Energy Fighting
by TC aka Tequila Chaser
The E Fighting style (energy fighting), is often confused with the BnZ fighting
style (boom & zoom fighting), when in actuality that couldn’t be more further
from the truth. Yes BnZ is part of E fighting but that is about as far as it
goes. The Energy fighter is the purist of the combat fighter pilots, one who has
attained the skills of the boom & zoom fighting style and has combined them with
the skills of the turn & burn fighting style (stall fighting). He is
aggressively offensive by nature yet maintains the patience needed to quarrel
his victim until the most opportune time.
To Energy fight you must think both offensive (attacker) mode and defensive
(defender) modes at the same time. You must never enter an engagement with less
energy, whether your advantage is in altitude, speed, or both. This doesn’t
necessarily mean you must always have the alt advantage by no means. One can
still have a greater E advantage and still be the lower opponent of the two. For
this to work though you must have the ability to tell upon a glance that you are
in the catbird’s seat though. SA (situational awareness) plays a big role here.
The E Fighting pilot has taken into account every aspect of the fight offered to
him, he has studied his plane in and out and knows his plane’s limitations from
one end of the flight envelope all the way to the other (from blackout to
stall). He has studied each and every type of fighter he might come up against
and has learned the advantages and weakness of each, according to how they
compare with the plane he is flying, so he knows upfront what he can and can not
do depending on which plane he engages. The E fighter pilot will use his
advantages and make his opponent fly to his opponent’s own weaknesses, not
letting his opponent use the advantages of his opponent’s plane.
Working the process of E fighting means to use low G pulling maneuvers and
banking your energy (converting speed to alt) until you bleed your opponent of
his energy. At this time you carefully use your SA skills in watching his plane
and the way it acts in relation to you and the maneuvers you exercise against
him. At times the energy Fighter will be able to use Higher G maneuvers when he
is sure he is out of the way of danger and has a substantial energy advantage to
do so, most times these High G maneuvers will be in the vertical or near
vertical plane of flight, to acquire and store more E to cash in on when needed.
As the E fighter bleeds his victim down to a wobbling chunk of metal in the sky
he is also scanning the skies of Aces High to keep a look out for any incoming
threats. Incase there is, he has that saved up E to evade, extend and setup
again, but if the skies appear clear he then uses his E advantage and pounces
his prey. He has bled him to where the prey can not evade his onslaught of
attacks now and the E fighter has scored another pelt, all by using patience,
SA, and aggressiveness.
The Energy fighter does not give in to the opponent whether the opponent is a
BnZ type or a Turn n Burn type, no sir. He makes the Boom and Zoomer bleed his E
to where the BnZer weakens and then turns the tables to acquire the E advantage,
He hides his energy well and gives the BnZer a false presentation making the
BnZer think he has the advantage when he doesn’t, it is often too late for the
BnZer once he realizes the tables have turned against him.
As for the Turn and Burn fighter pile-it, The E fighter will act as if he is
going to turn with his victim, yet he does not commit to the full extent, he
uses oblique turns and out of plane maneuvers to bleed the TnBer until he knows
he has the substantial Energy advantage then he suckers the TnBer into thinking
he can attain a guns solution and leaves him wollering nose high when he turns
the tables and attacks.
Fear the Skilled Energy Fighter Pilots ( E Fighters ) they know their stuff and
are prone to take you to school!
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