John,
Good point re the odd coloured blade. How we laughed when OC78 flying a Sea King with such a blade flew up and down the Stanley Rd in the Falklands as OC1435 spent an hour trying to find him in an F3......at least the Argentinians didn't plan to use Sea Kings against us!
VR,
2v1, quite simple - multiple eyes to hold padlock and provide warnings.
1v2 great fun in peacetime, relies on the FJ crews getting their timing right - agreed, would be far more challenging 'for real'.
The shockwave kill philosphy is interesting, but very difficult to set up. If you've got the set up right you may as well select A-G strafe.
Pointing & squirting with a GPMG at 2000 yds is not valid; 8-10 secs tracking M134 at less than 1000m may well achieve some hits due to sheer weight of fire. The J-CATCH stats were a combination of turret guns and IR AAMs.