109 advice needed (climb)

[ElAurens]

At 2400rpm and 3.5 to 4 pounds of boost the Rotol Hurricane can gently climb at 200mph. That is 20mph faster than you were doing in the 109. The Hurri cannot follow in a steep climb.

While I am strictly a Hurricane pilot, I do agree that the 109 is hobbled in speed, as is the Spitfire.

That said, against an aggressive and good 109 pilot, the Hurri has no chance if you stick to a strict boom and zoom tactic. The 109 can dive much faster and retain it's energy in the zoom out much better than the Hurri.

[jg27_mc]

Originally Posted by ElAurens

That said, against an aggressive and good 109 pilot, the Hurri has no chance if you stick to a strict boom and zoom tactic. The 109 can dive much faster and retain it's energy in the zoom out much better than the Hurri.

Got nothing more to add. Although I am not an Experten, if you stick to this rule of engagement you will be successfully against British fighters most of the times, specially cause they generally use poor tactics (don't want to flame the red side, but this is what I generally encounter while flying ATAG). Of course there are some brilliant flyers on the red side. I've been shoot down by Hurris and Spits with it's pilot's doing some of most amazing things I have seen in this simulation.

Originally Posted by Robo.

...Also, have you been using WEP / Erhoehte Notleistung? (1.45ata)? If you had an E advantage, you should have used it instead of running away...

This is equally important.

BTW, IMHO the most difficult thing to achieve while flying these German bricks is discipline.

Regards

[svend]

Originally Posted by cheesehawk

Biggest thing you were doing wrong is climbing at a constant speed (unless its either way lower or way higher). 300kph is like cruising speed for a 109, if you think climbing at cruising speed is enough to get away, you're mistaken. Either go into a all out climb (250kph or less), or get your engine management down and climb at 400kph. The Hurri will have a hard time maintaining that speed at the same angle climb as you, it might take 10 minutes, but you will eventually end up with higher alt than him, or if he tries to match your angle, he'll drop a bit of speed, and you'll slowly pull away. Pick one end of the spectrum or the other, but never pick the in-between. That's well within a Hurri's flight envelop, so you're not gaining anything on him. At that speed, you shouldn't have to use full throttle, so you were wasting your engine power but flying at that speed with that rpm.

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