[BillSwagger]

Obviously, the problem would be converting a combat report into a scientific method

Where as with test reports like the ones I use are preformed under controlled conditions with recording devices

But you have your mind made up that some sort of statistical information can be obtained from dozens if not hundreds of combat reports

If someone would just take the time to do it


Good luck

It saves time to pursue recorded information found in flight test data. That's the easy part and if it were that open and shut we'd all be in agreeance.

I also see a bit of mistrust that i don't care to get in the middle of but i think it waste more time trying to substantiate or discredit a source than just looking at the additional documentation provided and reading what its actually portraying and then quietly drawing my own conclusions.

Knocking people down or the information they provide is not conducive to building, its actually more destructive than anything, and has a way of alienating people. I'm not singling anyone out, i just think sometimes i see threads that carry on for pages about the legitimacy of an opinion, when the actual source (ie the facts) itself still has value especially if the current information is limited and leads to oversimplified results.

Simplicity does not constitute completeness, although that does contradict the idea that the most simple explanation is usually the correct one.


Bill