RE: Is combat dead?
That's what the HOR was. That lasted about a season but truthfully, not counting SPADfest the last combat I had was with a HOR and a local buddy, bouncing around in pursuit. Figuring out where his next turn was going to be so I could be right behind him. Lotta fun on a hot afternoon. Only downside was that the beans were on the north side of the field and Corn was all the rest of the way around. Had to launch and walk to the 'Arena'.
My B ships use a HOR wing and the last group of fuses were a stretched Deffender fuse. Next ones will be the Triangle fuse off the UK sites combat ship(can't remember the name). But that's the next time. I gotta start building something besides Alcohol stoves.
Oh and no, I didn't confuse you. It was just a general taunt for the fun of it. I was flying the JKAerotech Mustangs, Zero and a Jug. Not quite as light as your PICA's but fly right through the darn things, though I rarely had that happen. Oh, I made lawn darts quite a few times when I forgot that the Scale ships didn't turn as tight as the Open ones. Bad time to do a Split S, but they were pretty stout. Think I broke a throttle servo arm.