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Originally Posted by gaunt1
The turn rate of the La-5/7 series is clearly overmodeled ingame. (you can actually turn with an A6M Zero in a La-7!) But with realistic turn rates, it still shouldnt have any problems outturning the Fw. According to NII VVS tests, the worst of the Lavochkins, the basic La-5 had 0.5 seconds advantage over the best Fw, the La-5F had 2, and the La-5FN had 3 seconds.
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Don't these all depend on the speeds and altitude of the planes? Especially if they are co-speed and co-alt.
AVG P-40's worked advantages to where they did out turn the Japanese but only at higher speeds. That's P-40's! At least one British P-40 unit in Africa found that they could out turn 109's =in dives= while not so well otherwise.
No plane does everything best but some pilots make it seem like that to others.
Slow turning combat is for rookies anyway.
It effectively cripples your ability to use the vertical.