Nashwan spake thusly:
Just to change the subjest a bit from the CHOG rants, but isn't it strange that the Typhoon is the RAF's best air to air fighter, better even than the Spit? In real life the Tiffie was a failure as a fighter, and only remained in production for it's ground attack abilities.
Asside from some of the possible flight model issues such as roll, there is a more simple explanation. If most of the ETO combat in WWII was short-ranged and below 10K feet, you bet your bellybutton the Typhoon would have been a great plane. The majority of WWII air combat in the ETO happened at high altitude where the Typhoon doesn't perform well. For the same reason, the P47 is at a much greater disadvantage in AH because it's strength is the high altitude stuff that doesn't happen much in AH. That has more to do with the Typhoon being such a good choice in the arena than any other factor IMHO.
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