Zapatista you said :
"- had similar level flight speeds and climb rates to the spitfires at low and medium altitudes (except at high altitude where they had an advantage initially),
- could spiral climb out of reach of a chasing spitfire, the combined climb/rudder action was a unique strenght for that plane model (shape/size/wheight) during most of the war"
This is confusing how can the 109 have a similar climb performance in normal climbs but better climb performance in a spiral climb ?
What is a combined Climb/rudder action ? Any rudder other than that that ensures balanced flight will increase drag and therefore reduce climb performance.
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