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Originally Posted by 6S.Manu
Having confidence in the plane is a lot different from confidence in yourself... confidence in the machine is the one who kills you... it's one of the reason people get killed in motor accidents.
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I would really like to see some evidence of this being true and that it isn't just a piece of pop-psychology.
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Originally Posted by 6S.Manu
That statement it's clearly referred to the WW2, when it's WAS archaic.
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Who said it and why? Ahhh,
found it and, wouldn't you know it, it is being used in the context of the Spitfire VC v A6M2 over Darwin, when RAAF pilots discovered trying to out manœvre an aircraft which was even more manœvreable and handy in a dogfight was tactically futile. What it also states is:
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It was only at higher speeds that the Spitfire started to enjoy a relative advantage. Because the Zero’s controls stiffened up even more rapidly than the Spitfire’s, the Zero had great difficulty in following the Spitfire through high speed manoeuvres where the pilot pulled a lot of G. From about 290 knots, the Zero had great difficulty following the Spitfire through diving aileron rolls. The conclusion was that the Spitfire was more manoeuvrable above 220 knots, while the Zero was the better below that speed.
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08-02-2012, 11:40 AM
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