User blog comment:WolfgangBSC/The Random Chat Room/@comment-13740085-20160430020630/@comment-26482266-20160509074612

@Enterprise: That is only if the Wildcat possesses a higher altitude advantage than the Zero. The Zero is just better at energy retention and dog-fighting than the Wildcat, which not only gets outpreformed in speed and most importantly, maneuverability - but also something really subtle...cockpit visibility.

The Zero had almost perfect 360* coverage of the pilot. Have fun trying to see anything more than 220* of your frontal arc in a Wildcat.

Not only that, but the Zero can achieve an altitude advantage more easier due to a advantage in rate of climb, and the Zero can keep track of the Wildcat far easier than the Wildcat can keep track of the Zero. Remember - you cannot shoot what you can't see.