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Originally Posted by Codex
Wow.
Well I find Gaston's points refreshing.
The process for any debate is to back up your argument with facts. The trouble is facts can often be interpreted many ways.
It would be interesting to see if we can get any flight data of the currently restored FWs
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Current newly built FW-190A-8Ns are said to be mid-way in turn rates between a P-51D and Yak-3 with VK-107... This might be when ballasted to similar combat weights, or if not then maybe similarly underweight for all...
This would be without flaps, downthrottling or without the P-51's coarse pitch at low speed "trick", so the actual ultimate performance could be more or less radically separated... The order seems about right... The FW-190A's upper cowl shape is very different on the Ns than on the the real thing (no tapering), so aerodynamically they are not the same, and the FW-190A-8Ns also don't always use correct props...
Gaston