Defensive Flying in Battlefield 5! How to lose a plane on your six.

/ silk2g - Should be live if you're watching this as it comes out!
Be sure to leave any criticism to the format. I always stay away from these type of videos as I feel like dogfighting is something that's really hard to teach, and I'm not that good at explaining things.

[@warwickruse6428]

... Until the game crashed ... Obviously a man of experience

[@gabrielvasquez2977]

For some reason i was a decent pilot on bf4 long time ago but in this game i feel like im a fish trying to fly

[@gabrielvasquez2977]

@silk i really need help.

[@TheWalkerRoad]

I feel you, bro . Welcome to my world...

[@leightonslanga7465]

I was god awful, just terrible, in bf4 but in this game I absolutely slap. The planes fly very heavy, and carry momentum more. It's less about keeping your speed in a sweet spot and more about building up or killing momentum. Making runs that center around the resupply points are very important too as quick repairs reload very quickly and can sustain you during a dog fight.

[@Brickmaster202]

@@leightonslanga7465 ??? bf4 and bf3 had some of the best air combat and was touted for its air combat.... Not gonna dish on bfv but its a very simple pull back on the throttle meta when it comes to dogfights. You should check out some bf4 dogfights, they're insane.

[@natanaelrodriguez9580]

Same here, i carried over from 4 to 1. Stood a good chance but then I move over to 5 and its like im flying with chicken wings

[@yusufsyed7852]

When I have someone on my six I use these tactics but one thing that works well for me at higher altitudes is to dive down at a 45 - 60 degree angle and then hit the brakes and pull up causing the enemy to overshoot then quickly accelerate to prevent a complete stall and this lands me on the enemies tail.

[@sykzz3117]

Imma go do this rn lmao

[@GrungeVeins]

@@sykzz3117 same me rn actually

[@chungmot]

Does it work?

[@LukeSpookem]

My favorite is when someones plane sensitivity isn't on 150% and they are trying chase me but crash into the ground or something because they can't take the turns as tight as me. The console experience.

[@morgenludwig]

What is the best plane set up on console?

[@Dreyfuss_The_Guy]

Morgen Ludwig for me I prefer legacy southpaw

[@battlefieldclips7013]

Fuck that’s me, I was always thinking why I can’t make tight turns as others do. I ll go home n change it today.

[@KaidenAT]

Hold tf up, you can change it to 150???

[@F1Z5Y]

That sounds like me

[@amoney11]

It takes like 2 minutes to down an enemy plane and then it takes me 10 seconds to die

[@anjalogomez6583]

@@reposter6434 well how else are we supposed to get the upgrades if we are forced to use the stock weapons

[@anjalogomez6583]

@@reposter6434 this game is frustrating because not only can I not find any information in terms of defensive maneuvers for console but then once I do get behind somebody and light them up I’m on doing like 15 damage and then on top of that they always manage to get behind me somehow I’m not getting it

[@Ledzinski]

1:50 start...

[@angerybigdaddy8541]

Ledziński | Fotografia i film thank you.

[@MTSBeans]

Love it. I have just started learning to fly in BFV this past week. I started watching your videos and wanted to learn. This is perfect timing.

[@tappaja151]

I love your plane videos because u actually explain what is going on in ur head. Hoping u uploaded more and diffrent plane videos!

[@dueric223]

Thank you so much for this video , great to see that ace pilot does not hesitate to share their experience. i hope you can share more dogfight videos. see you in game Sharpy

[@marknutt8370]

Can you do these tutorials with key presses on screen? I'd really appreciate it.

[@pedrovazquez5990]

I just used real life tactics, or actual tactics they used in the spitfire “Boom and zooming” at the beginning of the match I climb and usually gives me the advantages with more speed but i really love how each plane feels different and different maneuvers play differently on both sides

[@justaperson9677]

Boom and zoom is for war thunder

[@N1mr]

Adapt improvise overcome or uninstall - to all the complainers of anything in the game. Silk - I asked for this, throttle positions , many clips ago, and you delivered , thanks bro ....great clip

[@SilkOCE]

Thanks man. I'm not spamming out tutorials because I need them to be actually helpful. I can record some bullshit that works against bad pilots, but I need to find stuff that works against the majority to make it worthy of a whole vid.

[@steelmetal9523]

Those are really cool tips man, thanks!

[@jayalexander8107]

A really good strat is slam break and move in a up down position to slow yourself even more also dodging bullets. They will fly right by you and you follow them on their 6. I use it everytime and it works. Also forgot to say if you have engine boost it can take you out of that sluggish state immediately so i recommend using it.

[@catdaddy8603]

Thanks, that really helps. I need to get better at switching views quickly. Do you prefer the radar view? I guess it gives you much better situational awareness. I didn't realize that aircraft accelerate more slowly in bf5. I thought it would be the other way around since piston aircraft have better response to power changes than jets.

[@ausreefguy5362]

to win all dogfights you have to just be confident at flying fast/low use the terrain to stop the line of sight/close the gap then hit the brakes so hard you engage landing gear since your already low and in the engagement zone once they overshoot slam the accel and pull out then fire away. its weak tactics but it works 99 percent of the time imo if you know what your doing from previous titles.

[@gottlos7]

when im on the german team BF109 G2 is my choice using four 7.92 mm machine gun. i have a good success rating using a combination of these depending on the situation. breaks, reverse rudder, and instant repair (+30 health) i don't use smoke or radar.

[@SilkOCE]

www.twitch.tv/silk2g Live right now!

[@thehappybaptist5468]

You’re doing the Lords work

[@mattdarwin3978]

I just go in circles and when the pilot on my tail gets used to just holding up on the joystick I go straight up in the air and because of the low fov on console they never notice then I go back down and now I’m on his tail I love doing this with the nitrous boost

[@DrEaMzZz868]

So when an enemy slows down u use your momentum to come back around behind them because they won't be able to pull away fast enough but when u slow down and encounter some1 that uses the momentum to their advantage what do u do??? Also can u give your thoughts on the NOS in the G2 do u think its good as in if I slowed down for my enemy to overshoot is it strong enough for me to gain speed to reach back behind him or is it a waist?

[@harrymatthewsmusic]

The other day I had someone on my six and I suddenly had an idea, so I slowed down and started going up, and he passed me. I was shocked that it worked

[@griffgaming6391]

Make a defence guide for console it is quite different

[@Trudginator]

console sucks tho

[@mark880]

Trudginator no you suck XD

[@KaidenAT]

@@Trudginator well i aint gonna just go drop a grand so i can make tight turns

[@doa_824]

Trudginator shut up pc player your just jealous that we have better stuff than you broke fuck 😂

[@halosnova1604]

@@doa_824 ah, yes. Of course, he's the broke one here... lmao.

[@Temmmpla]

I just wish I could stay alive long enough in a fuckin plane to level any of them up, the instant I hop into one, it gets torn to ribbons by either AA or some sweaty tryhard dogfighter, I do the maneuvers, it doesn't work, they all see it coming from a mile away. I used to be good at dogfighting too, wtf happened.

[@AngryKing-jg5eh]

or that one fatherless child with the flank panzer

[@AbsolutEdd]

@@AngryKing-jg5eh sometimes I leave my plane at the base and travel by foot to the back of the map to blow him up.

[@hivnegativ8465]

Dude, you deserve way more subs

[@fireaculater2328]

Could you do some comparisons between the Spitfire and BF109s? Right now it feels like the the Spitfire is so far superior to the BF109s that it's not worth flying fighters if your playing Axis.

[@TheWalkerRoad]

Its not a supoosition, its true, Spitefire has the adventage of smoke and the 8 machine guns, you can miss 280 bullets cause you only need 70 to destroy a BF109 . Even if the BF109 and 102 have more manoeuvrability dont make any difference in the lowest speed, because it is at this speed that you can lose the enemy in your six. Trust me, i´ve never been defeated in 1vs1 with the Spitefire since the last update.

[@SilkOCE]

That's exactly it.

[@jaguh9069]

Yeah spitfire with 8 machine gun clearly wins against BF 109 with only 4. I'm struggling hard to kill a spitfire then 1 time he got on my 6, I'm only last for 5 sec.

[@justaperson9677]

If you use the high attitude package for the bf 109 g6 you can outclimb the enemy

[@justaperson9677]

@darky -_- yeah I know right the Germans are the most op

[@CristianCvitanic]

How do you make speed when doing a yo-yo? Should I maintain speed or brake while going up? I've tried both and still get out turned...

[@GoddardsKoalaFitness]

Hey bud what do you use to record your gameplay? Is it obs or a capture card?

[@joddo1991]

Dang I still have trouble braking and end up stalling on the outer rim haha

[@briant216]

i hate the braking strat. the amount that these planes slow to should cause them to fall out of the sky. i know its a video game but, holy shit, for a game trying to tout its "accuracy" this is a far cry from air combat. ive seen people pull this crap at 50m off the ground and pull out likes its no big deal. i really wish there was a game aside from "warthunder" that would offer some decent air combat.

[@GoddardsKoalaFitness]

Briant Lindsey if someone brakes immediately pitch up and break, at the top of the vertical climb you will be directly above them. When they begin to speed up just pitch back down and you will end up behind them again. Or just let off two rockets as soon as they break and that does the trick too.

[@digitalsiler]

ace combat lolol

[@JacobGramtorp]

Check out digital Combat simulator or IL-2 BoS. :)

[@mattdayman9632]

@@digitalsiler ace combat 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂good one!

[@PasDeMD]

@@JacobGramtorp Seconded, that's the place to go for realism!

[@doa_824]

How do u turn your plane so fast I can’t do that!?!?

[@xine6759]

Sensitivityå

[@ernstkenobi8827]

How did he turn on to have the chase camera turning can someone tell me how to turn that on

[@RichardRodriguez-fe1yw]

I recently got into planes and dogfights how are you able to turn so well ? I’m mesmerized by the tactics of the plane and how fast it can get into a 90 degree angle I play on controller so any hints would be completely helpful keep up the great work

[@SilkOCE]

This is old gameplay so it might have changed since, but I basically just always rudder towards the enemy if I have the energy to do it

[@declonatha9991]

@@SilkOCE What do you mean by energy?

[@elijakiger]

@@declonatha9991 Your speed in a sense. If you're going really slow because you've been breaking the whole time, you have no energy. If you throttle up for a bit, you'll gain more speed, and thusly, more energy. If you want a face value answer, he really just means kinetic energy

[@rosscraddock6241]

I’ve noticed that braking works better when you are closer to the ground on BFV. Fjell is great for it as you just hug the mountain sides and break....

[@xRPRx]

how come you typed braking (correct) and then switched to break (wrong) instead of just looking and seeing its obviously brake? lol

[@rosscraddock6241]

xR's PS4 Footage dyslexia at it’s finest.

[@blixerie9317]

how can you change/switch your crosshair while flying ?

[@ajtheflame9180]

Question: is the air brake supposed to just be throttle down?

[@sexyasianguy8340]

I’m just playing war thunder for air gameplay, but man I just recent started playing air rb and my main problem is the aim. Btw great video

[@meme_lord3525]

"You can get high ground."

[@dkk8858]

Heres two tips When dog fighting use your w a s d keys to turn and dodge you should only use your mouse When aiming and firing and also use trasers for ammo u Can see If u are close on hitting

[@armorall4566]

How do you hit breaks?

[@ccd2341]

Could you do a guide on how to kill infantry with g6 and spitfire, sorry if this is too basic but i am extremely new. Thanks :)

[@khanfw4880]

Waris Rashid get some air go down at an angle then have fun lol

[@Pennywis3]

How did you turn your plane so quickly at 1:00 ?

[@billitz6208]

still not very clear exactly when to brake or accelarate?

[@adrianzavala8647]

How to do brake? I thought that all you do is pull back on the throttle but that just make me an easier target. And the controller guide in game doesn't clearly state which button is for braking

[@Saltysteele]

i will add- low and slow? maybe not. low, yes. you are harder to see if you're skirting across the ground. if being chased, i'll typically do a couple flips and rolls, then 80% of the time am able to fly straight away flat to the ground. also you take a lot of their ability to aim accurately when they're dodging terrain. lastly, use knowing how your plane flies to your advantage. if they're tight to you, if you perform a loop and get as close to skimming the ground with your belly as you're able, they will have to either peel off or face plant the dirt. watch your rearview to see which way they go, then skim the ground in the opposite direction. this will allow you to run off, heal, then come back hunting. speaking of hunting, and turning away from evasive maneuvers- when hunting, i'll either go high or flat to the ground. hardly any pilots look up, especially when coming onto the field; they tend to ignore movement close to the ground, as they're used to seeing smoke, vehicles, explosions, etc. if they see nothing mid level, they just attack infantry. by staying flat to the ground or high to the ceiling, you'll see them before they see you, which gives you the ultimate advantage. one final note: ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS support your wingman!!!! if you take out the planes trying to take him out, he'll be able to do the same (still strive to be good enough to take on 2 planes at once, though). If you have more than one enemy in the air, focus on dogfighters first, mosquitos and the quick blenheim second, THEN slow bombers last. it is SOOOO easy when the enemy sees 1) you in a dogfighter and 2) a teammate in a bomber, then attack the bomber, because he's an easier kill. Taking out the attack planes first is like eating the cake and then coming back for the frosting (the bombers being the frosting). the bombers aren't a challenge. you don't want to start chasing a bomber, commit, then feel your ass being filled with hot lead. plenty of time for bombers after the field is stripped of threats

[@ViriatusYT]

Wait so how do you break on pc? Just press w?

[@owenthomas8614]

Equip high altitude fly at an incredibly steep angle ( 80-120 degrees) and completely ignore them. It’s situational but it’s saved my skin quite a lot

[@ronanoboyle6348]

Is there any air brakes in bf5 or do u just pull back on the throttle?

[@SilkOCE]

Just pull back on throttle

[@filipnyberg95]

How do you turn so hard that you are almost upside down?

[@socom54321]

How you kill planes so damn fast....I feel like I shoot dudes for like 10 mins before they even start smoking

[@TheWalkerRoad]

The easiest way to forget enemys in the six can be using a Stuka b2 with the heavy submachine guns. Pretty hard to shut down those bastards.

[@blade1950]

2020. The pilots on console are like they play that game 3 years.

[@winstonjanus3377]

But what is the button to brake

[@mcpamplesgaming9892]

Solid video. It’s funny how many people complain about not being able to pick up flying when there are videos like this up. Love you work, jealous of your skills. Why did pilots from earlier BF look down on slowing down as a tactic?

[@khanfw4880]

McPamples Gaming they had the big gay

[@primemachine146]

Because in the past battlefields their were viable defensive manoeuvres you good do and slowing down was a cheap tactic, it’s like the same thing as camping in a corner except the air equivalent

[@mcpamplesgaming9892]

PriMe MachiNe have you not seen Top Gun? Or a Su27 do a cobra? I don’t slowing down is cheap.

[@twomystical6252]

btw if your enemy is not soo smart you can use smoke fake them to think you are braking and then jabate them to stall

[@unvisualdemonetization3440]

Here is one tactic I did not see coming!!! Using air break on a dive with a plane on your six even if you break you will still even over shoot unless you have dive Breaks which is only can be on a bomber or the annoying Stuker/ German medium plane. Which means the German planes could have an overwhelming advantage over you!

[@4n6wizard]

very nice, I remember when the planes physics used to be good in old BF franchises. Hopefully DICE bring back the old physics or come out with a better plane physics than BFV.

[@ranggasaktibudiputra1547]

Had this one dogfight at Arras, this guy chased me so I went straight to the church tower while spamming smoke. I think he was too focused on me because he crashed at the tower after I evaded last second lol the smoke really help

[@lachlancampbell3538]

Do you ever play with fans? would be good to have a decent wingman

[@plushalfling9971]

yo silk what do i do in a head on?

[@s-mango4905]

How did you turn on that the screen doesn’t move with the plane while rolling?

[@primemachine146]

S-Mango Turn off the chase camera on console

[@hhhhhc]

So how do you brake ?

[@billn.1318]

I'm a pilot and fly small commuter aircrafts. They don't teach combat maneuvers but I played this game a few times as my son played battlefield 5 and Had asked me if I can play as a pilot and see if I can use any "plane flying techniques". Some Maneuvers do work but it's a game and the physics and aerodynamics are a challenge as they don't feel realistic. The slowing down in this game is drastic and unrealistic in a combat situation but I fly small planes that it's never a good idea to do that unless In an emergency landing at low altitude. Had fun playing but it was too much for me.

[@digbycrowhurst561]

How do u make the view like that

[@twistedmissile716]

How do you turn and keep your camera from moving with you?

[@acraigers3318]

Turn off the camera roll in the settings at the main menu. Be warned, it’s not easy and takes some time to get used to

[@somethinginspanish4753]

Wait how do you break

[@Obad87]

What are the breaks??

[@DrLee99]

How do you brake?

[@darkhorse0687]

Using terrain to break line of sight can make it a defensive move because they don't see you make a course change or what ever to get back on the attack.

[@TheWalkerRoad]

Only if the enemy have no AA guns or the enemy pilot has Stuka B2. Its impossible try to shut down that pice of rubbish, if you dont dive and atack from below -to break any chances of visibility, for sure-

[@wezzco_br8169]

Many people use air radar, so it is 't worth to do that cause your enemy can see you on the minimap and cut you

[@shawnh5070]

Great tutorial. First time i watched this, i couldnt absorb it. But after spending many hours and getting most of my planes to level 4, I now have the experience to interpret this, but still have yet to practice this. A lot of bombers would just fly straight up vertical and use rear turret on my fighter. So I started doing that on my fighter too and just pull up break stall, but this speed adjustment plus looping is very pro

[@BlueMountainBandit]

The biggest issue of being a pilot is you can't ever be as good as someone who's been a pilot since release you're dead before you even get practice you can't get gains I've landed maybe 50 hits ever on an enemy plane they always use some stupid crazy tactic and magically appear on my tail and destroy me or they have a buddy taking advantage of me being distracted it's really stupid there should be a game type specifically dedicated to dogfights

[@npg68]

Best move I've seen is people landing - flying low and slow and landing.

[@Ma-fd2ml]

How to brake on ps4? Some1 help please!

[@poenschepper]

Can't do it when my life depended on it. Been playing combat flying simulators all my life, there is not enough difference in speed and there is no flight envelope. It feels cheap. Can't look into my turns like a proper pilot it's all guesswork. It's not my thing but to each his own, as long as you have fun.

[@Creamy_Dog]

What if I don’t have smoke? :/

[@IkeFanBoy64]

Very very stupid question but...how exactly do you brake? I assume it's just lowering your throttle

[@Jake-um4gg]

IkeFanboy64 yes.

[@IkeFanBoy64]

@@Jake-um4gg I'm an idiot for asking

[@IkeFanBoy64]

@Chicha 17 Well, the plane equivalent of braking

[@elijakiger]

@书中自有黄金屋 well it's a lot easier just to say braking rather than reducing your throttle/easing up on the throttle

[@brizzybones7377]

I’m usually dead before I can even turn idk wtf they are using but it’s over powered and I have max planes lol

[@Whiskers4169]

Fly in a straight line and only do rudder turns couse you don’t show your wings and they have to hit the smallest part of the plane wich is the tail only works on fighter planes tho if you have a wingmen they can take the plane out

[@Seanmmvi]

When you say you hit your brakes, does that mean just mash on "S"?

[@SilkOCE]

Yes

[@Seanmmvi]

@@SilkOCE Is there anything else you can do to slow down faster? Full rudder? full elevator? Alerion spin?

[@SilkOCE]

@@Seanmmvi opposite rudder and pitch up

[@Nithrel]

A lot of this could be fixed if they just buff all of the specializations. High altitude, Nitrous, and control surfaces being buffed would bring more defense tactics. Imo

[@XxCHARLLIIExX]

How do you make it so only the plane rotates? (currently my whole screen rotates with the plane)

[@ImHenrySellers2]

In settings u can change it .

[@primemachine146]

SingSing turn of chase camera

[@ianucci]

I really enjoyed flying in BF1. It seems like they tried to go more realistic in BFV and its not worked to well in my opinion as the dogfights ironically seem to have become more simplistic.

[@stefanwagner3008]

first of: thank you for sharing your "secrets" (setting, and so on). altough i hate guys like you in playing a game....:-) one question: with witch mouse-DPI do you play? my biggest challange is moving the mouse in the wright distance on my mousepad......most of the time im overtake and undertake the mouse.it makes me still crazy!

[@steveygruss]

How do you brake on console? Thanks

[@nokiaflat]

press down on the accelerator stick

[@bigboa8448]

I was an ace pilot back in BF3 and BF4 but i suck at BFV

[@I_became_a_ghost]

Legend, more War Thunder too man❤

[@AngryKing-jg5eh]

bro can you explain me how i slow down the plane because most of the times i crash against the plane i am trying to destroy (i am on ps4)

[@machoman1718]

Pull down on the left stick to slow down your throttle

[@AngryKing-jg5eh]

@@machoman1718 thanks, it's a lot hard tho, it takes 15 seconds before reaching the minimum velocity

[@machoman1718]

@@AngryKing-jg5eh If you want to slow down as fast as possible, coming to a complete stop, you need to decrease throttle (down on LS) and point your nose up at the same time (down on RS) so that you’re flying towards the sky.

[@AngryKing-jg5eh]

@@machoman1718 ok i will try, thanks

[@murzynzmalarium2849]

Pod tell nie how to brake on pc

[@n8scowboys]

How does he maneuver his plane like that?

[@joshuadavid635]

n8scowboys pc

[@victorpettersson6775]

There is an option in settings where you can disable so the camera Don’t spin with the airplane, which makes the turns look a little unatrual.

[@bushwhackerinc.4668]

Low flying is actually one of the best tactics to shake a inexperienced pilot.

[@ranggasaktibudiputra1547]

Pretty fun to do! Low flying + speed brake is the combo

[@bushwhackerinc.4668]

@@ranggasaktibudiputra1547 pop smoke right before the brake

[@G4MAG]

Thanks bro

[@immigrant657]

Terrain has removed lots of people thatwere on my tail!! Use everything to your advantage 😉

[@devinjames360]

Why is his plane so fast

[@Alway213]

How is it the graphics on this game are so clear…..yet the Xbox is all fuzzy and you can’t pic out tanks or troops……what am I doing wrong?….

[@dgfish23]

Now try this with mustang not a bf 109 or spit fire so for its instant death for me

[@thejaykid34]

Even from bf1 the flight mechanics are different this is coming from someone who goes 21 n 10 n most air sup games n now i have to learn this all ovr it sucks

[@aaronjesperson6917]

The best defence I've found is to fly when you've got a level 400 as ya wing man. They pretty much kill all the opposition 👍

[@obi-wantpastrami8745]

That's my favorite strategy

[@benbetchley]

How do you roll turn like that on console bro??

[@Adoe123]

Ben Betchley turn the camera roll off but it doesn’t work aswell on console

[@Brickmaster202]

turn off plane chase camera roll

[@cristian8471]

Yeah, u're right.

[@ashhawk2346]

Seems the aircraft are faster on PC..

[@timt6241]

You are good

[@chadantonio]

When I see someone smoke and brake on me, I swoop around and take em out.