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Originally Posted by DC338
Well that is hardly an answer that the 109 could turn with a spitfire.
I reckon I could out turn some people in an A380 that doesn't mean that the 380 can turn well.
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But a plane does not turn by itself: it's the pilot who manages the controls.
All your turning rate tests are made by pilots... of course every planes has limits over which it can't be flown: but how do you know if the tester reached those limits? Tehre could be many variables here that simply are not taken in account.
Do you really want to know the REAL max turning rate of a plane? put a robot in it and make it turn until the complete stall... robots should not been afraid to die, and they all have the same skill/strenght.
But I don't know if the plane's owner would be happy to see those tests.
07-10-2012, 11:08 AM
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