Just curious about the P-51 FM

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Originally Posted by Black_Sage29

Your right, History Channel exaggerates. Snap-Stalling is not a desperate measure though. It's a smart maneuver especially when the enemy plane is more maneuverable and turning is out of the question.
When your flying fast in a P-51 and you snap-roll, you'll stall a little, but you still have a bit of control of the plane, you just rudder the other way and come out of the stall...now the bandit is out in front or about to overshoot. You have to be gentle with it though cause you could lose control and stall out all the way

And that's why I would rate it as desperate. The risk of totally losing control is there. And its desperate because in the faster less maneuverable plane you should not be in that pilots position.