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Old 04-28-2012, 04:42 AM
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Originally Posted by BlackBerry View Post
This test is probably a shallow dive(30 degree), in my opinion, if dive in 45-60 degree, P51D will get much more advantage.
Accelerating from 200 to 325 the difference will be mostly the same, if diving for 27 s the difference will be bigger. However, in a steeper dive the limiting speed of 325 IAS will be reached sooner, therefore you'll be diving for less than 27 s, and separation will be smaller.
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