The speed on the actual cockpit dial seems to be IAS and goes much higher then the HUD airspeed which appears to be TAS.

Anton has said it would get boring for the mainstream if you had to fly all they way back to base and re-arm and re-fuel that would take hours to do one mission. Think about it.

I suppose that makes sense, but it seems weird to take such major liberties when trying to create a realistic experience in so many other ways. I tend do think that this is just sloppy mission design and that a shorter, more difficult mission would be just as engaging. Or just give us a bomber instead of a fighter with a bomber payload. ;)

The P51b/c/d can reach and sustain around 380mph TAS a 1000ft. Read here:

http://www.wwiiaircraftperformance.o...ang/tk589.html

I do care about real performance numbers, thats all well and good. But why in the game has this (and apparently so many other) plane been nerfed?? You can post whatever numbers (nice find though) you wish, but it does not change the fact that I'm being outrun by everything....... Dive, level, climb, does not matter. This flight model is WRONG! As it stands now, the only fighting we can do is turn fighting.
Serriously, please fix this.

P.S. why was the title of my thread changed? It DID say "why did they sandbag the P-51"