Throwing some light on rates of turn

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Originally Posted by 6S.Manu

.. since it's easier to stick you nose on someone 6 gaining on him instead of to lose time in learning tactics and teamwork.

I hear your pain.. but there will always be one aircraft which dives faster/ more stable than the others. Which ever this happens to be, that guy will always be able to follow other aircraft down and kill them. (until we get some actual working clouds to hide in)

In my opinion (based mainly on reading pilot's biographies etc) I would think that, generally the German built fighters (109s and 190s) were "better" in the dive than the British variants. And only the P-51 and P-47s were really their equivalent in the dive - as a general rule.