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Originally Posted by kozzm0
not accurate, to say the least. The p51 had nearly twice as much wing loading as the spit, and less power-to-weight ratio. Yet it seems like people expect it to be a dogfighter. That's not where p51 got its reputation.
I think there's 2 reasons why the p51 handles badly: 1st, all of its missions involve ground attack, so for simplicity it was made to react like it's carrying ordnance; 2nd, it wouldn't be a popular plane for online fights, even if it was corrected to leave out the ordnance. In dogfight and team battle, using a plane with a high corner speed generally equals fewer kills. Like bf109 which handles good but has to stay fast. And in airfield capture and strike, people would bring bombs and rockets, so the model would be accurate in that case, but p51 is still not popular in those modes.
That's not saying it's fair that other planes are so easy to fly with ordnance. But I don't see people flying around with a bomb under their spitfire much anyhow.
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P-51 could do it all, nobody would want to use it online?? The majority of the people who bought this game are American and would love to use an American plane for a change... the Spitfire could slightly outmanuever a p-51 down low, but to say that the p-51 wasn't a dogfighter is the most ignorant statement I've read on here, look at the kills on record, look at it's specs, and read the accounts of ace p51 pilots, dumb American basher.