[MikkOwl]

Here is some interesting stuff. Training docs for the A-20G say:

• Acrobatics are forbidden
• Power-on stalls are forbidden, high-speed stalls at over 200 mph IAS (320 kph) will pull the plane apart.
• Turns of over 75 degrees of bank will damage the plane's wings, turns of 70 degrees stall the plane at 200 mph IAS
• The plane isn't designed to go into sharp angle dives or pull out from a steep angle dives

http://www.sas1946.com/main/index.php?topic=2122.0

Originally Posted by Flanker35M

Interesting read As of modern jets[...]

Thanks for that information. Very enjoyable and interesting (my very first and longest keen interest was regarding mid-coldwar onwards jets, when I was a kid in the mid 1980's - and I never heard about this). Do you think the WW2 metallurgy, no titanium alloys, lack of carbon fiber composites, lack of engine power but with a rough vibrating powerplant, no robotic CNC precision manufacturing etc might make them behave differently from the modern jets in any way to being over-stressed?

Originally Posted by Ernst

I believe this ll be a major issue to spitfire with good elevator autority at high speeds. Most planes enter acellerated stall or not deflect the elevators before maximun g-loadings, its really hard to go beyond its limits. Second p-51 picture shows that.

I do not follow. "Most planes enter acellerated stall or not deflect the elevators" makes my mind run never ending barrell rolls especially. Could you rephrase/elaborate?

Originally Posted by Skoshi Tiger

According to il2 compare (I've got V4.07 at the moment) the FBMkVI in the game out turns a Bf-110G-2 from about 285kph up (by a conciderable margin) so it's not too shabby.

Comparing the 110 C-4 and G-2 to the Mosquito models, they come out pretty much exactly the same, but with 'in general' the 110 having slightly better average than the Mosquitos. The wing loadings are also similar, with the 110 having slightly lower in the C-4.

Indeed they were great aircraft. Been watching a documentary of the Mosquito since last night due to this (biased and Brit-promoting, leaving out almost any bad word of how the Mosquitos performed in various missions, but great modern footage of mosquitos flying, from outside as well as long in-cockpit views facing forward. Strange seating arrangement and entry hatch).