I know people are going to bring up the “skill issue” argument, likening these things to a Zero and implying that you just need to avoid dogfighting them. But this damn thing is nothing like a Zero; if anything, it’s more like a Yak-3. Once they exceed Mach 0.85, it’s as if they have infinite energy, they can dance around continuously with almost no loss in speed. I’m also not sure why I can’t get a missile lock at standard ranges; I have to get extremely close, which makes any kind of stealthy IR missile attack impossible. On top of that, their damage resistance is absolutely insane. I know they aren’t exceptionally fast, but taking them down is still incredibly difficult.
what are you using, but yeah the best is to keep up speed and not dogfight them at all
I using J-7D for grind China
they hold speed quite a bit better than you
its not sustainable but you can use that to get a few chances to shoot them down in a dogfight by pulling high angle turns to lose speed quickly, at least for the f-5c and A, the E is a bit more problematic
but yeah they can be annoying sometimes
Yeah, that’s a bit of a tricky one, the J-7D is OP, but the F-5s are uniquely suited to counter it in most situations, the J-7D is highly dependent on it’s ability to get high and fast an then use the PL-5Bs to bonk people, but the F-5C is freakishly cold and great at retaining energy above ~800kph, you need to hit and run or try a PL-7 at high AOE with a lot of lead at close range, even if they flare it they can hit the plane while trying to pull onto the flare
Yes, I know how formidable the J-7D’s power is (you can check my K/D ratio, it should be 11.0). I’ve noticed many J-7D pilots complain about the Mig-25, but I’ve never had any problems with them. But the F-5 is just too annoying
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I was not trying to cast the “skill issue stone” just point out that the F-5C is in a position to hard counter you if you do not approach it correctly.