109 cant do XXXX anymore.

[335th_GRAthos]

Originally Posted by Sven

From pilot accounts the 109 could turn very well:

Sven, I do not know how much you have been flying this IL2 sim, I presume enough (I can not judge since your membership is rather "new" (2010).

I have been flying a lot this sim, almost 8 years (I stopped counting) exclusively Bf109
(It is my first two months ever I fly Spitfires because I can not stand the stupid non-centered gunsight mode with free head movement).
As such, I will tell you that you are wrong in your deduction.

I am not proud of flying Spitfires and I rarely enjoy good dogfights, I do feel sorry if a Bf109 continues a right turn following me for more than 270 degrees (probably they read the same passage as the one you quoted) because afterwards, they die...

So yes, the passage you quoted can be right but, you die if you insist on out-turning a Spitfire.
Same as the FW190 in IL2FB had a much tighter turn radius than the Spitfire, for the first 270°, after that you were a sitting duck...

I will not spend time explaining what an "energy-fighter" and what an "angles-fighter" is but you can find a lot of information about it in the internet if you like.

~S~