Sort of on the same topic as my other thread about the FW190-D at high altitude bomber hunting but in the Ta-152. I remember long ago learning from Snailman (iirc) that there is really no achievable altitude in which B-17’s are safe from it. If someone would please let 99Capera know about the characteristics that’d be great, he refuses to believe me that it performs as such.
It certainly didn’t climb to 34K without some effort and time, it took ~25 minutes and turning up there is difficult. At 2.5K in front of his bombers I couldn’t swing the nose around fast enough to get a frontal shot, maybe if I had used flaps when I initiated the turn instead of late (45>degs) into the turn?
Anyhow it performs really very well up there with those huge wings and can glide forever if you get oiled. If someone is patient enough to get B-29’s higher, like 38K or more I can’t speak for it, a few of you are the real experts on it.
