Haha, is he still comparing a poor low-speed turnfighter with no high-lift devices to the 109 as a turnfighter and concluding that its poor performance at said speeds makes the 109's best turn speed really low? Booooring! If you're turn-fighting in the sense of just flying circles you don't necessarily fly at your best turn speed, but the speed which maximises your advantage relative to the opponent. Against the laminar-wing Mustang's poor low-speed turn rate and lack of leading edge slats and so on, the 109's advantage probably IS maximised at much lower speeds than you'd expect. That doesn't make this situation universal, though, does it? Mainly since the whole tactic still relies on the Mustang pilot committing to the turn instead of just pulling high and laughing at the 109 pilot's inability to follow because he's now going at a hair over walking pace.
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07-10-2010, 04:53 PM
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