Question about fw190 A4 in 4.11m

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Originally Posted by sagittario

Ok but the roll rate and a maneuver performed to the limit in order to avoid being hit by hours six . Does Not allow me to turn around the bandit.

If I understand you correctly... you are wondering what to do when a bandit is behind you? In a FW190 the correct defensive maneuvers involve speed and roll rate. The rolling scissors is one such maneuver (although difficult to pull off). By far the easiest is to perform a Split S and convert some of your altitude into an evasive roll over and dive. Because only a small handful of aircraft have even a chance of following the initial roll... you usually have a good chance to get away with superior dive and level speed.

What do you not want to do in a FW190 is make a series of hard turns (like you might in a Spitfire, Yak, or Zero) and bleed your energy as the FW190 looses energy in horizontal maneuvers much more quickly.

Flying a FW190 requires thinking in the vertical rather than in the horizontal.

Offensively you want to use moves like the "wing over" or the "lag pursuit" to follow a bandit through a defensive break turn. Oh and I should mention that such maneuvers are common to other similar aircraft. Each has their own trick but aircraft like the Tempest, P-51 Mustang, P-47 Thunderbolt, and F4U Corsair are all similar in technique to flying the FW190 versus their contemporary opposition.