Check out these extreme tactics that can be executed in Tom Clancy’s HAWX from UbiSoft.
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Stall Turn:
Description:
The aircraft starts in level flight, noses up to a vertical flight path until it comes to a stop. At which point the model aircraft yaws through 180 degrees, then dives and finally recovers straight and level on a flight path in the opposite direction to the entry. Entry and exit should be at the same height. Low powered aircraft types would be expected to execute a shallow dive at full throttle in order to pick up the necessary speed before commencing the maneuver.
Purpose: Regaining offensive position
Herbst maneuver (J-turn):
Description:
The Herbst Maneuver, or Herbst Reversal, is another classic post-stall maneuver.
The goal of the maneuver is quite simply to reverse the aircraft’s heading angle and to complete the reversal at the same point and velocity that the maneuver was started from. The maneuver typically resembles the one illustrated in the following figure: the aircraft pitches to a high AOA to stop the forward component of its velocity, puts in rudder at the top of the climb to point the aircraft down, and then dives to regain speed as it returns to the starting point.
Purpose: Enables a rapid direction change
Cobra:
Description:
The Cobra is a classic post-stall maneuver. The two primary characteristics of this maneuver are 1) a rapid pitch-up to near 90º AOA and 2) a rapid decrease in velocity by 50-75%. (The latter is due to the fact that the aircraft is flying through the air on its tail when at 90º AOA, and therefore is incurring a huge drag penalty.) The maneuver also results in an increase in altitude due to the lift generated at AOA values greater than zero.
Purpose: Force overshooting and get behind the Attacker
Kulbit
Description:
An aircraft could shoot an opponent directly behind them by extending the Cobra past 90º to 180º. The aircraft actually pitches all the way from 0º to 360º AOA while flying in a nearly straight line – except for the altitude increase, as before with the Cobra.
Purpose: force overshooting and consequent positioning for missile shot.
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