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Originally Posted by Osprey
By the time it was allowed to be a fighter those pilots had little intention of being fighters what with the sheer number of escorts to deal with. No, get fast and whip through the formations with those mighty cannon.
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In fact, I am pretty sure that most of the airplane shot down by the 262 were Spitfire and Mustang. There is some video on the net showing 262 involve in turning fight. Some are really dramatics. You shld take a look into that instead of preaching endlessly that nothing came close to the Spit in term of turn fight.
Turning is all about changing direction. If your plane is stuck at the limit of his performances there is no chance for it to turn corners. That's why fighters pilot enjoyed speed as the most valuable perfs... until reliable short range missile came
The Mig17 Vs F4 is quite a good example. Pass the Mach 0.9 and then the F4 had the advantage. Especially in high G pull up and vertical manoevre. Exvatly what was teach at TopGun (see the the story of R. Cuningham). An F105 could turn with a 17... Above the mach
Keep in Mind that BFM is all about
E not turning circle. It's pretty easy to understand that with the late gen fighters. But so much could be said.
09-27-2012, 09:48 PM
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