I admit that my problem is a simple basic one. I believe a huge amount of time and effort is going into trying to hide one clear and obvious truth. That all the pilots and all the test pilots of all the test establishments, in all the nations that compared the 109 and the Spitfire, all agreed that the SPit turned better than the 109.
None of the above mentioned said that there was any difference when in a turning climb and the RAE clearly documented the advantage to the Spitfire. No advice was given to German pilots to go into a climbing turn to escape attack and as far as I am aware, no pilot of the time has said that they used this tactic in combat.
I frankly don't care what a theoretical calculation shows when compared to the tests that were done at the time. Why, because anything done today is just that, a theory unable to be tested in real life, a pricless advantage which occurred in the war years.
Its also worth remembering that the calculations being done today are being done without that 12lb thrust which increased performance of the engine by approx 30%
I invite those who believe that the 109 had the advantage to find any test from any establishment of any nation to support their view.
It shouldn't be difficult if the results are so clear and obvious mathmatically.
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09-22-2012, 11:32 PM
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