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    19:54 RM: LET THE FLAPS OUT TO GAIN ENERGY FASTER IF YOU DON'T NEED TO TURN
    
    19:54 RM: ONE OTHER GOOD TRAIT OF THE F4...
    
    19:54 RM: AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE CHART ABOVE...
    
    19:55 RM: IS THAT IT IS SECOND ONLY TO THE P47 IN ARMOR
    
    
    Aircraft Toughness
    19:55 RM: QUESTIONS? 19:55 K2: ! 19:55 RM: GA K2 19:55 DDave: any way to log this stuff?? 19:56 K2: Dumb question, but, uh, which is break key on keyboard? ga 19:56 RM: SPACE BAR ON KEYBOARD 19:57 deadh: i have a question! 19:57 RM: I'LL POST A SYNOPSIS ON MY WEB PAGE DDAVE 19:57 RM: GA DEADH 19:57 DDave: thnx ga 19:57 deadh: ok, u r following the break turn u use the brake and a setting of 19:57 deadh: flaps 19:58 RM: DONE? 19:59 Moose 666th: ! 19:59 deadh: the flaps aide turning? 19:59 RM: WAIT 1 MOOS 19:59 Moose 666th: cc 19:59 RM: THAT'S COMING UP IN THE NEXT SECTION... 19:59 RM: FLAPS HELP TO A POINT 19:59 RM: BUT NOT WHEN FAST 20:00 RM: SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION... 20:00 RM: CHANCES ARE YOU WOULD NOT USE BOTH FLAPS AND BRAKES... 20:00 RM: TO FOLLOW SOMEONE THRU A BREAK 20:00 RM: BECAUSE EITHER YOU ARE TOO FAST FOR FLAPS... 20:00 RM: OR TOO SLOW FOR BREAKS 20:01 RM: I'LL GET INTO IT MORE IN THE NEXT SECTION 20:01 deadh: when is the fw lecture? 20:01 RM: GA MOOSIC 20:01 RM: WHEN SOMEONE WANTS TO GIVE ONE :) 20:01 Moose 666th: Never mind... was gonna ask a stupid question. 20:01 Huckster: ! 20:02 RM: GA HUCKSTER 20:02 Huckster: Keep throttle at full when using speed brake right? or chop also? GA 20:03 RM: USUALLY YOU DO NOT WANT TO CHOP AND USE BRAKES TOGETHER... 20:03 RM: THE ONLY TIME YOU DO... 20:03 RM: IS WHEN YOU WANT TO IMPRESS SOMEBODY WITH A FAST KILL :) 20:03 Huckster: :) 20:03 RM: BASICALLY YOU GET ONE SHOT WHEN YOU DO THAT... 20:04 RM: IF YOU MISS IT AND YOU'RE AGAINST AND F6 OR KI... 20:04 RM: YOU WILL PROBABLY DIE OR GET PINGED UP 20:04 RM: OK... 20:04 RM: ON TO TURNING 20:04 RM: MANY PEOPLE ASK ME: 20:05 RM: "How Do You Turn That F4 so tight?" 20:05 RM: THE KEY IS TO TURN IT AT IT'S OPTIMUM SPEED...
    F4U Turn Rate
    20:06 RM: I PUT TOGETHER A CHART SHOWING THE F4 TURNING VS OTHER PLANES 20:06 RM: AND INCLUDED F4 WITH AND WITHOUT FLAPS 20:07 RM: THE PURPLE LINE IS THE OPTIMUM F4 TURN RATE USING FLAPS... 20:07 RM: AT THE 190 RANGE 20:07 RM: AND SLOWER 20:07 RM: AS YOU CAN SEE... 20:08 RM: AN F4 AT 170 KIAS WILL TURN WITH A 190 KIAS F6 OR KI 20:08 RM: AND IS NOT TOO FAR BELOW THEM AT THEIR OPTIMUM TURN SPEED... 20:08 RM: OF 170 KIAS 20:08 RM: YOU CAN SURPRISE THEM A LOT OF THE TIME 20:08 RM: A COUPLE THINGS ABOUT TURNING... 20:09 RM: DROP 1 NOTCH AT 190 OR SO... 20:09 RM: BUT REMEMBER TO RETRACT FLAPS IF YOU AREN'T TURNING... 20:09 RM: YOU ARE SPLIT S'ing... 20:10 RM: ARE GAINING SPEED, ETC 20:10 RM: FLAPS GIVE YOU TURN RATE, BUT THEY ALSO BLOW YOUR ENERGY... 20:10 RM: AND YOU NEED ENERGY TO MAINTAIN THAT 170 KIAS OPTIMUM SPEED 20:10 RM: DO A LOT OF NOSE LOW MANEUVERS TO KEEP BOTH YOURS AND ... 20:11 RM: YOUR OPPONENT'S SPEED UP 20:11 RM: AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE CHART... 20:11 RM: AN F4 WILL KICK THE ASS OF A FAST F6 OR KI 20:11 Astro: ! 20:11 RM: WHICH IS WHY IT'S FUN TO ENGAGE A HIGH ENEMY... 20:11 RM: THEY COME DIVING DOWN EXPECTING YOU TO RUN AND YOU TURN 20:12 RM: GA ASTRO 20:12 Astro: Is the turn rate for the F6 and Ki on the charts with flaps or without? ga 20:12 RM: THE TURN RATE IS WITHOUT... 20:13 RM: HOWEVER NEITHER ONE BENEFITS WITH FLAPS MUCH ABOVE 150 20:13 RM: THE F6 TURNS TO A DOG IF YOU LEAVE THE FLAPS OUT 20:13 MiG 01: ! 20:13 RM: GA MIG 20:13 Baddog: hey, I resent that 20:14 MiG 01: How many notches of flap will give you that sustained turn rate? 20:14 MiG 01: ga 20:14 RM: NO...YOU RESEMBLE THAT :) 20:14 Baddog: true:) 20:14 RM: YOU DON'T WANT TO GO TO MORE THAN 1 NOTCH IF YOU CAN HELP IT 20:14 DDave: [exit] 20:14 8_X Paradog: ! 20:15 RM: MORE THAN 1 NOTCH BLEEDS SPEED WAY TOO FAST AND IS NOT WORTH... 20:15 RM: THE TURN RATE BONUS... 20:15 RM: THE ONLY TIMES YOU GO TO MORE THAN 1 NOTCH IS: 20:15 RM: WAIT 1 PARA 20:15 Gunn: [enter] 20:15 8_X Paradog: How prone is the F4 to stalls? ga 20:15 RM: 1: YOU ARE NOSE HIGH AND YOU WANT TO SPLIT S 20:15 8_X Paradog: er soory 20:16 RM: 2: YOU ARE LOOPING OVER THE TOP AND ARE SLOW 20:16 RM: 3: YOU ARE ON THE DECK AND HAVE NO OTHER CHOICE 20:17 RM: I USE FULL FLAPS FOR JUST A SECOND WHEN I'M NOSE HIGH... 20:17 RM: JUST ENOUGH TO GET THE NOSE BELOW THE HORIZON... 20:17 Baddog: good Yak trick to 20:17 RM: THEN THEY COME BACK...ONLY WHEN I'M NOSE HIGH AND LESS THAN 160 KIAS 20:17 RM: CC BADDOG 20:18 RM: OK...PARA ASKED HOW PRONE THE F4 WAS TO STALLS: 20:18 RM: IT WILL DO WELL IF YOU DON'T PULL HARD ALL THE TIME 20:18 RM: YOU'VE GOT TO KNOW WHEN TO LET UP ON THE STICK... 20:18 RM: WHEN I DO A SPIRAL ROPE A DOPE... 20:19 RM: I'LL BE AS SLOW AS 100 KIAS WITHOUT FLAPS... 20:19 RM: THEN AT THE RIGHT TIME I'LL GO FULL FLAPS... 20:19 RM: DROP THE NOSE... 20:19 RM: RETRACT FLAPS... 20:19 RM: AND BE IN 20:20 RM: BUT WHEN YOU'RE THAT SLOW YOU CAN BARELY PULL ON THE STICK 20:20 RM: GONNA REPOST CHART FOR NEW FOLKS 20:20 Jammer: http://inter-look.com/lecture/turn1.html >>>TELEPORTING: "http://inter-look.com/lecture/turn1.html" 20:21 RM: I'LL GET INTO SPIRAL ROPE A DOPE LATER FOR THOSE WHO ARE INTERESTED 20:21 RM: ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? 20:22 RM: OK.. 20:22 Jammer: http://inter-look.com/lecture/turn2.html >>>TELEPORTING: "http://inter-look.com/lecture/turn2.html" 20:22 RM: POSTING NEXT SLIDE 20:22 Gunn: nice slides.... 20:22 RM: JUST TO REITERATE... 20:23 RM: THE F4 TURNS BEST AT 170 KIAS 20:23 deadh: ! 20:23 RM: USE ONE NOTCH OF FLAPS UP TO 190 KIAS 20:24 RM: GA DEADH 20:24 deadh: i always thought that the fw and corsair to be similar planes.......... 20:24 deadh: so if u use this turn advantage they r very different?ga 20:24 RM: YES... 20:25 RM: THE F4 WILL KICK A FW'S ASS IN A FIGHT 20:25 RM: NO CONTEST 20:25 deadh: because of this turning ability 20:25 RM: THE F4'S ROLL RATE IS ALMOST AS GOOD AS A FW 20:25 RM: AND ASIDE FROM A SLIGHT SPEED ADVANTAGE... 20:26 RM: THE F4 BEATS THE FW IN ALL OTHER MANEUVER CATEGORIES 20:26 deadh: ok 20:26 RM: CC ON TURNING ABILITY 20:26 RM: THE F4 HAS A BAD REP AS A PLANE THAT CAN'T TURN... 20:26 RM: I LOVE TO "EDUCATE" THE UNBELIEVERS :) 20:27 BigR: LOL 20:27 RM: YOU CAN TURN WITH A LOT OF STUFF FOR A WHILE... 20:27 Baddog: I been educated :/ 20:27 RM: BUT AFTER ABOUT 2 REVS... 20:27 deadh: really im a faithful follower now, thanks 20:27 RM: YOU NEED TO GET OUT IF YOU'VE MADE NO HEADWA 20:27 RM: ER HEADWAY 20:27 Huckster: been educated here fer sure 20:27 8_X Paradog: ! 20:28 RM: GA PARA 20:28 8_X Paradog: How is the F4 speed wise vs other pac planes? 20:28 8_X Paradog: ga 20:29 RM: THE F4 DOES OK VS OTHER PLANES... 20:29 RM: BUT NOT GREAT 20:29 RM: AGAINST THE F6... 20:29 K2: ! 20:29 RM: THEY BOTH ACCELERATE ABOUT THE SAME... 20:30 RM: SO YOU NEED TO MANEUVER A BIT TO GET OUT OF GUNS RANGE... 20:30 RM: BUT IN THE LONG HAUL THE F4 WILL RUN AWAY 20:30 RM: AGAINST A P38... 20:30 deadh: durn just got beeped by boss gotta go 20:30 RM: THE F4 WILL WAY OUT-ACCELERATE IT, BUT THE 38 CAN CATCH IT... 20:30 RM: IF IT GOES TO A SLOW DIVE 20:31 RM: THIS TAKES MULTIPLE SECTORS, HOWEVER 20:31 RM: AND MANY TIME THE F4 CAN GET ENOUGH SEPARATION TO START CLIMBING 20:31 RM: THE KI WILL OUTRUN AND OUT TURN IT 20:31 RM: A HIGH KI IS A TOUGH FIGHT IN AN F4 20:32 RM: THE 51 AND NIKI OUTRUN IT 20:32 RM: OK...GA K2 20:32 K2: ok, you pretty much covered, it, i was gonna ask bout level and dive accel vs other 20:32 K2: aircraft. ga 20:33 RM: OK :) 20:33 RM: TO REITERATE TURNING... 20:33 RM: BEST TURN IS 1 NOTCH FLAPS AT 170 KIAS 20:33 RM: FLAPS HELP TO ABOUT 190 KIAS THEN HURT TURN RATE AND ENERGY 20:34 RM: USE DIVE BRAKES ABOVE ABOUT 22O KIAS TO GAIN TURN RATE FOR A BIT 20:34 RM: DO NOSE LOW MANEUVERS TO KEEP SPEED UP 20:34 RM: ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? 20:34 Baddog: ! 20:35 RM: GA BADDOG 20:35 Baddog: OK, you do those 2 revs, gain nuthin 20:35 Baddog: what is best way exit? 20:35 Baddog: ga 20:35 RM: GOOD QUESTION 20:36 RM: THE BEST WAY IS TO DROP THE NOSE ALOST STRAIGHT DOWN... 20:36 RM: THEN JINK OUT TO THE DIRECTION YOU WANT TO GO 20:36 RM: WHEN YOU JINK... 20:37 RM: YOU WANT TO PULL HIGH Gs FOR SHORT BURSTS 20:37 RM: THEN STRAIGHTEN FOR A SEC THEN PULL ANOTHER 20:37 Baddog: 7+, right? 20:37 RM: NOT TOO LONG OR YOU WILL BLOW YOUR ENERGY... 20:38 RM: JUST A FRACTION OF A SECOND, ENOUGH TO CHANGE YOUR HEADING 20:38 RM: CC BADDOG 20:38 RM: AND IF YOU'VE GOT ALT... 20:38 RM: DON'T WORRY TOO MUCH ABOUT BLACKING OUT 20:38 RM: SINCE YOU'VE GOT IT IN YOUR MIND TO PULL A SHORT BURST... 20:39 RM: YOU WILL PROBABLY LET OFF EARLY SO THE BLACKOUT WILL ONLY LAST A SECOND OR SO... 20:39 Baddog: sounds just like an FW exit 20:39 RM: WHICH IS THE TIME YOU WOULD WANT TO FLY STRAIGHT FOR ANYWAY 20:39 RM: PRETTY MUCH 20:39 RM: OK... 20:39 Jammer: http://inter-look.com/lecture/bz.html >>>TELEPORTING: "http://inter-look.com/lecture/bz.html" 20:39 Baddog: and if they follow? 20:40 RM: IF THEY FOLLOW... 20:40 RM: YOU RUN 20:40 RM: THE ONLY PLANE YOU CAN'T RUN FROM IS THE KI 20:41 RM: AS I SAID A CO-ALT KI IS TOUGH 20:41 Baddog: get it to 475 or so... 20:41 RM: CC...GET IT FAST 20:41 BigR: well..i gotta go..great lecture 20:41 Baddog: or was it 375, wingrip speed anyway 20:41 RM: I'LL GET TO FIGHTING A KI IN A LATER SECTION 20:41 RM: SEE YA BIGR 20:41 Baddog: ga 20:42 RM: OK... 20:42 RM: QUICKLY ON B&Z TACTICS... 20:42 RM: NOT GOING TO GO INTO TOO MUCH DEPTH 20:42 RM: BASICALLY... 20:42 RM: USE THE BRAKES AS WE DISCUSSED... 20:43 RM: BUT ONLY WHEN YOU'VE GOT ENOUGH SPEED TO GET ABOVE AGAIN 20:43 RM: OR IF YOU WANT TO ENGAGE HARD 20:43 RM: USE LOW G MANEUVERS AT ALL TIMES UNLESS YOU ARE GETTING YOUR 20:43 RM: GUNS ON A TARGET... 20:44 RM: OR HAVE A LARGE EXCESS OF SPEED 20:44 RM: LASTLY... 20:44 RM: THE F4 EXCELS AT THE SPIRAL CLIMB... 20:44 RM: USE IT WHEN YOU'RE ABOVE YOUR OPPONENT... 20:44 RM: KIs AND F6s WILL LOSE ENERGY TRYING TO TURN... 20:44 RM: AND IT'S AN EASY WAY TO ROPE-A-DOPE PEOPLE 20:45 RM: QUESTIONS? (SORRY FOR QUICKNESS, BUT IT;S GETTING ON) 20:45 HAWKeye_CAF_: ! 20:45 RM: GA HAWKEYE 20:45 HAWKeye_CAF_: will f4 outrun 51 20:46 RM: NO... 20:46 RM: 51 WILL EASILY OUT DISTANCE THE F4 20:46 RM: BUT THE F4 CAN OUTTURN IT AT MOST ALTS 20:46 HAWKeye_CAF_: ahh OK 20:46 HAWKeye_CAF_: did'nt think so ga 20:46 Baddog: ! 20:46 RM: OTHER QUESTIONS? 20:46 RM: GA BADDOG 20:47 Baddog: spiral climb, best way to? 20:47 Baddog: how to 20:47 RM: BEST WAY TO ROPE-ADOPE...WHICH IS THE BASIS FOR... 20:47 RM: MY SPIRAL ROPE-A-DOPE 20:48 RM: PICTURE THIS: 20:48 RM: YOU'RE ABOVE YOUR OPPONENT... 20:48 RM: YOU ARE BOTH SLOW... 20:49 RM: YOU ARE SPIRALING UP SLOWLY AND HE IS TRYING TO FOLLOW IN HIS F6... 20:49 RM: BY SPIRALING YOU ACCOMPLISH MULTIPLE THINGS... 20:49 Baddog: no flaps, light stick? 20:49 RM: FOR ONE YOU ARE GAINING ENERGY ON THE F6 (OR KI OR ZEKE OR 38, ETC) 20:50 RM: RIGHT _NO_ FLAPS HERE AND LIGHT STICK 20:50 RM: TWO... 20:50 RM: YOU CAN LOOK AT YOUR OPPONENT OVER YOUR WING 20:50 RM: AS SOON AS YOU SEE HIM DROP OFF... 20:50 RM: YOU GO FULL FLAPS AND ROLL IN 20:51 RM: THEN RETRACT FLAPS AND SWOOP IN FOR THE KILL 20:51 8_X Paradog: Sorry gotta jam...got squad practice... great class!!! Be sure to post where to 20:51 8_X Paradog: find a summary:) 20:51 RM: IF YOU TIME IT RIGHT... 20:51 RM: CC PARA 20:52 RM: YOU CAN GET YOUR OPPONENT TO 700 YARDS OR SO (INSIDE GUNS RANGE)... 20:52 RM: BUT HE CAN'T GET HIS NOSE UP... 20:52 RM: AND YOU CAN DROP IN ON HIM AS HE WALLOWS AT 100 KIAS :) 20:53 RM: OTHER QUESTIONS? 20:53 Baddog: nope 20:53 RM: OK 20:53 RM: QUICKLY... 20:54 RM: THE MERGE... 20:54 RM: THERE ARE 3 MERGE SITUATIONS... 20:54 Astro: RM Marcy says hi 20:54 RM: AS SEEN ABOVE (CO-E, POSITIVE E AND NEGATIVE E) 20:55 RM: HEHE CC ASTRO :) 20:55 RM: BASICALLY THE WORST FOR AN F4 TO BE IN vs A MORE MANEUVEABLE... 20:56 RM: OPPONENT IS THE COALT MERGE 20:56 RM: IN A POSITIVE ENERGY MERGE YOU CAN SPIRAL CLIMB & b&z 20:56 RM: IN A NEGATIVE ENERGY MERGE YOU CAN OUTTURN A FASTER DIVING OPPONENT 20:57 RM: BUT IN A CO-E MERGE YOU OPPONENT WILL BE CLOSER TO OPTIMUM... 20:57 RM: TURN SPEED AND THUS UNLESS YOU GET THE JUMP ON HIM AT THE 20:57 RM: START OF THE MERGE YOU ARE IN TROUBLE FROM THE START 20:58 RM: I ALWAYS TRY TO GET BELOW MY OPPONENTS ON A CO-E MERGE... 20:58 RM: FORCE HIM TO GO DOWN AS YOU ARE GOING UP 20:58 RM: YOU ARE LOSING SPEED AND GAINING E WHILE HE IS GAINING SPEED AND 20:58 RM: LOSING E 20:58 RM: QUESTIONS? 20:59 Moose 666th: Last tip was great. Never thought of that. 20:59 RM: I DON'T THINK WE HAVE TIME TO GO INTO SPECIFIC PLANE vs PLANE TACTICS 20:59 Huckster: ! 20:59 Samer: ! 21:00 RM: UNLESS SOMEONE HAS A SPECIFIC QUESTION 21:00 RM: GA HUCKSTER (SAMER NEXT) 21:00 K2: ! 21:00 MiG 01: good night to all... squad practice CHECKSIX 21:00 RM: THEN K2 21:01 RM: SEE YA MIG 21:01 Huckster: err never mind can wait GA 21:01 Samer: gota go,,thanks, great,, 21:01 RM: NO...WE GOT TIME FOR QUESTIONS NOW... 21:01 RM: JUST NOT OT GO INTO SPECIFIC PLANES 21:01 RM: GA HUCK 21:01 RM: SEE YA SAMER 21:02 Astro: ! 21:02 Huckster: Ok you go on low on merge if he climbs high U can be in a fix right? 21:02 RM: POSSIBLY... 21:02 RM: BUT THAT IS A DANGEROUS MANEUVER FOR HIM TO PULL 21:03 RM: IF YOU HAVE AN OUNCE MORE E THAN HE THOUGHT... 21:03 RM: YOU CAN PULL UP ON HIS SIX 21:03 RM: FOR HIM TO PULLIT OFF HE REALLY NEEDS TO EXTEND LOW G... 21:03 Huckster: cc 21:03 RM: YOU CAN SEE HIM DO THIS AND DO THE SAME 21:04 RM: OR PULL AROUND AND FOLLOW AT A SLIGHT ENERGY DEFICIT 21:04 RM: GA K2 21:04 RM: BTW...MOST PEOPLE WON'T DO THAT 21:04 Astro: How well does a F4 turn at lower alt compared to higher alts? ga 21:04 RM: AND IT IS DANGEROUS FOR HIM 21:04 Astro: oops 21:05 K2: I am interested in specific tips vs F6 - a buddy kicks my F4 a lot in one. Other planes 21:05 K2: are meat for my F4. 21:05 RM: WAIT 1 ASTRO 21:05 K2: ga 21:06 Jammer: wait one RM has some problems on his end, standby 21:06 K2: rgr 21:06 Jammer: RM has to back out and try to reconnnect to the service 21:07 K2: Jammer, haven't you shot me down a few times before? 21:07 K2: Hmmm, do we wait or reload? 21:07 Baddog: Moose, you the Moose at Stalingrad? 21:07 Jammer: no, i'm an newby and I work with RM (he's a great coach), I asked him if anyone had 21:08 Jammer: my golf game handle reserved and he said he didn't think so... 21:08 K2: I guess so many different people have shot me to bits its all a blur . . . . 21:08 Jammer: so I thought i would use it here 21:08 RM: ok... 21:08 RM: weird 21:09 RM: BACK TO F6 vs F4... 21:09 K2: rgr 21:09 RM: IF YOU ARE INTENT ON KILLING YOUR OPPONENT... 21:09 Moose 666th: Yeah Baddog I am 21:09 RM: THE F6 IS THE TOUGHEST FIGHT FOR THE F4 21:10 RM: YOU CAN CLIMB AWAY FROM A Ki, ZEKE OR 38... 21:10 RM: BUT THE F6 CAN CLIMB WITH YOU 21:10 RM: THE BEST THING TO DO IS RUN AWAY AND WHEN YOU GET SOME... 21:10 RM: SEPARATION... 21:11 RM: GO INTO A 200 KIAS, 3K CLIMB 21:11 RM: IF HE TRIES TO STAY WITH YOU YOU WILL GET ABOVE HIM... 21:11 RM: BUT IT TAKES A LONG TIME 21:11 RM: BUT YOU CAN ALWAYS RUN FROM AN F6 21:11 RM: GIVEN A LITTLE ALT 21:12 RM: OK... 21:12 K2: heheheheh, OK, not very encouraging. GA 21:12 RM: ASTRO ASKED HOW WELL AN F4 TURNS AT LOWER ALTS COMPARED TO.,, 21:12 RM: HIGHER 21:12 RM: (pulls out charts) 21:13 Jammer: standby, RM is looking up some data 21:14 RM: OK... 21:14 RM: 10K F4 TURNS 6 Gs AT 210 KIAS...27 DEGREES PER SECOND 21:15 RM: AT 20K THAT DROPS TO 22 DEGREES PER SECOND 21:15 RM: AT 30K (ASSUMING YOU CAN GET TO 210 KIAS)... 21:16 RM: THAT DROPS TO 18 DEGREES PER SECOND 21:16 RM: COMPARE THAT TO AN F6... 21:17 RM: 10K, 6 Gs, 180 KIAS - 31 DEGREES PER SECOND 21:17 RM: 20K - 26 DEGREES PER SECOND 21:17 RM: 30K 22 DEGREES PER SECOND 21:18 RM: THEY PRETTY MUCH DROP THE SAME AMOUNT OF TURN 21:18 RM: BUT THE F6 KEEPS ENERGY BETTER IN HARD TURNS 21:18 Dwarf: And on the deck? 21:18 Astro: So against an F6 I would want to keep my speed up and try to outturn it maybe 21:18 RM: ON THE DECK... 21:19 RM: WAIT 1 ASTRO 21:19 RM: F6 ON THE DECK = 36 DEGREES/SEC 21:19 RM: F4 ON THE DECK=31 DEGREES PER SECOND 21:20 RM: THIS IS MAXIMUM INSTANTANEOUS NO FLAPS, 6 Gs... 21:20 RM: F6 AT 180 AND F4 AT 210 21:20 RM: OK... 21:20 RM: TO ANSWER ASTRO... 21:20 K2: Ok, I'm gonna run. thank you very much - great lecture. I learned an enormous amount. 21:20 RM: COUPLE THINGS YOU CAN DO IN F4... 21:21 Baddog: might try get both real fast and turn with brakes 21:21 RM: SPIRAL DOWN, HOLD BRAKES AND KEEP SPEED AT 170-190 KIAS 21:21 RM: SEE YA KK2 21:21 RM: OR DO MANY SPLIT S' 21:21 RM: AND USE ROLL RATE 21:22 RM: TRY TO KEEP THE F6 FAST 21:22 Astro: cc 21:22 RM: OK... 21:22 RM: UNFORTUNATELY I GOTTA GO 21:22 RM: ONE LAST PARTING COMMENT 21:23 Dwarf: Is wot the r3elief tube is for 21:23 RM: YOU CAN SURPRISE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN AN F4 BECAUSE THEY DON'T... 21:23 RM: EXPECT YOU TO TURN 21:23 RM: TURN INTO THEM AND STAY WITH THEM FOR A BIT 21:23 RM: THE F4 CAN DO SOME AMAZING THINGS 21:24 RM: IMHO IT'S THE BEST OVERALL PLANE IN AW 21:24 RM: BUT IT TAKES GOOD SA AND PRACTICE TO BECOME GOOD IN 21:24 Moose 666th: Thanks RM... 21:24 RM: I EXPECT TO SEE ALL OF YOU IN F4s FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS :) 21:25 Baddog: that would be true anyway:) 21:25 Astro: nite RM great lecture learned a lot 21:25 RM: SEE YA'LL AND THANKS FOR COMING 21:25 Huckster: Thanks RM enjoyed! nite all 21:25 Baddog: how about a series on the F4? 21:25 Moose 666th: Thanks RM. 21:26 Moose 666th: Pretty cool

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