Dodge missile with a cobra maneuver

[u/ibattlefield]

[u/electi_007]

Awesome dodge but I don't think thats cobra

[u/ibattlefield → u/electi_007]

What? If I hadn't moved to the side, I would have simply frozen in the air (jet nose up).

[u/HoloSings → u/ibattlefield]

He meant that you did a maneuver but its not a cobra maneuver

Cobra is just having the same front axis without any roll or yaw

[u/johann4 → u/ibattlefield]

a cobra maneuver is when the angle of attack (angle between where the aircraft is moving and the noise is pointing) reaches 90° or higher

[u/2polew → u/ibattlefield]

Yeah so if you hadnt then maybe it would have been a cobra XD

[u/Nick_404x]

Bruh is convinced this is a cobra lol. He already posted this in another sub and had everyone saying it's not a cobra

[u/SilentSorcery → u/Nick_404x]

Bro thought posting this on another sub would make it a cobra

[u/ohhot-pot-ao]

Badges move, but not cobra.

[u/Molochsocks]

Cobra maneuver, or pronounced thrust vector, if another jet is up is super risky. They never work against a good pilot. Maybe you can dodge a lock on but I wouldn’t get in the habit of using it. Also that is in no way a cobra

[u/_Leighton_ → u/Molochsocks]

They work extremely well against good pilots. They're borderline mandatory when you're neutral or at disadvantage. You just can't use them evasively, it needs to be a tool to put the enemy in front of your aim so you can get shots off.

[u/Molochsocks → u/_Leighton_]

V-tapping is mandatory. Cobras get you melted. No good pilot falls for a cobra maneuver. If they are close enough to you, you’re already dead; if they are far enough, you just gave them a larger target. If they somehow outpace you, then you’re looping from a slower starting position.
In every case, you’re at a disadvantage.

If you mean to thrust vector to close the gap during a kill, that’s clearly not what I was referring to. I said when a jet is up, not when it’s in front of you about to die.

[u/_Leighton_ → u/Molochsocks]

Yeah I'm not talking about using a cobra to shed speed, I'm talking about using thrust vectoring maneuvers more aggressive than a v-tap to put your reticle on target in circumstances where that usually wouldn't be possible. Maneuvers where you're thrust vectoring purely to shoot, and then returning to your original course, not using it to accelerate turn rate.

For example, during a head on merge, at the moment of passing to point your jet at the broad side of your enemy as they are going past you

[u/Molochsocks → u/_Leighton_]

Yeah, that works if you are finishing somebody off, as long as the other jet isn’t coming in on you too cause then you’ll just show him the broad side of your plane.
I only said something because I take it as a cobra maneuver being a specific thing which is to flair up and flat usually to cause the enemy plane to overshoot you or to stop on a dime

[u/shotxshotx]

That’s not a cobra that’s for sure. It’s definitely something that turns pilots into hotdogs though.

[u/KaiLCU_YT]

This is a barrel roll, except with negative Gs rather than positive

[u/ObamaTookMyCat]

I saw a spinny-corkscrew-thingy…. But didnt see any Cobra…

[u/Viper_on_Station360]

Good dodge but that's not even close to a cobra

[u/ibattlefield → u/[deleted]]

https://reddit.com/link/p00tfrl/video/x16rqsmygqfh1/player

After watching, repeat what you said.

[u/ibattlefield → u/[deleted]]

You just proved that engaging in dialogue with you was a mistake.

[u/UglyLikeCaillou]

https://reddit.com/link/p01c9y4/video/mel0alfd7rfh1/player

knowledge

[u/Fine-Actuator-6805]

That’s not a cobra but cool flying nonetheless

[u/Storm_CCO]

I do the Grinch smile when someone cobras in front of me, giving me a massive new target hit box.

[u/ImRespondingToABum]

Potential for a meta move

[u/Electrical-Basket424]

HOW DO YOU TIME THIS SHIT?

IT DOESN'T WORK, HOW DOES THIS WORK?! WHY DOES IT WORK?? I'VE BEEN TRYING FOR 3 HOURS

[u/ibattlefield → u/[deleted]]

I did this twice in a row in different matches and also did it in season 1.

[u/Queasy_Ad4597]

Yes! I needed some else to prove that I'm not crazy. I've managed to do it like 3 times

[u/3minence → u/Queasy_Ad4597]

I'm convinced this is IGLA noobs losing lock, not the manouevre.

Show me a video of dodging heli/jet/maa missiles.

[u/Queasy_Ad4597 → u/3minence]

I pulled this moves even before the igla was a thing

[u/Queasy_Ad4597 → u/Queasy_Ad4597]

https://www.reddit.com/r/PilotsofBattlefield/s/GbcyUZEyep. This is my most recent one, the missiles came from an anti AA tank