not helped that it had already dropped its bombs also, we did start at
about 10-12k ft, the yak pulled in behind me rather than just pass me
and I had to dive out just in case, had got back to visual distance but
lower from roke when the ju88 split essed down and apart from following
roke headings and one fleeting sighting I could never catch enough to
even see the shooting much less them. heh heh why do they never turn nav
lights on when you want them to. The yak went bombing past us, and it
may well be that he was the reason roke got to shooting distance at all
plus it had to turn to base at some point. But yeah we always know the
hurri speed is going to be an issue. It was only meant to be a quick
flight. Still he downed it, but he had left it due to no ammo and it was
still flying then. I dont think he expected it to go down after that.
On 07/12/2021 14:45, Colin (bart_56) wrote:
That’s why I said depends on altitude;), if the engagement is low say below 4500m the LaGG 3 is faster than the Hurricane(second blower then kicks in:)), the Mig3 is faster than both, even more so higher the altitude. In a straight line co-alt chase the 88 is hard to catch in a tail chase;).
Colin
On 7 Dec 2021, at 13:24, Joe Stronach <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Both Russian planes are faster than the Hurri on the deck... And the Lagg has a 23mm option, which would certainly be handy. Might have to test that at some point...
Roke
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*Subject:* [56raf_firebirds] Re: sun Squad night
We didnt have much altitude advantage to start with. For catching it, mig 3, do not know if lagg is a great deal faster over hurri, but the end result, both have less ammo than hurri so may still not take it down, does the lagg have a silly 37mm option might do better. Both roke and a guy in a yak had pops at it, yak was the bugger who pulled onto my tail and drove me to roll out low and never catch up nor see roke again.
