise let them cool down.
- When the enemy is shooting at you, see whether you are faster than he is. If you are, don't do sudden movements and you will soon be out of range.
- Do not give in to "tunnel vision"! It is better to get a few hits in and an assist, and then break off and move on, than it is to keep focusing on the same plane, get a kill and then die. Tunnel vision often leads to "plane-trains" of people shooting at each other in an orderly fashion. Avoid that - if you're going to join a plane-train, make sure to get in the end of the line AND that no enemy can get behind you.
Because it can't be emphasised enough, if "speed is life" is the queen motto, then "situational awareness" is the king motto - always be aware of who is where, and how they can manoeuvre to get on your tail (and vice-versa).