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Originally Posted by Crumpp
The RAE shows better turn radius in this chart. The Spitfire always has a better turn radius than the Bf-109.
Radius being just one parameter of turn performance and not the most important either.
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True, if the aircraft are BOTH at the same speed (according to that chart) , the spitfire will have less distance to travel, and thus will turn faster, in every case.
I think I can convert the figures to turn rate fairly easily... Then we can see, using that very ddata, the combinations of speeds at which the two have varying turn speeds right?
See here,
http://s13.postimage.org/4fo4e806f/turns_comparison.jpg
According to that, Provided the sptfire remains between 200kph and 370kph TAS, the 109 can never out turn it.