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Originally Posted by JtD
High speed maneuverability.
What did I win? Can I win more if I name another half dozen?
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This is the key to escaping the Zero... Chinnault's Tigers were doing this before Pearl Harbour in P40's... just that back home they didn't know how to read combat reports.
The Zero had limited top speed (around 390 kph) for maneuverability in the rolling axis, where it's ailerons locked due to compressibility. The wing profile that gave it's high maneuverability at low speeds, suddenly had big limitations at high speed.
The Allies learned about this very quickly and used the high speed roll to escape or out-maneuver the Zero.
