Spitfire supposed to dive better than the 109?

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Originally Posted by robtek

Yes, here we go again against the fantasy Spitfire some would like to have.

Here are two excerpts from the report which prove that i didn't get my opinion out of thin air:

1st) page 15
When the Me.109 was following the Hurricane or Spitfire, it was found that our aircraft turned
inside the Me.l09 without difficulty when flown by determined pilots who were not afraid to
pull their aircraft round hard in a tight turn. In a surprisingly large number of cases, however,
the Me.l09 succeeded in keeping on the tail of the Spitfire or Hurricane during these turning tests,
merely because our pilots would not tighten up the turn sufficiently from fear of stalling and spinning.


2nd) page 18
The gentle stall and good control under g are of some importance, as they enable the pilot
to get the most out of the aircraft in a circling dog-fight by flying very near the stall. As
mentioned in section 5.1, the Me.l09 pilot succeeded in keeping on the tail of the Spitfire in
many cases, despite the latter aircraft's superior turning performance, because a number of the
Spitfire pilots failed to tighten up the turn sufficiently. If the stick is pulled back too far on
the Spitfire in a tight turn, the aircraft may stall rather violently, flick over on to its back, and
spin. Knowledge of this undoubtedly deters the pilot from tightening his turn when being
chased, particularly if he is not very experienced.

Those facts were shouted to death by some people in another thread.

If the Spitfire is realistic simulated it has enough advantages that it doesn't need fantasy values proposed by some tunnel vision fans.

Well done point made

Ok threads closed.

Its obvious there's a continuing red v blue bashing theme (understandable seeing as its a red v blue sim) but its from the same members across any thread they can see fit to ruin.

The report has not been read by those participating in this thread in a disruptive manner, it's just being treated as another slagging match between members.

You are continuously disrupting the forum and will receive infractions/bans in future for such actions.