IMO, Tempest is a kickass plane.
It is only RAF types who haven't learned the running technique properly thinking it doesn't dive or accelerate very well
. It does, it does very good too.
Tempest has only one weak spot. 10k performance. The power drops rapidly and you can outrun it at this alt in G-10 and D-9. If you fight Tempest, stay anove 12k and fast. If you don't kill it, sooner or later it will get behind you. Now dive to 10k and ruuuuuuuuun.
And this is about the only thing you can do better than it in LW plane.
G-10 can outclimb it, but not outzoom it. Tempest catches G-10 in zoom no problem. D-9 is even worse.
Speaking from G-10 perspective, roping a Tempest is very hard. Usually you watch closure rate and get a feeling when a plane should stall. You time your dive just to reach guns range when enemy is slow and unmaneuverable. But if you try it against a Tempest, you will meet him going straight to HO you and pass you by in his zoom. Frightening. Even a newbie looks good in that plane.
It is also a tough plane, only slightly alergic to 30mm. This is the funniest way to kill a Temp.
With Tempest around, my only plane choice would be 262. Thankfully, Willi made a fast plane just in time
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P.S.
Can I reach speed of sound while diving in a 262 ?
[ 08-04-2001: Message edited by: Hristo ]
