I play 6.3 BR in the P-51NA and I’ve seen multiple jets, such as the F-80, I checked its stats and I saw how it has its max speed of 548 mph. And since the P-51NA is a prop, if I were to get into a dogfight with the F-80, could they possibly keep climbing until I stall out and use their jet engines to keep climbing, then rapidly turn around and get me?
No clue myself, but I’m so curious now.
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idk if what i did mattered, but propeller planes have better acceleration and power than early jets.
If you were to find the hp to ton ratio (hp of wep)/(base weight + fuel in main tanks), the P51 wins with 576 hp/ton while the F80 has 307hp/ton. It also depends on drag (who exerts more drag), altitude (planes perform worse or better at different altitudes), speed advantage, etc.
Early jet engines are very weak in acceleration, but are able to reach a higher top speed.
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Only at very slow speeds for the most part. Useful metric isn’t HP but thrust. Props lose thrust very fast as they gain speed, early jets usually have consistent thrust from standstill to top speed.
There are a bunch of early jets that can commit to dogfights against most props by forcing a rate fight. Then you have things like the meteor mk3 that will easily outdogfight every prop they see, while also being faster
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If the jet is slow then its easier for the prop and vice versa.
- Early Jets have poor energy generation at all speeds.
- Props have good energy generation at low speeds and terrible at high speeds.
Jets also go faster so they carry more kinetic energy that they can use. So, yes they will out climb you because they have more K.E they can turn into P.E and they have less drag so they will keep speed better in the climb.
Your goal should be to climb to gain energy and dive on jets that are slow.