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The Iron Sky -team is looking for your ideas and comments. Join and show your support for Iron Sky.  battlestarI love the space-fights of battlestar galactica (the "new" one), for example Miniseries, part 1. The fight scenes are very "realistic" with zooms and rotatables and so on, very good stuff... an the spaceships (especially the vipers) got a very own way to fly and to turn over.... just take a look ;) Here´s an example: |
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Also flyboys have the worst technical insight into ww1 than any movie i have come across...good battles though:-) for ww1 battles check out blue max, red baron etc Hells Angels is a classic
That said, I think Battlestar's producers intentionally made their dogfights look like World War One dogfights. The ranges are short and the speeds are < 200 kph, but these give you thrilling visuals.
Look for the 2006 film "Fly Boys." Lousy story with terrific dogfights.
The Battlestar Galactica battles were very exciting, but only partially realistic. They often depicted relative speeds that were ridiculously slow and distances that were absurdly short. Back in 1958 the F-105 Thunderchief could fight at twice the speed of sound, shooting down targets more than ten miles away. Galactica always depicted its battles at slower speeds and closer ranges.
I am sure that the reasons for doing this have more to do with good storytelling than good science, so I will not debate the merits of the choices made by Battlestar's producers.