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Originally Posted by MaxGunz
I seem to recall accounts from the Russian Aces about which planes could not chase or run from from Bf109's and in another case a Bf109 pilot that only managed to get out of a dive through extremely careful use of trim.
From what Gunther Rall who flew German and captured US planes wrote, it should be the P-51 and P-47 that are the highspeed dive champions. I dunno if he ever flew a P-39.
After running my own tests I saw how top end in a dive accounts for so many accounts I've read. But still, no one just dives away from bullets with only a 200m head start and a straight path.
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That's the biggest problem I think... many have read about how superior X plane is in a dive and they use it at the last moment in a desperation move. And they get shot down because no matter how much faster the other plane is in a dive... it won't get you out of gun range if they are already chewing on your tail with their propeller.
02-23-2014, 02:36 AM
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