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Old 02-05-2015, 06:30 PM
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Originally Posted by edward allen View Post
The P-38 also climbes pretty fast, but I still wouldn't try to outclimb a zero.
Depends on how its done, at best climb speed you will probably be meat on a platter in a short time. But if you climb fast then you will outclimb and outrun the Zero at the same time.

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Originally Posted by edward allen View Post
You can turn with them just fine above 200mph. But you only want to turn while you can pull lead.
Zeroes are nimble little buggers in the lower speed region, but at higher speeds they lose maneuverability a lot.
What is even worse than the high speed turn of the Zero is their high speed aileron response - and the P40/P39/F4F/F4U have good to excellent roll rates all along. And you can always use your roll rate to follow them turning, google "lag displacement roll"

Besides that, Ki-43 should turn as well as Zero, and nearly any biplane in this sim, too.
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