109 advice needed (climb)

[jf1981]

Originally Posted by reflected

Just now I shot up a Hurricane head on, then I started climbing away (I had E advantage) . I trimmed my E-3 perfectly, 2400 RPM, full throttle, climbing at 300 kph. By the time we were over France the Hurricane got within firing distance and shot me down.

What was I doing wrong? I obviously made a mistake, because the Hurricane was notorious for being slow, and sluggish, like a grand-piano with a Merlin.

Thanks in advance.

Hurri's vertical speed is quite good. Its top speed is'nt.

I've measured in actual state of CoD some 2600 ft/min and BF109 E3 700 m/min (2300 ft/min), therefore Hurri may catch you in a vertical climb at reduced speed.

How accurate the models are compared to reality, this needs to be checked and it might change.

[TomcatViP]

Actually it's completely normal. It's all about thick wings.

In a slow speed climb :
Thicker airfoil -> less AoA -> less drag - > higher climb rate for a given horizontal speed.

You need to spiral up to get away with the 109 or the hurri will catch you.

As a side note, Hurri with boost cut out can be slightly over modeled in certain situation. You need to be keep yourself alerted in that situation. Anyway if you are in the front sector of any opponents, it's time to have a close look at what you are doing