yeah but what widewing didn't discuss is who is flying the zeke.. if its me.. then the best a 51 pilot will be able to do is stalemate me..
the zeke has tons of tricks just like the p51 when you get to learn them..
i fly my zeke constantly maintaining E at about 225-250 once the merge happens.. maybe faster if the enemy lets me and is passive..
at 225 to 250 any attack the p51 brings at me i can evade using a 3-4 g turn.. maintaining energy for his next attack.. (use the system of less g is better.. and match your turn to the enemy's aggressiveness..)
granted i cannot kill the p51 outright unless he allows me to do such.. he's just too fast and can dive away at will..
but some p51's or any other aircraft after about 10 passes with no bullets on target will start to get aggressive (you tell how they set up their attacks its very obvious when the battle rage sets in..) and thats when i conserve e as much a posssible and then follow them up on one of their zooms in lag pursuit.. by using lag pursuit when the stang rolls over the top of his zoom he has no shot.. granted my loop is lower than his most likely but the angle of my loop is in his 6 quarter forcing a impossible shot.. more degrees in the air.. its geometry pure and simple...
he now has the option to run away.. or die..
he also gives me a low percentage 400-500 m shot (poor in the zeke gun sight..) but with a little practice you get some hits..even at 80mph the zeke can brings guns to bare remember that.. headons or high forward quarter angle is not low class in this situation.. as seen in Wilbus / cobra ditching fight thats all you may need if a fuel or oil hit take place for either the zeke or p51
My honest opinion is that given equal pilots stalemate...
1 vs 1 is easy for the zeke; multiples is when you bite the farm...
2 cents..
DoctorYo
