About the 1/3 throttle....

[Guest Cloud]

I know how everyone says that you can turn the fastest by cutting down to 1/3 throttle and putting everything to engine, but wouldn't you go so fast that maybe your opponent could catch you because of the speed which result in a wider turn?

 

[This message has been edited by Cloud (edited August 10, 2000).]

[K_Kinnison]

but wouldn't you go so fast that maybe your opponent could catch you because of the speed which result in a wider turn?

 

i am not sure what you meant by that

 

I have run into this many times, in what i call a knife fight.

 

there are 2 things that may happen. YOu pass, cut your throttle, and your oppnent stays at full throttle. YOu are able to "spin on a dime" and out turn him. kinda liek a ME-262 vs P-51 The P-51 may be able to out turn, but the speed of the ME-262 prevent an accurate shot (yet in XWA your laser don't fall, or are as slow as bullets)

 

secondly after the pass, a both may cut thier throttle, but one migt not have given the engines enuf power, and end up flying slow. With all the energy to engines at throttle to 1/3 i have a speed of 50 MGLT while the oppnt my have a speed of 33 MGLT or less. I am able to travel a father distance, AND cut into their turn.

[Guest Cid_MCDP]

not sure exactly what you're saying, but here's a good way to think of the speed vs. turning phenomenon:

imagine you're in your car in a big parking lot. let's say you're going 5 mph and you turn your steering wheel half a turn to the right, and notice how much ground you cover during the turn. now, do the same thing at 50 mph with the half turn to the right. you will cover a much larger area when going 50.

 

so, when the book says you turn faster by going to 1/3, what they really mean is that you will make what appears to be a sharper turn by going slower than by going faster. you'll change directions faster by going at a slower speed, but as i think you said, it can make you easier to hit since you aren't going so fast.

 

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[Guest Cloud]

What I meant was wouldn't an opponent cut you in between the wide turn, but I guess Kinnision answer that question for me....