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As to G10 performance (And this one makes me laugh )
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Regarding the guns; gondolas give too much drag and performance degradation for me; I never fly with them
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Heheh degradation in regards to what? Even with Gondola's, the G10 climbs faster than a Pony, accelerates faster than a Pony, and is at least as fast (I think its faster, but I would have to test it to be sure). Plus it has about 65% more total firepower, and much better snapshot capability (the nature of cannons vs. MG's). So your still outperforming just about every aircraft in the inventory in the most important categories, and you have more firepower too boot. The only major category thats significantly degraded is in roll rate, that I will agree with you. But I can live with that.
Hm, here I must disagree with you; turning ability is affected; you lose a good bit of more speed in scissors; acceleration goes down. Climb rate drops some too.
The 51 is faster at altitude, but at the deck a light 109 can catch a P51, although not by much. Enough to run away from a co alt co e P51 though
. With regards to armament; not sure how much the 109 can deliver per second, and how much the 51 does. However, the 51 has laser beam .50's. Compared to the 109, very little lead is needed. Also very many rounds in the air make chances of hits quite likely.
I never survive a good bounce by a P51. The snapshot ability seems more than adequate; especially as they can open up at almost twice the range and still expect to hit.
The 109 lives and survives on three things; climb, acceleration and flat out speed. All the rest of the characteristics are rather poor, with the exception of rather nice low speed handling and stalls (IMHO).
I fight aggressively. When I have to extend, the enemy is usually d3-400 my 6 and either closing or holding about the same speed. I've found that with gondolas, I am unable to do vertical or horisontal scissors effectively. Furthermore, the degradation of acceleration *and especially top speed*, makes it harder t get away alive.
Ponies can catch you flat out if you have gondies.
I gather we fly the G10 somewhat differently. Preserve my e if there are higher enemy cons at d4-5, but other than that I rely on dives and acceleration to get speed back after hi g yo yo's.
Umm.... No. The Yak-9U has the exact same armament setup as the standard 109. A single 20mm cannon that fires thru the hub, and is located inside the V of the engine. Plus, two nose mounted (above the engine) heavy MG's
(12.7mm vs 13mm).
And I believe you have the MG and Cannon ammunition capacities switched in your example. I think the Yak's 20mm ammunition amount is pretty close to the G10's.
Eeek, you are correct; it actually has a little less cannon rounds; 120. Sorry about that mistake. The YAK has less ammo than the G10, but not by much. It shouldn't be enough to drive off dedicated YAK drivers, just as the 150 round capacity of the G10 hasn't driven me off.
And the difference between the 20mm MG151/20 and the 20mm ShVak is essentially negilible. Both guns even have the same installation weight of 42kg. The important statistics of the two guns.
MG 151/20 20mm x 82 ( 92 g) 740 rpm 800 m/s
ShVAK 20mm x 99R ( 96 g) 800 rpm 860 m/s
YAK gun is superior
. Not by much, but at least I was right about this. Phew.
The real difference is that the 109 series has the option of the Mk108 30mm (even if some pilots don't like it), and the ability to carry gondola's.
I'll buy it, if you buy my argument about 30mm being ineffective against good sticks. However, it doesn't apply to me, who never carry 30mm or gondolas
. Most do not carry gondolas as far as I know, so I do not believe the difference is purely attributed to guns.
Just having the option makes a big difference
Not if you ain't using it
I aim to please
LOL
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