in the beginning of the film, i first nose up, with a speed advantage. you'll note though, that as i do, the zeek increases his speed.
as i come over the top, note, that i'm doing a mere 37mph, and as the nose drops, thanks to the thrust and counter rotating props, i really have good control of the aircraft. if you watch this same part from the zeeks view, you'll not he is having trouble holding her steady, at 164mph. at this point, his speed is still decreasing, and at the point i manage to score some hits on him, he was doing 87mph. again, if you watch from his view, there wasn't anywhere near the control authority that my 38 had.
second time up, i'm 900 ft higher, and nearly the same speed. he was 2.5k behind, and i pulled him in. i rolled out at the top of the first immel at about 164mph, with him 1.5 below and behind, still doing 273.
i pulled into my second immel, letting him think he had a shot on me. to be honest, i thought i might've made a mistake there. i was down to about 120, him at 160, now 600 below me. again, look from his views, and you'll see the fight he had to hold her steady, against torque.
this time i didn't hold it too well, and let her start stalling at around 75mph. at this point, he's doing 85mph, and fighting to control his ride.
using my rudders, flaps, and wide open throttle, i still have nearly full control of my aircraft, as i bring the nose over. he either stalls, or sees me nosing over, and brings his nose down to regain speed, but at this point, i'm already re-accelerated up to 157mph. using rudders, i try to bring my guns to bear, but i was too slow reacting.
seeing him in tight, and the fact that there is no way i can keep myself inside his turn, i extend to reset the fight.
third time up, about 800ft alt difference, and about 50mph. i was intending an immel, so i went nearly vertical, whereas he climbed more gently. top of first immel, he's 800 below me, at 188mph, i'm at 140mph.
i misjudged quite a bit, and never made it to the top of the second immel, and let her fall off at around 54mph. at this point, he's still doing 70, but can't keep climbing...and is heavily fighting his ride.
same deal...rudders, firewall it, and roll into him. he get his nose down, tries to regain speed, so he can avoid the attack. i kept full flaps out, as i wanted a little extra time, and they'd help force my nose up onto him, as i accelerated. he tries to turn into me, hoping to take away any shot i might have had, but i'm already back up to 160mph, with him about the same, giving me enough control to make a good shot happen.
now, bear in mind, i do truly believe i was more lucky than any good to have won this fight. the entire fight was almost 9 minutes, and he pinged me at least once, when i mis-judged one of my vertical moves.
the point here is, that the conditions were nearly equal each time i went up, yet i was able to hold it slightly longer than the zeek. i don't know what all is modeled in here, but i know flaps feel pretty right, on everything i've used em on. the rudder authority at those low speeds is amazing, leading me to believe that the prop blast is modeled in here too.
this would affect not only the rudders on the 38, but also the flaps, due to the positioning of the engines, again providing prop blast over them.
this is not an "L", but rather a "J" i was flying, so the only thing i had to control my speed going downhill(which i didn't use in this fight) was a forward slip.
i understand the numbers. numbers cannot, and do not tke into account the many many variables in a fight though, as shown here.
now to figure out how the hell to link the film.
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?4yz2ykjyzzmit's 4 minutes.
again, nothing i said above is meant derogatorily towards the zeek driver.