Tons of reasons. Almost all have to do with your phone and wifi connection. If you have nice connection and a freshly rebooted phone it should be okay. I've notice mine change while in game. One minute smooth next jerky and next I'm a slug. I have a mediocre Internet service(Verizon) and they don't setup for the peaks just enough bandwidth for regular traffic. Rarely will the program screw you up but if it does you can safely erase,reboot and reinstall your playr data is on the dogfight servers. Good luck! It's a fun game!
P.S. make sure you have your correct login name and password before you erase.