How to defend against those 109s?

So, what's your favourite defensive move against those pesky 109s on the hostile multiplayer skies???

You know, when he is attacking from your high 6 with quite some speed advantage.

Here's mine (today from the = AGC= server);

unfortunately I can't pull this off every time... :joystick:

Just close your eyes and worry about nothing.. life is short anyway.

Super clean :o

Tried this last night. The 109 just went up as soon as I started turning and stayed up... I ran out of energy (of course) in the turn reversal.

GAME OVER!

Nicely done Redshoes, great skill :)

Back in the days of IL2 Sturmovik, I would split-S as they got within gun range and then continue to climb in the other direction. Eventually you would be at the same altitude as the 109's with better turn rate. admittedly this was in the yak 3, but I'm thinkin it would work in the spit as well.

Back in the days of IL2 Sturmovik, I would split-S as they got within gun range and then continue to climb in the other direction. Eventually you would be at the same altitude as the 109's with better turn rate. admittedly this was in the yak 3, but I'm thinkin it would work in the spit as well.

This won't work well against the K at all. You will be trading altitude for speed, however speed is not the MkIX forte, especially against the 109K. Never dive in a Spit. It's a death sentence (as I have discovered many times).

Maybe you are thinking of an Immelman. That would probably work better, although it's risky.

As I said it worked for me against the best 109 pilots in il2 sturmovik when I was flying the yak 3. Basically the 109 would boom and zoom you but the split-s (yes a split-s) would mean the 109's dive would be too steep to take a shot so he would abort and climb back to his ceiling. by the time he'd come around for another boom and zoom you were a little higher than the last time he tried until eventually you were both at 40,000 feet and then it was a turn fight.