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General tips

To improve in game i think 3 important things must be done:

1. Improve visibility.

There are many things to improve FPS:
a) Reduce graphics detail leve to minimum.
b) Remove gauges from pannel.cfg if u dont use.
c) Do not run other programs when plaing cfs.
d) Run cfs in full-screen mode.

There are some add on that helps to view chasing aircraft better, this are:
a) Blue Sky. (corrects sky color).
b) No holes. (avoid get a shoot in gunsight place)
c) Customs gunsight. (aid to get better aiming point)

2. Improve game information.

3. Improve inet connection speed.

Try to close all inet aplications. You can check with the netstat command from a dos box that no connections to the inet is wasting the modem band.
Here is the output of netstat command, an ideal situation, only connections to the zone. Both will be paused when game start, still you hit the resume button when you get back from game.:

Aircraft specific tips

Hawker Hurricane:

Allso with hurricane you need the padlock, because you will blockout in almost all turns.
You have 2672 rounds, 17 seconds of fire. So better save the ammo. Firing from less than 300 in adversary wings will cut off.

Most players use 5% fuel in FFA games. If you fly against Fw-190, spitfires, me109 try to avoid h2h. You can turn faster. The problem is that when u turn they will run away. So, load more fuel, you will need.

Settings i use:
Manual mix: 8 taps lean.
Trim: 12 clicks nose down.
Propeller: Unchanged.
Turn fight: several clicks nose up.
Flaps: only divig at hight speed.

North American P51d.

At first time is very hard to avoid stall and spin in the p51. In my personal experience a good joystic is important. I was (and still i am) unable to fly the mustang with the standart microsoft sidewinder joystic. When i get the Saitek Cyborg 3D all changed. Still hard to fly, but i get control of stall. Miller_78th toldme that a force feedback joystick is much better to fly the p51.

P51 is more durable than hawkers. Faster, more engine power, and WEP aviable. Has 1880 rounds of .50 cal. That is about 32 seconds of fire, so you can get more control of ammo.

Sometimes is hard to keep oriented while in padlock mode. Fuel tanks are big, so 4% of fuel gives about 6 minutes of flight. Most games with a victory req. of 10 are not longuer than 10 or 12 minutes, so you can finish those games with only one dead if you are lucky. The new aircarft will give the next 6 minutes to finish game.

Some pilots dont load full ammo, to get less weight. Special in 1v1 games. I prefer to load full ammo and "waste" the ammo in first h2h pass. Starting fire from far away. If you have luck, the "ammo unload" will hit adversary. So, two problem solved.

Settings i use:
Manual mix: 7 taps lean.
Trim: 3 clicks nose down.
Propeller: Unchanged.
Turn fight: 6 clicks nose up.
Flaps:up to 100% divig at hight speed. 24% at start of must turns.

Fw-190:

Startegy tips

Energy:

So...
How i build energy?: with the engine and time.
How i lose energy?: In almost all turns, special the hight G's turns. Allso energy is lost because air friction. If you dive changin Potential energy (alt) into Kinetic energy (speed) and then fly level, the speed gained will be lost soon.
How i conserve enrgy?: Only turning hard when needed. If you dive then try to use the speed to climb again. Try not to use the rudder.

Situation awareness:

Is easy to know if an aircraft is commimg or going respect of you looking the radar. allso you can see how fast he come or he go.
You must pay attention of energy of each adversary.
Try to find low energy adversary
Is one mate turning with adversary? well, run to there and give him some help.
Use the radar to fly close to your team mates. Allways try to stay close to them.

Combat Manouvers

You can download this guide in pdf format, Shoot to Kill.
Was not writed for cfs1, but information is usefull for all combat flight simulator games. Is a 1v1 guide, but still good for not 1v1 games.

Team Work

Use the radio always it is possible, but only inform important events.

If you have an adversary at 6 try to fly in direction of close friend and say to him to take adversary. Maybe this is not necesary if your mate is wake up :)

If you are done try to climb. Maybe adversary follow you and becomes in a sitting duck for your wingman.