Uploaded April 2020 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Basic Fighter Maneuvering Lesson #3 covers the concepts of:
- The Turn Circle
- Turn Radius vs Turn Rate
- An overview of Energy Maneuverability (EM) Diagrams
- "Corner Airspeed" vs "Best Sustained Turn Airspeed"
- In plane vs Out Of Plane Turning Room
- Visual cues to recognise when an aircraft is inside or outside the Turn Circle, both offensively and defensively
- The "Entry Window" which lets you enter a bandit's Turn Circle when you are Offensive so you can kill them


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