Originally Posted by
David Manley
"Finally, one thing that made the D.VII (and Pfalz D.XV) so nasty was they could go under a victim, then "hang on the prop" firing upwards"
I know there's a lot of popular myth and legend surrounding "prop hanging" but the technical discussion I've seen on this in the past suggests its really being able to maintain a higher AoA than normal which gives some advantage, but with the result that the aircraft's speed was rather low (just above stall) and hence could make the aircraft an easier target (and aircraft with elevating guns such as the Fe2 could achieve the same result). I also recall seeing something that said Dr1s were similar in this regard. The D.VII clearly couldn't prop hang in the way a modern aviator would understand..
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