Had nice little fight with sads last night...He La7, me 51D....We got down to it in a turn fight . For the most part we were ending up in the same air space after our turns (no HO's here) and from my side I still had the option to maneuver away from the head on.... our fight lasted for about 2 mins with close proximity turn fighting (max d800) near the end, with lack of airspeed and flaps 2-3 notches most of the time it got harder and harder to match the turns and when I pushed it a little to hard, stalled...basically stopped on my side and fell hahaha....From experience (a little limited) of the La7 I'm sure sads still had plenty to give at this point but my pony was a fight to keep steady and pointed.....So from my point of view...keeping the pony in a faster (not hit and run style) angles fight (Extending out to D1-1.5 it held up well against the La7....slower, still was able to but really was a struggle....and any bad move on the ponies part causes death.
This was a fight I happened upon and after this thread so took note of the fight and thought this was an ok comparison as I feel Sads, although a bit better than myself was a reasonable comparison for this particular match up.
Had this been another La7 driver I may have had to make harder/different maneuvers to avoid a facial massage but i didn't in this case.
Edit to try and fix up my grammar a bit so you guys didn't lose you breath trying to read it hahaha
