Continue the dive, build up speed and adjust so the enemy remains within the crosshairs.After a target is selected, initiate a dive or boom phase ( the point where you begin to convert potential energy into kinetic energy).Look around for an aircraft target of opportunity which could be a bomber, attacker or fighter which may have tunnel vision and not notice you.Attempt to attain a higher altitude than what the enemy fighters are currently flying ( warning, in arcade battles, some players may spawn into a higher altitude aircraft, always be on the lookout for aircraft coming from the enemy side of the map).Begin to climb to a higher altitude, instead of flying directly into the fray, side-climb or spiral climb, thus avoiding the initial wave of enemy fighters allowing you to reach a higher altitude.At any point the pilot attempts to engage in a turn fight instead of returning to altitude in an attacking dive, they risk losing their kinetic energy and cannot return back up to the higher altitude except at a much slower pace and as an easier target for enemy aircraft.Ī diagram of a Boom & Zoom manoeuvre: The red square represents a target aircraft and the green square represents the attacking aircraft attempting the Boom & Zoom manoeuvre. Once back up at altitude, the pilot can then look for another target aircraft and repeat the process.
At the bottom of the dive, the attacking aircraft should be able to fire off a quick burst of ammunition at the target and immediately begin a climb back up to a safe altitude, in the process, converting the kinetic energy back into potential energy. The first stage of energy is to have potential energy, this means to be at a sufficient altitude which will allow the aircraft enough space to dive and convert the potential energy into kinetic energy or speed. The key to successful Boom & Zoom tactics depends on two stages of energy, without either the tactic will not be successful. 5 Planes which benefit the most from a strict Boom & Zoom philosophyīoom & Zoom is the name of a playstyle which aims for an attacking aircraft to take advantage of a high energy state in order to attack ( Boom) an enemy target and avoids any prolonged fighting by immediately returning ( Zoom) to a higher altitude in order to conserve speed and/or altitude.