09-08-2009, 09:08 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2007
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Omykron
As far as I noticed, the speed in the HUD are in IAS, not TAS.
a 400mph+ interceptor @ 25000ft, like P-51 gives you, in ISA conditions, a IAS of 268mph+
hell no.
in lower altitudes, the denser air increases drag and you can't go faster as in high altitudes, like above 20000ft.
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The P51b/c/d can reach and sustain around 380mph TAS a 1000ft. Read here:
http://www.wwiiaircraftperformance.o...ang/tk589.html
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