Josf, you are right with your point, transparency has to addressed first.
1C publicly stated that they are not prepared to provide us with the performance plots of the current flight models in a way similar to what we had available in IL2FB (see below).
Probably (quote 1C) we will have them with the sequel (I became very modest with my demands after one year CoD experience).
So, until I have a possibility to understand the CoD flight models, it is of limited benefit to indulge into a discussion on the theory of dogfight.
Actualy, why don't you have a try yourself? Try to fly some planes in CoD (offline and online) and tell us how their performance feels like.
~S~