defensive spiral
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(aviation, military) A last-resort defensive maneuver in dogfighting used by an aircraft with critically-low kinetic energy, consisting of a rolling scissors performed straight down, using gravity to supply the kinetic energy needed to continue maneuvering, while attempting to either slow down enough to get behind the attacker or else trick the attacker into crashing into the ground.
defensive spiral
When his airspeed bled away and the attacker closed in, the pilot executed a defensive spiral, a last-resort downward rolling‑scissors maneuver that used gravity to keep him maneuverable while he tried either to slow enough to get behind the attacker or to trick the attacker into crashing into the ground.
When his airspeed bled away and the attacker closed in, the pilot executed a defensive spiral, a last-resort downward rolling‑scissors maneuver that used gravity to keep him maneuverable while he tried either to slow enough to get behind the attacker or to trick the attacker into crashing into the ground.
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