It was, but I think his theory was based on true fighter combat.
There hasn’t been a proper dogfight in ages. And I don’t think there will be - the only modern limitation of a fighter is the pilot - 9gs. Because of that hard constraint, his formula faces an optimization problem.
Edit: side note, why the fuck do I have this seemingly endless slightly useless knowledge, but I can’t tell you fuck all about the tech stack I have to work with at my job.
He was also backed up by experiences in Vietnam where gun-less American fighters were at a disadvantage when they ran out of missiles. To the point they started adding gun pods.
OK that’s decidedly stupid.
It was, but I think his theory was based on true fighter combat.
There hasn’t been a proper dogfight in ages. And I don’t think there will be - the only modern limitation of a fighter is the pilot - 9gs. Because of that hard constraint, his formula faces an optimization problem.
Edit: side note, why the fuck do I have this seemingly endless slightly useless knowledge, but I can’t tell you fuck all about the tech stack I have to work with at my job.
He was also backed up by experiences in Vietnam where gun-less American fighters were at a disadvantage when they ran out of missiles. To the point they started adding gun pods.