RE: 1/2a combat
I could have a lot of fun with your last post but I don't want to cross that line. I won't go into the whole feet per second / reaction time thing with you because at this point that would be a waste of key strokes. The point of this thread is to get useful information about 1/2A combat. I have in the last 6 years flown an average of 800 combat minutes per year, so I think I can speak from experience.
If you ARE having a hard time flying pretty much the whole day at 35 mph or less without having a bunch of fatal midairs, then you need to work on your technique. Really.