Spit/109 sea level speed comparisons in 1.08 beta patch

[Crumpp]

An obvious statement but the Spit trials you quote above seems to be without the extra boost that 100 octane allows.

It does not change the outcome or outlook. Despite the higher wingloading, the Bf-109 has more excess thrust because it is lighter.

JtD says:

No, it says the Spitfire at its best turn performance velocity beats the 109 at its best turn performance velocity.

How is your statement ANY different from mine????

Crumpp says:
Looking at one single point in the envelope tells us the Bf-109E3 is hopelessly outclassed IF it tries to match the Spitfire at the Spitfires best performance velocity.

Performance in the context of the conversation is TURN performance.

The Spitfire has to reduce speed significantly below the Bf-109's to reach that best turn velocity.

That is a fact.

According to these figures, the 109 cannot outturn a Spitfire in a sustained turning fight at sea level unless the Spitfire lets it happen, however, the Spitfire can outturn the 109 in said scenario no matter what the 109 does.

That is one way of looking at it.

Another way is the Spitfire must give up 30 kph of speed in order to realize any advantage at all.

It is the same exact scenario. One that leaves the Spitfire with no choice but hope it sticks around in the turn fight.

If the Bf-109 does not, the Spitfire has lost the initiative.

[Crumpp]

Do you know what would happen if you entered a pure turn and burn (TnB) fight against a Spitfire (you in a 109)?

Sure, you would use the Bf-109's sustainable load factor advantage to put the Spitfire turning defensive circles beneath you until you killed him.

[Crumpp]

A second observation, can someone explain how the Me109 is supposed to have a better manoverability at higher speeds than the SPitfire when all the tests point out how difficult the 109 is to manoever at high speeds due to the way the controls stiffen up at high speed compared to the Spitfire?

Don't confuse high load factors found in instantaneous performance with low load factors achievable in sustained performance.

[Robo.]

Originally Posted by Crumpp

Sure, you would use the Bf-109's sustainable load factor advantage to put the Spitfire turning defensive circles beneath you until you killed him.

That's not the TnB mate.

[macro]

yea i thought that was ZnB?

[JtD]

Originally Posted by Crumpp

How is your statement ANY different from mine????

You're saying the 109 is flying at the Spitfires best turn performance speed, I am saying the 109 is flying at its own best turn performance speed. Quite a difference.

[Crumpp]

You're saying the 109 is flying at the Spitfires best turn performance speed, I am saying the 109 is flying at its own best turn performance speed. Quite a difference.

No I am not. I am saying both aircraft are flying best turn performance.

Best turn performance is a specific speed.

In the single point analysis of best turn performance, the airplanes are at different speeds.

When we look at the entire envelope, the Spitfire must be at a slower speed in order to outturn the Bf-109.

[Igo kyu]

That graph must be rubbish.

I don't pretend to understand what it's supposed to mean, but the aircraft leave the graph in opposite directions. That just doesn't happen in graphs of real world effects.

[JtD]

Originally Posted by Crumpp

No I am not. I am saying both aircraft are flying best turn performance.

I can't really know what you were trying to say, or what you are going to say, but you were exactly saying what I stated:

the Bf-109E3 is hopelessly outclassed IF it tries to match the Spitfire at the Spitfires best performance velocity

I'm happy to see that you now are saying something much more meaningful.

[JtD]

The general error of the interpretation of a speed advantage is the assumption that the slower plane has to match the faster plane at all costs. That assumption is totally unrealistic.

The general trend is in fact that the faster plane has the biggest advantage while flying straight, true against both better climbers in a sustained climb or better turners in a sustained turn. Entering a climb or turn that will be matched by the opponent, will in return reduce the speed advantage. That's how it works in combat.