strumos over manchuria

[JensenPark]

This is realistic! In March of 1945 an Il-10 conducted test dogfights against a La-5FN flown by a famous 40-kill ace Vitaliy Popkov, and more than held its own. Il-10 ace A.I. Sirotkin, who flew against Popkov, recalls:

“The first exercise scheduled was a chase, with the fighter trying to catch me in a dive. We climbed to 2,000 meters and started. I throttled up and raced towards the earth at about 40 angles nose down. The Lavochkin fell behind. After that I pulled up and began climbing. To everyone’s amazement, the Lavochkin once again fell back; but after a little while it began catching up and finally passed me.â€

[Enforcer57]

Keep in mind that those IL-10s were mostly flown by N. Korean pilots, unlike the

Migs. Those guys doing the test were well above the average pilot I should think.

I think he's mostly correct, with some glaring mistakes. My P-39 lost an elevator in a 420 kt dive online. I know damn well that wouldnt hve happened....diving was one of the P-39s best traits. 400+ just wont cause that much damage. I think most of the flt models are pretty close though. I know i freak at how good hte P-47 is in everybody elses hands but how sluggish it is in mine. Go figure. :?: