Interesting site on WWII russian fighter tactics ...

[gatt]

Enjoy:

 http://luthier.stormloader.com/home.html

[Gh0stFT]

good link gatt! will read it later at home,
wondering if they describe the russian "Taran" tactic too.

Gh0stFT

[Ripsnort]

Thanks Gatt!  Great page!  I emailed the author about the dark text on the dark background, kinda hard to read, but good info,

[Minotaur]

Thanks Gatt!

 

Besides, it must be remembered that the Me-109 can only hold the maximum airspeed indicated above for no longer than 1 or 2 minutes in horizontal flight, as their engine overheats and causes the coolant to boil. Therefore, if a Me-109 encounters our Yak 1 or La 5 that have the altitude advantage, he would not be able to disengage just by using superior airspeed. German pilots try to enter a dogfight so that they have an altitude advantage, and their attacks are fast, quick dives followed by quick climbs straight up in majority of the cases

 

FW-190 has a 14-cylinder air cooled, twin-row radial engine. Engine fan is located at the front of the fuselage and is connected to the engine spinner. Fan rotates three times the speed of the prop. Engine generates 1,460 hp at nominal power and 1,760 hp at full military. It can only work at full throttle for no more than 1 minute.

What do you make of this?


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[MiG Eater]

 

Originally posted by Minotaur:
Thanks Gatt!

  What do you make of this?

The observations seem to make sense.  Both airplanes had very tightly cowled engines.  The 109 has fairly small radiators that may not have provided enough cooling for sustained high power operation - especially if a power boost method was used to increase horsepower.  But then again, most reciprocating airplane engines will suffer from overheating if run at maximum power for any extended period of time.    

MiG

[Hristo]

Mino, it also says in one place that 109G-6 outdives the 190.

Come on  

And remember, Soviets testing enemy equpiment. Sdurely they didn't get it in perfect condition, did they ?

[This message has been edited by Hristo (edited 09-28-2000).]