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[–] 4 points 1 day ago* (1 child)

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.

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