I took this new beaute into dogfight mode against what would likely be its primary antagonist and repeatedly this girl started cartwheels and flat spins like your' last new design. >.< I decided to take her into sandbox mode and experiment to see where the issue is. Rolling is great and contrary to my original perspective she can pitch vertical well at high speeds. While a skilled pilot, trained on this type, could probably handle her in her specified role to intercept bombers dealing with long-range escort fighters would not be an easy task though and their best option would be to use their speed to escape from them if they have the option. The problem lies in multiple control surface maneuvers. For example rolling out into a dive can send her dangerously wobbling if at high speed. At half speed you're likely to go into a cartwheel. Engaging in dog fights where true barrel rolls which use pitch and elevator control at high speed will cause a weird wobble phenomenon which I think is called a "Dutch Roll" which quickly drops the speed and if the maneuver is not stopped you'll enter a flat spin. Attempting to roll out, barrel roll, perform a fast immelmann or reverse of the same at less than 350-400 mph is not advised as it will lead to aforementioned losses of control.

Not all is bad though! She's fast, has a good fuel capacity and can hit and run against enemy bomber formations - a classic energy fighter with fuel efficiency that makes her hand and a half above most of her jet powered contemporaries.

I would experiment with lengthening her to see if spreading out the center of gravity, lift and propulsion would stabilize her at all.

I like the new look and she sure has speed to spare for a prop fighter, its the second coming of the Dornier Do-335 Pfiel (Arrow) only on steroids! I took her up and shot down the generic "Bomber", in sandbox mode that's somewhere in the game's inner workings for the "Defend the Bomber" mission, but after that I got into a dogfight with a float fighter I downloaded for my son at some point. His rate of roll wasn't as good but he could avoid most of my passes as this new bird pitches pretty slow. However as you pointed out she's an interceptor - not a dogfighter. After eight or ten attempts at him and having him in my sights I tried a quick 33 or so degree roll and dive but wound up in an unrecoverable flat spin. Horizontal stabilizers should be big enough to keep her stable I would think. Maybe it has something to do with how close the center of lift, gravity and power are all lined up in a tight group? I don't know.. Definitely superior in performance to the last new design and I still can't get over that new aggressive looking nose! Great work Owly-man! Oh, and I like that you've started adding "Das Germanishe Weltreich" flags to the tails! If you want crosses for the wings I can make them of equal thickness to the wing so it doesn't appear to overlap from modded parts I've downloaded and upload it for you. By the way, did you read the quasi-role-play build post I made regarding your' work and "Se Suomi Imperiumi" as the identity of your' "enemy?" You'll note I went back to matte paint as glare from semi-gloss can sometimes give away your' position. I decided to go with that nice intermediate blue and light gray as the standard color scheme. If I do say so myself I like the story line, history and notation about the "Scarlet Crown of Suomi." ^_^ Would you like for me to write up a story-line that focuses on Das Germanishe Weltreich? Also, what did you think of the war in the Southwest Pacific I wrote about, with Germania fighting amidst a large coalition to recover her colonies from Imperial Japan?