Originally posted by WaRLoCkL
I guess it all depends on how the tempest was doing his running, if he was climbing the spit could probly hang with him, the tempest true power lies within its DIVE.
but i wasnt there, all i know is there is only 2 people im afraid of im a tempest, the rest of them cant seem to hit squat and spend most there time running;)
Flying level, diving.. tempest will get away from a spit8 in no time... Removing your brain and roping yourself for a spitfire doesn't mean a tempest won't outrun a spit8 WITH EASE. I have never been caught by a spit8, cause I have at least half a brain. At worst I've had an la7 follow me for 5 minutes while slowly pulling away.
There's no secret or mystery to flying a tempest. It's faster than anything without jet engines or rocketfuel. you're coming at people with 4x hispanos. Take two even skilled pilots and a spit8 wont be running a temp down.
If this guy thinks he's gonna be running down tempests in a spit8 all day long he's gotta be kidding himself.
Of course, if the guy flying it likes sticking the throttle halfway and nosing it straight up you might catch him flying a stuka... With pilot error anything is possible, Zero's will catch 262's.. doesnt take away from the fact that a temp can easily run away from a spit8 if he chooses to unless hes an idiot, flying it at 180mph on the deck. just the way you're not supposed to fly one.
If I'm taking a pass in a tempest I'm hitting.. 4x hispanos, it's not like it's hard to find a sortie ending shot.