Throwing some light on rates of turn

[Crumpp]

All three documents are imo in general agreement. The Devs should study these ! "Combat" flap usage in the classic IL2 imo was totally out of whack with reality ... sadly I am not so sure much has changed in CLOD.

Right, for some reason people tend to think of flaps as a magical aid to turn performance and a crutch for poor ADM.

They are of very limited use in maneuvering to the average pilot.

I think the NACA conclusion in ACR #222 sum it up the best. In general flaps can offer some turn performance improvements beyond the clean configuration stall point but not above it.

In order to realize that improvement, a pilot must be able to precisely deploy the exact amount of flap required at the optimum speed to achieve that benefit.

IIRC, the example they use is 130 mph and 127mph....

That small speed difference with the right amount of flaps realizes a turn performance increase but the same amount of flaps at just 3 mph slower speed results in worse turn performance.