View Single Post
  #9  
Old 09-13-2012, 02:45 PM
Kurfürst Kurfürst is offline
Approved Member
 
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 705
Default

There is no doubt that there is some sort of demonstrating our superiority ooze about these turn radii graphs... but regardless the figures seem to be about right.

It is entirely another question why this so called superiority is given so much importance. Even the graph shows that the turn radii difference between the Hurri and the 109 was about 200 feet, or about 60 meters. Even the span of these aircraft was 11-12 meters, and actually that's about the distance a 109 wingman kept from his leader... or even less. So what's all the fuss about it?

BTW the figures are rather similiar to what Morgan and Morris came up with in 1940 (for 12k feet - both figures are more of an educated estimate, not trials): http://kurfurst.org/Tactical_trials/...ls/Morgan.html

__________________
Il-2Bugtracker: Feature #200: Missing 100 octane subtypes of Bf 109E and Bf 110C http://www.il2bugtracker.com/issues/200
Il-2Bugtracker: Bug #415: Spitfire Mk I, Ia, and Mk II: Stability and Control http://www.il2bugtracker.com/issues/415

Kurfürst - Your resource site on Bf 109 performance! http://kurfurst.org
Reply With Quote