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Originally Posted by pstyle
I hear your pain.. but there will always be one aircraft which dives faster/ more stable than the others. Which ever this happens to be, that guy will always be able to follow other aircraft down and kill them. (until we get some actual working clouds to hide in)
In my opinion (based mainly on reading pilot's biographies etc) I would think that, generally the German built fighters (109s and 190s) were "better" in the dive than the British variants. And only the P-51 and P-47s were really their equivalent in the dive - as a general rule.
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You forget the mighty Tempest!
But it's not really a issue of who's the faster IMO.
The problem resides in the realizing of your plane performance and the enemy's one, and how to fight because of these. Understanding your chances regarding energy state, relative position and territory over which you're fighting.
If I'm in the slower plane, for example a 190 against a P51, do you really think I'm going to follow the P51 in level flight KNOWING that I can't gain on him? No... first I'll try to not be in energetic disadvantage and if I'm forced to fight in that position then I will not stand on the P51's six for more than 5 seconds, above all if he's pointing at his territory. Of course he will attack me again when I turn away.. as he should.
The famous DnB... the most liked tactic of 190s... an impossible tactic without slower planes flown by guys with target fixation issues.
And if you are afflicted by this terrible curse that's target fixation then why don't you fly with a wingman? (here I'm not referring to you pstyle
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You need only to stay over your home base and every 10 minute you'll see some enemy guy coming to strafe you on the landing strip, coming ALONE... give him a faster plane, nothing will change. Except that he will reach you in 30 seconds but it's enough to be killed by your wingman.