wmaxt
Staff Sergeant
Well if Soren's sites are right there so close that its a tough call, fighter wise but then the F-4Us range and attack ability make it an overall winner esp off a carrier where space limits the number of aircraft.
As to climb
1. The airplane that stalls first in a vertical scissors becomes the target.
2. a favorite escape of P-38s from Japanese aircraft was a tight counter clockwise spiral climb that they could not follow. By turning counter to the Japanese aircraft torque the P-38 had an advantage.
3. The British tests of the P-38F found that other fighters (trailing) could not effectively engage a P-38 in a very slow corkscrew climb because they would either stall or overshoot (the P-38F stalled, power on, at 74mph).
Of course numbers 2 and 3 are unique to the P-38 however a good climb is always an advantage. I do agree with Twitch, that if your being chased by an aircraft with center firing weapons whatever you do to escape is in jeopardy for the first few seconds to a minute while your still in range depending on relative speeds of the aircraft involved.
wmaxt
As to climb
1. The airplane that stalls first in a vertical scissors becomes the target.
2. a favorite escape of P-38s from Japanese aircraft was a tight counter clockwise spiral climb that they could not follow. By turning counter to the Japanese aircraft torque the P-38 had an advantage.
3. The British tests of the P-38F found that other fighters (trailing) could not effectively engage a P-38 in a very slow corkscrew climb because they would either stall or overshoot (the P-38F stalled, power on, at 74mph).
Of course numbers 2 and 3 are unique to the P-38 however a good climb is always an advantage. I do agree with Twitch, that if your being chased by an aircraft with center firing weapons whatever you do to escape is in jeopardy for the first few seconds to a minute while your still in range depending on relative speeds of the aircraft involved.
wmaxt
