Actually, the comment about stopping and waiting for them to fly at you really is the best way to deal with them, it works in any craft, with almost any loadout. I typically found that solution out of sheer frustration at the short amount of time I could keep them in my sights, until I just stopped and waited for him to fly out, come back, and eat two harpoons in the face. Or tempests. Or 8 tornados. Or whatever I have. I've even destroyed them in bombers with one primary. But you can only afford to sit there if there's only _1_ ship attacking you at the time. Trying to take out a dragon near anything bigger than a Cain, that's another story...