The Warbirds Turn Performance Charts compare the turning abilities between the Warbird's planes.
Corner Velocity Max G turns were done like this: Load each plane with 10 minutes worth of fuel. Accelerate to Corner Velocity, as found in the G Limits Study. Pull a max-g left turn, time first 180 and 360 degree turns.
The methodology used for the sustained turn rate was: Load each plane with 10 minutes worth of fuel. Turn max-g for 1.5 circles at full power (no wep) to stabilize speed. Hit WEP and time 1 circle. Lower flaps at each degree allowable, timing 1 360 each. Record no flap/full flap speeds, and record best turn (if two flap settings resulted in similar times, the one with the slower speed was used, as this means a smaller turning radius). Record speed of best turn rate.
The instantaneous turn rates model starting a turn fight at a certain speed (corner is usually best), how quickly one can get around. The sustained times are for into the fight, after both planes have burned all excess E, the faster sustained turn rate is going to gain ground on the slower. Instantaneous turn rate helps for tracking a breaking target, and for turning speed into position. E fighters use Instantaneous turn, Turn 'n' Burn fighters use Sustained turn more. BnZ fighters can use these charts to know how much E (approximately) they will burn when turning (against breaking opponent, pulling up from a dive, etc).
The methodology used for the max-g 360 degree (non-corner) turn time was: Load each plane with 10 minutes worth of fuel. Accelerate to 250mph. Time two full max-g 360 degree turns, marking time for 1 circle, then 2. Repeat for 300mph.
Where planes had difficulty to turn at 300mph (or 250mph) the plane was omitted from that speed for that altitude. For altitudes below 15k, a dive from higher altitude to gain the desired speed was performed for planes unable to accelerate in level flight to a particular speed.
One use for instantaneous vs sustained turns is to determine, in a circlefight, who will get first post-merge shot (180 degrees traveled), who will get 2nd post-merge (360 degrees travelled) shot, then who will eventually outturn the other (sustained turn).
Corner Velocity Maximum G Turn, first 180 degrees times/360 degrees times:
Plane | 1,000ft | 5,000ft | 10,000ft | 15,000ft | 1,000ft | 5,000ft | 10,000ft | 15,000ft | |
F6F | 5.7s | 6.3s | 6.8s | 7.4s | 12.6s | 13.8s | 15.2s | 16.8s | |
F4F | 5.5s | 5.5s | 5.8s | 6.3s | 12.1s | 12.6s | 13.3s | 14.6s | |
FM2 | 5.7s | 5.6s | 6.2s | 6.9s | 12.2s | 13.2s | 13.9s | 15.5s | |
F4U | 6.4s | 6.7s | 7.3s | 7.7s | 14.8s | 15.8s | 18.0s | 19.1s | |
A6M2 | 4.5s | 4.7s | 5.1s | 5.8s | 9.9s | 10.2s | 11.7s | 12.7s | |
A6M3 | 4.7s | 5.1s | 5.1s | 5.7s | 10.4s | 11.6s | 12.0s | 13.7s | |
A6M5a | 4.8s | 5.4s | 5.4s | 5.9s | 11.2s | 11.9s | 13.1s | 14.5s | |
Ki43 | 4.5s | 4.8s | 5.2s | 5.8s | 9.7s | 10.3s | 11.5s | 12.9s | |
Ki84 | 5.8s | 6.0s | 6.9s | 7.7s | 13.1s | 14.1s | 15.9s | 17.8s | |
Bf 109E4 | 6.0s | 6.4s | 6.7s | 7.1s | 13.8s | 15.4s | 15.8s | 17.8s | |
Bf 109F4 | 6.4s | 6.6s | 7.4s | 7.6s | 14.4s | 15.5s | 17.2s | 18.6s | |
Bf 109G6 | 6.8s | 7.2s | 7.7s | 8.6s | 16.0s | 17.4s | 18.4s | 21.8s | |
Bf 109G6R6 | 7.5s | 8.5s | 9.2s | 9.5s | 18.0s | 19.3s | 22.0s | 23.0s | |
Bf 109K4 | 7.3s | 8.0s | 9.0s | 9.3s | 17.1s | 18.9s | 21.1s | 22.7s | |
Bf 110C4 | 5.7s | 6.0s | 6.8s | 7.6s | 12.3s | 13.4s | 15.1s | 16.8s | |
Bf 110G2R3 | 6.2s | 6.7s | 7.4s | 8.2s | 13.8s | 15.6s | 17.1s | 18.8s | |
Fw190A4 | 7.8s | 8.2s | 9.5s | 9.7s | 17.3s | 18.1s | 20.7s | 22.3s | |
Fw190A8 | 8.2s | 8.6s | 9.2s | 10.5s | 18.3s | 19.7s | 22.1s | 24.3s | |
Fw190D9 | 8.1s | 9.2s | 10.1s | 10.5s | 18.2s | 20.3s | 22.6s | 24.1s | |
SpitIa | 5.0s | 5.3s | 6.0s | 6.8s | 11.3s | 11.8s | 13.2s | 15.2s | |
SpitV | 6.0s | 6.2s | 6.6s | 7.1s | 13.1s | 13.6s | 14.8s | 16.1s | |
SpitIX | 6.2s | 6.6s | 7.2s | 8.0s | 13.8s | 14.6s | 16.2s | 18.1s | |
HurriI | 4.8s | 5.3s | 6.2s | 6.4s | 10.8s | 12.1s | 13.3s | 14.1s | |
HurriIIc | 5.5s | 5.9s | 6.7s | 7.4s | 12.1s | 13.3s | 14.8s | 16.4s | |
P38F | 5.6s | 6.1s | 6.3s | 6.9s | 12.0s | 13.3s | 14.3s | 15.9s | |
P38J | 6.0s | 6.3s | 7.0s | 7.6s | 12.7s | 13.4s | 14.8s | 16.9s | |
P38L | 6.0s | 6.6s | 7.3s | 7.5s | 13.1s | 13.9s | 15.2s | 16.9s | |
P39D | 6.1s | 6.3s | 7.2s | 7.9s | 13.5s | 13.7s | 16.0s | 17.0s | |
P40E | 5.9s | 6.3s | 6.5s | 7.1s | 12.8s | 13.6s | 14.3s | 16.1s | |
P47D | 7.6s | 7.7s | 8.6s | 8.9s | 16.7s | 17.1s | 19.3s | 21.8s | |
P51D | 6.6s | 7.3s | 8.0s | 9.0s | 15.0s | 16.2s | 17.6s | 19.9s | |
D3A2 | 4.6s | 4.7s | 5.5s | 5.5s | 10.1s | 11.0s | 12.4s | 13.1s | |
B5N2 | 4.8s | 5.2s | 5.7s | 6.1s | 9.7s | 10.3s | 11.4s | 12.4s | |
SBD-5 | 5.8s | 6.1s | 6.4s | 7.4s | 13.3s | 14.2s | 15.6s | 17.9s | |
Ju88A4 | 7.3s | 7.9s | 8.2s | 8.5s | 16.6s | 18.0s | 19.8s | 21.4s | |
B25H | 8.2s | 8.4s | 9.1s | 9.4s | 18.9s | 19.3s | 20.9s | 23.7s | |
B25J | 7.1s | 7.3s | 8.0s | 8.3s | 16.8s | 17.1s | 19.0s | 20.3s | |
B17G | 9.0s | 8.3s | 8.8s | 8.9s | 18.4s | 17.9s | 19.4s | 20.2s | |
TBF | 6.0s | 6.9s | 7.4s | 7.9s | 14.1s | 16.6s | 18.3s | 20.9s |
Corner Velocity Maximum G Turn, first 180 degrees times, sorted from best to worst
1,000ft | 5,000ft | 10,000ft | 15,000ft | |
#1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 #9 #10 #11 #12 #13 #14 #15 #16 #17 #18 #19 #20 #21 #22 #23 #24 #25 #26 #27 #28 #29 #30 #31 #32 #33 #34 #35 #36 #37 #38 #39 |
4.5 A6M2 4.5 Ki43 4.6 D3A2 4.7 A6M3 4.8 A6M5 4.8 HurriI 4.8 B5N2 5.0 SpitIa 5.5 F4F 5.5 HurriIIc 5.6 P38F 5.7 F6F 5.7 FM2 5.7 110C4 5.8 Ki84 5.8 SBD5 5.9 P40E 6.0 109E4 6.0 SpitV 6.0 P38J 6.0 P38L 6.0 TBF 6.1 P39D 6.2 110G2R3 6.2 SpitIX 6.4 F4U 6.4 109F4 6.6 P51D 6.8 109G6 7.1 B25J 7.3 109K4 7.3 Ju88A4 7.5 109G6R6 7.6 P47D 7.8 190A4 8.1 190D9 8.2 190A8 8.2 B25H 9.0 B17G |
4.7 A6M2 4.7 D3A2 4.8 Ki43 5.1 A6M3 5.2 B5N2 5.3 SpitIa 5.3 HurriI 5.4 A6M5 5.5 F4F 5.6 FM2 5.9 HurriIIc 6.0 Ki84 6.0 110C4 6.1 P38F 6.1 SBD5 6.2 SpitV 6.3 F6F 6.3 P38J 6.3 P39D 6.3 P40E 6.4 109E4 6.6 109F4 6.6 SpitIX 6.6 P38L 6.7 F4U 6.7 110G2R3 6.9 TBF 7.2 109G6 7.3 P51D 7.3 B25J 7.7 P47D 7.9 Ju88A4 8.0 109K4 8.2 190A4 8.3 B17G 8.4 B25H 8.5 109G6R6 8.6 190A8 9.2 109D9 |
5.1 A6M2 5.1 A6M3 5.2 Ki43 5.4 A6M5 5.5 D3A2 5.7 B5N2 5.8 F4F 6.0 SpitIa 6.2 FM2 6.2 HurriI 6.3 P38F 6.4 SBD5 6.5 P40E 6.6 SpitV 6.7 109E4 6.7 HurriIIc 6.8 F6F 6.8 110C4 6.9 Ki84 7.0 P38J 7.2 SpitIX 7.2 P39D 7.3 F4U 7.3 P38L 7.4 109F4 7.4 110G2R3 7.4 TBF 7.7 109G6 8.0 P51D 8.0 B25J 8.2 Ju88A4 8.6 P47D 8.8 B17G 9.0 109K4 9.1 B25H 9.2 109G6R6 9.2 190A8 9.5 190A4 10.1 190D9 |
5.5 D3A2 5.7 A6M3 5.8 A6M2 5.8 Ki43 5.9 A6M5 6.1 B5N2 6.3 F4F 6.4 HurriI 6.8 SpitIa 6.9 FM2 6.9 P38F 7.1 109E4 7.1 SpitV 7.1 P40E 7.4 F6F 7.4 HurriIIc 7.4 SBD5 7.5 P38L 7.6 109F4 7.6 110C4 7.6 P38J 7.7 F4U 7.7 Ki84 7.9 P39D 7.9 TBF 8.0 SpitIX 8.2 110G2R3 8.3 B25J 8.5 Ju88A4 8.6 109G6 8.9 P47D 8.9 B17G 9.0 P51D 9.3 109K4 9.4 B25H 9.5 109G6R6 9.7 190A4 10.5 190A8 10.5 190D9 |
Corner Velocity Maximum G Turn, first 360 degrees times, sorted from best to worst
1,000ft | 5,000ft | 10,000ft | 15,000ft | |
#1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 #9 #10 #11 #12 #13 #14 #15 #16 #17 #18 #19 #20 #21 #22 #23 #24 #25 #26 #27 #28 #29 #30 #31 #32 #33 #34 #35 #36 #37 #38 #39 |
9.7 Ki43 9.7 B5N2 9.9 A6M2 10.1 D3A2 10.4 A6M3 10.8 HurriI 11.2 A6M5 11.3 SpitIa 12.0 P38F 12.1 F4F 12.1 HurriIIc 12.2 FM2 12.3 110C4 12.6 F6F 12.7 P38J 12.8 P40E 13.1 Ki84 13.1 SpitV 13.1 P38L 13.3 SBD5 13.5 P39D 13.8 109E4 13.8 110G2R3 13.8 SpitIX 14.1 TBF 14.4 109F4 14.8 F4U 15.0 P51D 16.0 109G6 16.6 Ju88A4 16.7 P47D 16.8 B25J 17.1 109K4 17.3 190A4 18.0 109G6R6 18.2 190D9 18.3 190A8 18.4 B17G 18.9 B25H |
10.2 A6M2 10.3 Ki43 10.3 B5N2 11.0 D3A2 11.6 A6M3 11.8 SpitIa 11.9 A6M5 12.1 F4F 12.1 HurriI 12.2 FM2 12.6 F6F 13.3 HurriIIc 13.3 P38F 13.4 110C4 13.4 P38J 13.6 SpitV 13.6 P40E 13.7 P39D 13.9 P38L 14.1 Ki84 14.2 SBD5 14.6 SpitIX 14.8 F4U 15.4 109E4 15.5 109F4 15.6 110G2R3 16.2 P51D 16.6 TBF 17.1 P47D 17.1 B25J 17.4 109G6 17.9 B17G 18.0 Ju88A4 18.1 190A4 18.9 109K4 19.3 109G6R6 19.3 B25H 19.7 190A8 20.3 190D9 |
11.4 B5N2 11.5 Ki43 11.7 A6M2 12.0 A6M3 12.4 D3A2 13.1 A6M5 13.2 SpitIa 13.3 F4F 13.3 HurriI 13.9 FM2 14.3 P38F 14.3 P40E 14.8 SpitV 14.8 HurriIIc 14.8 P38J 15.1 110C4 15.2 F6F 15.2 P38L 15.6 SBD5 15.8 109E4 15.9 Ki84 16.0 P39D 16.2 SpitIX 17.1 110G2R3 17.2 109F4 17.6 P51D 18.0 F4U 18.3 TBF 18.4 109G6 19.0 B25J 19.3 P47D 19.4 B17G 19.8 Ju88A4 20.7 190A4 20.9 B25H 21.1 109K4 22.0 109G6R6 22.1 190A8 22.6 190D9 |
12.4 B5N2 12.7 A6M2 12.9 Ki43 13.1 D3A2 13.7 A6M3 14.1 HurriI 14.5 A6M5 14.6 F4F 15.2 SpitIa 15.5 FM2 15.9 P38F 16.1 SpitV 16.1 P40E 16.4 HurriIIc 16.8 F6F 16.8 110C4 16.9 P38J 16.9 P38L 17.0 P39D 17.8 Ki84 17.8 109E4 17.9 SBD5 18.1 SpitIX 18.6 109F4 18.8 110G2R3 19.1 F4U 19.9 P51D 20.2 B17G 20.3 B25J 20.9 TBF 21.4 Ju88A4 21.8 109G6 21.8 P47D 22.3 190A4 22.7 109K4 23.0 109G6R6 23.7 B25H 24.1 190D9 24.3 190A8 |
Sustained Turn Rate per plane type per altitude, no flaps/full for each altitude (time for 1 360 degree turn at max sustained turn rate speed)
no flap 1,000ft | 5,000ft | 10,000ft | 15,000ft | full flap 1,000ft | 5,000ft | 10,000ft | 15,000ft | ||
F6F | 17.3s | 18.5s | 21.5s | 24.0s | 16.3s | 18.1s | 20.4s | 24.0s | |
F4F | 17.8s | 18.0s | 20.2s | 21.8s | 16.1s | 16.9s | 19.6s | 23.8s | |
FM2 | 16.4s | 17.6s | 21.2s | 23.1s | 15.9s | 18.3s | 21.7s | 24.9s | |
F4U | 20.0s | 22.8s | 24.2s | 28.0s | 18.9s | 21.0s | 24.8s | 29.4s | |
A6M2 | 13.2s | 14.2s | 16.7s | 18.5s | 13.5s | 15.6s | 17.3s | 19.6s | |
A6M3 | 13.8s | 14.9s | 16.7s | 19.3s | 14.9s | 14.9s | 17.8s | 20.1s | |
A6M5 | 15.1s | 15.4s | 18.4s | 21.6s | 15.1s | 16.3s | 19.5s | 21.4s | |
Ki43 | 12.6s | 13.6s | 15.9s | 18.9s | 12.3s | 13.6s | 15.0s | 18.0s | |
Ki84 | 17.4s | 18.9s | 21.7s | 25.8s | 16.4s | 18.0s | 20.4s | 24.8s | |
Bf 109E4 | 18.0s | 19.3s | 21.2s | 24.1s | 19.0s | 19.8s | 21.7s | 24.8s | |
Bf 109F4 | 18.8s | 19.8s | 22.0s | 24.3s | 17.9s | 19.6s | 22.1s | 24.3s | |
Bf 109G6 | 20.9s | 22.9s | 24.1s | 27.8s | 20.0s | 22.7s | 23.4s | 27.5s | |
Bf 109G6R6 | 22.8s | 24.1s | 27.4s | 31.3s | 22.5s | 23.8s | 27.0s | 29.8s | |
Bf 109K4 | 20.6s | 22.6s | 25.9s | 28.9s | 20.1s | 21.7s | 24.7s | 28.4s | |
Bf 110C4 | 17.7s | 19.2s | 20.8s | 25.8s | 18.3s | 19.6s | 22.0s | 27.2s | |
Bf 110G2R3 | 20.4s | 22.2s | 25.2s | 30.4s | 21.2s | 23.5s | 25.6s | 30.9s | |
Fw190A4 | 21.9s | 23.7s | 29.3s | 30.6s | 21.8s | 23.8s | 31.3s | 31.3s | |
Fw190A8 | 23.3s | 24.7s | 31.9s | 35.0s | 23.1s | 25.4s | 33.7s | 37.7s | |
Fw190D9 | 23.0s | 25.5s | 31.8s | 38.4s | 23.7s | 25.7s | 32.4s | 40.0s | |
SpitIa | 14.8s | 16.0s | 17.8s | 20.8s | 15.1s | 16.4s | 18.1s | 21.8s | |
SpitV | 15.3s | 16.6s | 19.1s | 21.8s | 16.0s | 17.4s | 19.1s | 21.6s | |
SpitIX | 16.3s | 18.1s | 19.7s | 23.2s | 16.9s | 18.4s | 20.4s | 23.3s | |
HurriI | 14.8s | 16.4s | 18.5s | 22.1s | 14.8s | 16.6s | 18.4s | 22.2s | |
HurriIIc | 16.3s | 17.8s | 21.6s | 25.6s | 16.6s | 18.2s | 21.9s | 25.9s | |
P38F | 16.6s | 18.3s | 21.0s | 24.3s | 15.9s | 17.9s | 20.5s | 24.8s | |
P38J | 15.8s | 17.4s | 19.3s | 22.7s | 15.1s | 16.2s | 18.3s | 21.1s | |
P38L | 16.9s | 17.9s | 19.8s | 21.9s | 15.0s | 16.1s | 18.4s | 21.1s | |
P39D | 18.0s | 20.3s | 22.2s | 28.2s | 18.5s | 20.0s | 22.9s | 27.8s | |
P40E | 18.3s | 19.6s | 22.4s | 26.8s | 18.9s | 21.0s | 23.1s | 28.4s | |
P47D | 24.7s | 24.6s | 29.9s | 38.6s | 22.9s | 24.3s | 28.3s | 34.7s | |
P51D | 20.5s | 21.4s | 23.3s | 28.3s | 21.6s | 22.9s | 26.1s | 31.4s | |
D3A2 | 14.1s | 15.1s | 16.6s | 19.7s | 13.7s | 15.1s | 16.8s | 19.9s | |
B5N2 | 13.9s | 15.3s | 16.5s | 20.3s | 14.1s | 15.1s | 16.3s | 20.5s | |
SBD-5 | 20.1s | 22.9s | 24.4s | 29.6s | 20.0s | 22.0s | 26.3s | 30.7s | |
Ju88A4 | 25.7s | 28.8s | 34.2s | 40.2s | 25.9s | 29.7s | 37.7s | 41.2s | |
B25H | 27.8s | 33.3s | 36.8s | 44.6s | 30.2s | 35.4s | 43.3s | 53.7s | |
B25J | 24.6s | 26.6s | 33.1s | 38.4s | 26.2s | 28.6s | 40.1s | 48.1s | |
B17G | 26.7s | 27.6s | 29.5s | 35.7s | 29.3s | 30.7s | 36.3s | 37.7s | |
TBF | 23.9s | 29.6s | 37.0s | 49.2s | 22.4s | 28.1s | 43.5s | 87.1s |
Sustained Turn Rate (best) sorted from best to worse for each altitude:
1,000ft | 5,000ft | 10,000ft | 15,000ft | |
#1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 #9 #10 #11 #12 #13 #14 #15 #16 #17 #18 #19 #20 #21 #22 #23 #24 #25 #26 #27 #28 #29 #30 #31 #32 #33 #34 #35 #36 #37 #38 #39 |
12.3 Ki43 13.2 A6M2 13.7 D3A2 13.8 A6M3 13.9 B5N2 14.8 SpitIa 14.8 HurriI 15.0 P38L 15.1 A6M5 15.1 P38J 15.3 SpitV 15.9 FM2 15.9 P38F 16.1 F4F 16.3 F6F 16.3 SpitIX 16.3 HurriIIc 16.4 Ki84 17.7 110C4 17.9 109F4 18.0 109E4 18.0 P39D 18.3 P40E 20.0 F4U 20.0 109G6 20.0 SBD-5 20.1 109K4 20.4 110G2R3 20.5 P51D 21.8 190A4 22.4 TBF 22.5 109G6R6 22.9 P47D 23.0 190D9 23.1 190A8 24.6 B25J 25.7 Ju88A4 26.7 B17G 27.8 B25H |
13.6 Ki43 14.2 A6M2 14.9 A6M3 15.1 D3A2 15.1 B5N2 15.4 A6M5 16.0 SpitIa 16.1 P38L 16.2 P38J 16.4 HurriI 16.6 SpitV 16.9 F4F 17.6 FM2 17.8 HurriIIc 17.9 P38F 18.0 Ki84 18.1 F6F 18.1 SpitIX 19.2 110C4 19.3 109E4 19.6 109F4 19.6 P40E 20.0 P39D 21.0 F4U 21.4 P51D 21.7 109K4 22.0 SBD-5 22.2 110G2R3 22.7 109G6 23.7 190A4 23.8 109G6R6 24.3 P47D 24.7 190A8 25.5 190D9 26.6 B25J 27.6 B17G 28.1 TBF 28.8 Ju88A4 33.3 B25H |
15.0 Ki43 16.5 B5N2 16.6 D3A2 16.7 A6M2 16.7 A6M3 17.8 SpitIa 18.3 P38J 18.4 A6M5 18.4 HurriI 18.4 P38L 19.1 SpitV 19.6 F4F 19.7 SpitIX 20.4 Ki84 20.4 F6F 20.5 P38F 20.8 110C4 21.2 FM2 21.2 109E4 21.6 HurriIIc 22.1 109F4 22.2 P39D 22.4 P40E 23.3 P51D 23.4 109G6 24.2 F4U 24.4 SBD-5 24.7 109K4 25.2 110G2R3 27.0 109G6R6 28.3 P47D 29.3 190A4 29.5 B17G 31.8 190D9 31.9 190A8 33.1 B25J 34.2 Ju88A4 36.8 B25H 37.0 TBF |
18.0 Ki43 18.5 A6M2 19.3 A6M3 19.7 D3A2 20.3 B5N2 20.8 SpitIa 21.1 P38L 21.1 P38J 21.4 A6M5 21.6 SpitV 21.8 F4F 22.1 HurriI 23.1 FM2 23.2 SpitIX 24.0 F6F 24.1 109E4 24.3 109F4 24.3 P38F 24.8 Ki84 25.6 HurriIIc 25.8 110C4 26.8 P40E 27.5 109G6 27.8 P39D 28.0 F4U 28.3 P51D 28.4 109K4 29.6 SBD-5 29.8 109G6R6 30.4 110G2R3 30.6 190A4 34.7 P47D 35.0 190A8 35.7 B17G 38.4 190D9 38.4 B25J 40.2 Ju88A4 44.6 B25H 49.2 TBF |
Note that turn rate is different than turn radius, and some planes with good turn rates have poorer turn radii compared to planes they outturn in rate (spit vs 109, spit vs p38l, 109G6R6 vs Fw190A4, etc). Turn radius is directly related to the turn rate and the square of the speed, so two planes with the same turn rate the one with the higher speed will have a larger radius than the plane with the lower speed. Consult Corner Velocity Times and Radii to compare turn rate and turn radii (sustained).
Graph:
Max-G 360 degree turn time (300mph) per plane type for each altitude
1 360: 1,000ft | 5,000ft | 10,000ft | 15,000ft | 2 360s: 1,000ft | 5,000ft | 10,000ft | 15,000ft | ||
F6F | 12.8s | 14.3s | 15.9s | 28.4s | 32.1s | 35.9s | |||
F4F | |||||||||
FM2 | 12.0s | 12.3s | 13.9s | 25.9s | 25.8s | 31.1s | |||
F4U | 14.5s | 15.3s | 16.6s | 18.9s | 34.8s | 36.6s | 39.4s | 48.6s | |
A6M2 | 11.2s | 11.5s | 12.5s | 21.5s | 23.2s | 25.3s | |||
A6M3 | 11.1s | 12.2s | 12.2s | 21.8s | 23.7s | 27.1s | |||
A6M5 | 11.5s | 11.9s | 12.5s | 23.8s | 25.4s | 28.4s | |||
Ki43 | 11.1s | 12.4s | 12.3s | 21.6s | 23.4s | 25.0s | |||
Ki84 | 12.5s | 14.1s | 15.5s | 16.7s | 29.0s | 32.3s | 36.4s | 41.2s | |
Bf 109E4 | 12.9s | 13.4s | 15.4s | 29.4s | 31.2s | 35.0s | |||
Bf 109F4 | 12.7s | 13.7s | 15.4s | 29.6s | 32.5s | 35.8s | |||
Bf 109G6 | 14.9s | 15.5s | 16.9s | 34.3s | 37.5s | 40.9s | |||
Bf 109G6R6 | 16.0s | 17.6s | 18.7s | 38.2s | 40.3s | 45.4s | |||
Bf 109K4 | 15.5s | 16.9s | 18.6s | 22.0s | 35.6s | 39.7s | 43.4s | 51.3s | |
Bf 110C4 | 13.7s | 14.8s | 16.0s | 31.5s | 34.4s | 37.4s | |||
Fw190A4 | 16.4s | 17.1s | 21.1s | 21.0s | 37.5s | 38.3s | 47.8s | 49.0s | |
Fw190A8 | 18.0s | 18.3s | 21.8s | 40.2s | 41.6s | 49.9s | |||
Fw190D9 | 17.9s | 20.2s | 23.2s | 25.0s | 39.7s | 44.2s | 53.1s | 62.4s | |
SpitIa | 12.2s | 13.5s | 14.7s | 24.9s | 28.2s | 30.3s | |||
SpitV | 12.2s | 12.8s | 14.6s | 26.2s | 28.3s | 31.0s | |||
SpitIX | 12.5s | 12.9s | 14.0s | 16.0s | 27.7s | 28.9s | 32.3s | 36.7s | |
HurriI | 12.1s | 12.4s | 13.6s | 24.2s | 25.3s | 30.0s | |||
HurriIIc | 11.9s | 13.7s | 14.7s | 26.7s | 31.1s | 33.6s | |||
P38F | 12.7s | 12.7s | 13.9s | 15.4s | 27.4s | 28.3s | 31.8s | 35.5s | |
P38J | 12.1s | 13.3s | 14.8s | 15.6s | 26.9s | 28.7s | 32.9s | 35.9s | |
P38L | 12.7s | 13.6s | 14.9s | 16.3s | 27.6s | 30.6s | 33.4s | 36.8s | |
P39D | 12.5s | 14.8s | 16.6s | 29.4s | 33.9s | 37.6s | |||
P40E | 12.2s | 13.4s | 14.8s | 27.2s | 30.0s | 33.1s | |||
P47D | 17.1s | 17.7s | 19.4s | 21.6s | 38.9s | 41.4s | 48.5s | 55.1s | |
P51D | 14.4s | 16.0s | 16.9s | 18.8s | 33.7s | 36.9s | 39.6s | 46.1s | |
D3A2 | 11.6s | 12.1s | 13.4s | 23.6s | 25.3s | 27.6s | |||
B5N2 | |||||||||
SBD-5 | 12.7s | 14.0s | 14.8s | 31.7s | 34.6s | 38.0s | - | ||
Ju88A4 | 16.1s | 17.4s | 18.6s | 38.4s | 41.5s | 46.3s | |||
B25H | 17.9s | 18.6s | 20.1s | 43.3s | 45.1s | 53.3s | |||
B25J | 16.2s | 17.5s | 18.6s | 39.0s | 42.5s | 48.6s | |||
B17G | |||||||||
TBF |
Max-G 360 degree turn time (250mph) per plane type for each altitude
1 360: 1,000ft | 5,000ft | 10,000ft | 15,000ft | 2 360s: 1,000ft | 5,000ft | 10,000ft | 15,000ft | ||
F6F | 13.1s | 14.8s | 16.1s | 17.6s | 29.3s | 32.9s | 36.0s | 42.3s | |
F4F | 12.0s | 12.8s | 14.3s | 27.3s | 30.3s | 33.6s | |||
FM2 | 11.9s | 12.6s | 13.1s | 25.9s | 28.4s | 32.8s | |||
F4U | 15.2s | 17.0s | 19.0s | 22.2s | 35.7s | 38.1s | 43.7s | 49.0s | |
A6M2 | 9.8s | 10.4s | 11.4s | 12.5s | 21.6s | 22.7s | 25.7s | 28.8s | |
A6M3 | 10.0s | 10.3s | 11.7s | 12.8s | 22.5s | 23.6s | 27.0s | 30.2s | |
A6M5 | 10.2s | 10.9s | 11.8s | 12.7s | 23.6s | 25.4s | 28.8s | 31.6s | |
Ki43 | 9.3s | 10.1s | 10.8s | 12.4s | 21.1s | 22.5s | 25.4s | 28.9s | |
Ki84 | 13.0s | 14.3s | 15.6s | 18.8s | 30.4s | 32.0s | 36.2s | 45.2s | |
Bf 109E4 | 12.9s | 13.7s | 15.5s | 16.7s | 31.0s | 32.4s | 36.5s | 41.2s | |
Bf 109F4 | 13.8s | 15.0s | 16.3s | 18.8s | 31.9s | 34.4s | 36.9s | 42.1s | |
Bf 109G6 | 16.4s | 17.9s | 18.8s | 20.4s | 36.4s | 40.0s | 42.9s | 46.8s | |
Bf 109G6R6 | 17.1s | 18.7s | 20.3s | 22.9s | 38.9s | 43.5s | 46.5s | 53.0s | |
Bf 109K4 | 17.1s | 18.2s | 20.2s | 23.0s | 37.9s | 39.9s | 44.9s | 51.2s | |
Bf 110C4 | 14.6s | 15.6s | 17.3s | 18.7s | 33.7s | 35.3s | 40.0s | 45.3s | |
Fw190A4 | 17.8s | 18.2s | 21.7s | 23.0s | 38.0s | 40.9s | 48.5s | 52.8s | |
Fw190A8 | 18.1s | 19.1s | 22.8s | 26.0s | 39.9s | 43.0s | 51.7s | 59.8s | |
Fw190D9 | 19.4s | 22.6s | 26.8s | 29.2s | 41.4s | 27.6s | 58.0s | 64.0s | |
SpitIa | 10.8s | 12.8s | 13.4s | 14.1s | 24.4s | 28.2s | 29.9s | 33.2s | |
SpitV | 12.3s | 12.8s | 14.6s | 15.5s | 27.1s | 28.6s | 32.1s | 35.7s | |
SpitIX | 12.5s | 13.5s | 15.5s | 16.6s | 28.9s | 30.8s | 34.1s | 38.1s | |
HurriI | 10.2s | 11.7s | 12.9s | 15.0s | 23.6s | 26.2s | 28.5s | 33.2s | |
HurriIIc | 11.5s | 12.7s | 15.4s | 17.1s | 27.4s | 30.4s | 36.2s | 40.5s | |
P38F | 12.3s | 13.3s | 14.7s | 16.6s | 27.7s | 30.2s | 33.9s | 39.1s | |
P38J | 12.7s | 13.7s | 15.5s | 16.7s | 27.7s | 30.2s | 33.7s | 38.2s | |
P38L | 13.6s | 13.0s | 15.7s | 18.1s | 29.3s | 31.0s | 35.3s | 38.9s | |
P39D | 13.0s | 15.1s | 16.1s | 18.1s | 30.6s | 34.5s | 37.7s | 44.4s | |
P40E | 12.5s | 13.2s | 14.8s | 16.1s | 28.5s | 31.0s | 35.0s | 39.6s | |
P47D | 19.6s | 19.4s | 22.4s | 25.6s | 42.6s | 44.1s | 51.1s | 57.9s | |
P51D | 15.7s | 18.2s | 18.9s | 21.9s | 35.4s | 38.5s | 42.1s | 49.4s | |
D3A2 | 11.0s | 10.5s | 12.2s | 12.7s | 23.5s | 24.1s | 27.1s | 31.2s | |
B5N2 | 11.6s | 11.5s | 11.5s | 12.8s | 23.8s | 24.4s | 26.9s | 30.2s | |
SBD-5 | 13.8s | 14.6s | 15.9s | 18.3s | 33.7s | 35.2s | 40.9s | 48.0s | |
Ju88A4 | 18.1s | 19.2s | 20.8s | 21.6s | 41.7s | 46.3s | 52.4s | 57.9s | |
B25H | 19.4s | 21.8s | 22.7s | 25.4s | 45.3s | 50.3s | 57.6s | 65.3s | |
B25J | 18.2s | 19.9s | 21.0s | 22.9s | 42.2s | 46.1s | 51.8s | 58.5s | |
B17G | 16.9s | 17.6s | 18.8s | 19.7s | 41.2s | 43.8s | 47.6s | 52.4s | |
TBF | 14.5s | 16.1s | 18.1s | 20.4s | 36.7s | 42.4s | 51.1s | 63.9s |