I-153: cheap or not?

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Originally Posted by Ancient Seraph

Still, the main reason the I-153 turns so tightly it can maintain a high bank angle at a low speed, with help of the added lift.

That's what I said. Monoplanes can't do that cause their corner speed is higher.
They can't turn without descending at airspeeds below around 200kph, not at their maximum turn rate at least.