IMO its kinda tricky since it slaughters in downtiers but its meager 12 flares goes quickly in an uptier. As almost always, decompression would help here.
You should take into account that the usual Draken you engage will be having a lot less fuel than you, so if one manipulates you into fighting at a more comfortable speed range then you’re in trouble.
Doesn’t matter lmao, any competent player can beat a Draken by playing smart, i had a fight with a Mig 21MF yesterday, i had the energy advantage and caused him to stall out but if i get close ill be slower than he was because he can regain energy faster than i can. We went back and fourth till i was stuck at about 600kph, at that point i had to play more aggressive and dived on to him where i missed my strafe but managed to get my missile on him. It takes any amount of brain power to know how to play better than a Draken because its got one advantage being the first turn, once that turn is done its basically over. You just dont gain speed back fast enough for the average air RB fight, id say its a strong fighter in SIM though.
j35xs at 1.0 lower than F-5E in sim with faster speed and triple the missiles and radar with IFF and IRST is crazy