The aero drag in a cobra is immense, almost belly flat to the course. P47's and P38's and Stukas had dive brakes that could be used the same way. P38's had a maneuver called the Lockheed stomp. They would not hang around and dogfight, but strike and run away in a high speed climb that could not be matched, then did a skid turn with one engine firewalled and one at idle, and came right back down the throat of the pursuer with 4 .50's and 2 20mm cannons in a space of about 2'x2' in the nose to chew on them with, in a 450mph dive.

P47N's with the paddle prop blades had a high decel rate when you chopped the throttle on that big old corncob motor, and that tough old bird didn't care if you shot at it, it was armored like a tank.