ABPositive

To you fly boys out there, are all fighters equal in dogfight abilities? I have a feeling that the USMC F35B is not quite as agile as the J10 and the MEC's fighter. But it could be the skill of the pilot as well... Thoughts?

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DuckCommander

I hear the J10 is better than the F35B in BF2. It's a blasphemy since the F35 is supposed to be the worlds most advanced fighter.

Mishkan

F35B feels a bit bloated to fly relatively, the J-10 can basically lose anything with just it's speed and small size.

Oh yeah, whenever I have a teammate who is being chased by a J-10 I just go ahead and keep a constant lock on on the J-10 just to scare it off. I get bored otherwise flying around in circles repetively. Plus they'll fly around scared for a good few minutes even after you leave them.

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jex

Most advanced doesn't necessarily mean most manouverable, and this game in no way models the real world. A mig 21 can out-turn an F16 in the right conditions and air combat is all about the pilot, not the plane he flies. In BF2 though the laws of physics and jet fighter operation have been massively simplified. I imagine that might have something to do with trying to fly on a map the size of a postage stamp

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StrikeFear

I've noticed:
1. The J-10 has a superior turning radius.
2. The F-35 has a greater top-speed (1350 with A/B - smokin!)

I'm sure there are others, but I haven't noticed.
But given this, the Dalian Plant map is a place where the F-35 pilot wants to break and run until his wingman can help him out. With pilots of equal skill, the J-10 has an advantage that is large enough to be exploited for teh win.

OH!!! But the F-35 can HOVER!!! Which is the biggest tactical advantage of all!! Cuz it means you can stop dead in the sky and sit there like a turret ... waiting for the missiles to home in on you.
Seriously - why did EA even put that in there? Just to make room for 2 planes on the carrier??? sheesh.

Is that specific to the J-10? Or wouldn't you do that anytime - whether they're in a J-10 or other jet?

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birdie_in_Texas

you jet flyers...why in the hell when i get in the plane and throttle up using the slider on my sidewinder preceision, do i go backwards...

i can't get the damn thing to go forward for rollout and takeoff....

i have re-done the setting about 10 times and still the same answer..

setup for the heli's works..even though i don't fly them worth a damn...so what is up with my stuff? surely i am doing something wrong...

Mishkan

No I normally kill them if they're in another jet.

And birdie I don't use a joystick

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StrikeFear

Birdie - the throttle control is "centered." That means that center-position is neutral. Anything forward of that is faster. Anything behind that is "air brakes/reverse/hover(F-35)".
When you get in the jet, make sure your throttle is centered.

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Shina

Like what StrikeFear have stated, it seems J-10 has a bit more agility than the F-35B. It also seems to me that the J-10 has more acceleration power (with afterburner) than the F-35B when taking off on the airways.

Levi

Make sure that in the settings page you push your throttle forward for throttle up and down for throttle down. It'll say the correct axis either way, but it'll be backwards if you don't do it that way.