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Exemplo:
Sokol1Energy
Energy is the single most important concept you need to understand before you will
be successful in air-to-air combat. Energy is - in its simplest form - airspeed or the
ability to generate airspeed. All manoeuvring creates drag that bleeds airspeed and
if you cannot counter this energy bleed you will find yourself unable to either attack
or defend.
In combat the pilot with the most energy has the upper hand. They should be able
to manoeuvre to an attack position while denying the enemy the chance to do the
same. Once in the attack position energy is spent making your attack while your
bandit spends energy avoiding it. It often costs more energy to defend successfully
than is spent on the same attack.
An attacker should wisely use his energy, A quick kill spending little energy is more
desirable than a kill made through wearing an opponent down. Getting a kill through
energy depletion might still be a kill, but your own energy state may well make you
a sitting duck for another lurking bandit.
Turn fighting often turns into a battle of energy depletion where combatants
aggressively spend their energy to gain a controlling position with little regard to
energy state. Energy fighting is combat where an attacker aims to keep energy up
through slashing attacks at high speed coupled with manoeuvring in the vertical.
Choosing which approach you will take in your engagement will depend on whether
you have an initial energy advantage with relative aircraft performance being a
secondary consideration.
If you have an energy advantage energy fighting is your best choice, at least
initially. It keeps you safer than turn fighting and is easier to coordinate. If you have
the disadvantage you want to lure your opponent into turn fighting to reduce their
energy state to the point where you can move over to the offensive when you
achieve energy parity.
How do you get energy?
You gain energy by accelerating. You do this by using the acceleration provided by
your power plant or the acceleration provided by gravity by putting your nose down
and trading altitude for airspeed.
Gravity gives you the best acceleration so it’s your best source of energy. This is
why having an altitude advantage is very important. You can consider altitude an
energy bank that you can withdraw from whenever you need to gain energy by
diving to gain airspeed.
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How do you waste energy?
• Spending more energy in an ineffective attack than defender spends evading.
• Giving up altitude for no purpose.
• Defending inefficiently by giving up excessive altitude or airspeed.
• Not grabbing energy when you have the opportunity to do so.
How do you wisely use energy?
You wisely use your energy by being miserly with it. If an attack would cost you a lot
of energy be patient and wait until your target is on sale.
When you’re banking energy by converting it to altitude you should only bank what
you can spare. You should always keep enough to defend effectively against a
couple of attacks by climbing at high speed.
