Throwing some light on rates of turn

[drewpee]

The trouble with testing at this stage of dev is there is little to no difference in performance with hings like fuel loads low/full, radiator open closed. In a dog fight it is for most of us hard to get max performance out of ac due to work load.

I for one (il2-46) when diving into a fight would close radiators for speed but open them if things didn't go to plan after a min or so in fear of cooking the engine from forgetting to check gauge. Prop pitch radiators and war power usage were as important to surviving as maneuvering.

Now prop pitch and throttle gate are the only things to think about. In a fight I tend to feather the throttle a lot and don't often use full throttle for long. When flying the spit I tend to leave the gate in place as the damage to the engine you get with it open is not IMHO worth the small gain. But that's it. It's not that hard any more. So the gap between novice, vet and ace has lessened.