On Fri, 14 May 2004 17:21:39 +0100, "Jim Doyle"
wrote:

I've been thinking about this, and although I'm far from being an authority
on air combat, I can't see dutch rolls being a beneficial combat manoeuvre
in the slightest. Even though the aircraft is oscillating in yaw and pitch
the track heading remains the same, so surely it's straight forward to get
shots on target?

Dutch roll is an unavoidable dynamic response, not a desirable
maneuver. It's no more useful than the phugoid. And no more
intentional.

Mary

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Mary Shafer Retired aerospace research engineer