Or you could say a series of chandelles growing progressively tighter.
umm no you couldn't because you aren't doing a series of anything, its one continous manuever.
I am one who brought a 'spiral' and if you classify what I meant incorrectly I will correct it. If the lurker reads 'spiral' in my reply the reads 'spiral 180' in yours it only adds to the confusion thus my clarification...
A chandelle is rather technical in how its performed, a spiral climb is not.
Here is a question, Spit chased by 109g. lets say 109 at 1k or 1.5k behind the spit. Spit starts the spiral clime. What do you think the results are going to be? Try the same with the spit chasing the 109 without any assumptions.
The 109 can make up for its larger turn radious with its higher climb angle. The combination of both will lead the spit to pull more lead at a high angle and lose its energy. What happens here is you trick the spit into thinking he can get a gun solution if he just pulls a little more.
In both AH and FB/AEP flying just the standard G-6 I do this all the time.
Now if the 109 is chasing the spit the spit can turn tighter to begin with so a shallower climb can keep the spits energy up. The 109 has no hope of getting a gun solution. You would just level out extend a bit then go up.
But the variables are endless and there's no 1 set solution for every encounter...
