P-51D into DCS Sims.

[Flanker35M]

S!

Well if ED models that P51D in same detail as their other planes like A10C then we will have a nice plane to fly around with. And with modelling I mean all switches etc. working.

[Rjel]

I've been tooling around in FSX flying both the P-51b and P-51d from Warbirdsim. The plane models are amazing, fully the equal to CoDs in my opinion. But, I find myself wishing for an equally amazing damage model, guns and air combat. If ANYONE can produce a flightsim with those ingredients using A2A or Warbirdsim product as a base, I'm there. I think a lot of us feel an allegiance to IL2 to the extreme we don't think anyone else can do a WWII flightsim accurately. At this point, I think the market is there if someone has the ability to step in.

[Bewolf]

Originally Posted by Rjel

I've been tooling around in FSX flying both the P-51b and P-51d from Warbirdsim. The plane models are amazing, fully the equal to CoDs in my opinion. But, I find myself wishing for an equally amazing damage model, guns and air combat. If ANYONE can produce a flightsim with those ingredients using A2A or Warbirdsim product as a base, I'm there. I think a lot of us feel an allegiance to IL2 to the extreme we don't think anyone else can do a WWII flightsim accurately. At this point, I think the market is there if someone has the ability to step in.

It's not about plane modelling only, however, it is the whole WW2 setting. And frankly, I rather have a larger collection of different aircraft, even if not detailed to the last bit, then only a very few ones with so many buttons that managing it becomes a choir.

[ACE-OF-ACES]

Think I found the DCS orginal therad on this topic

DCS: P-51D Mustang Coming in 2012

The Fighter Collection and Eagle Dynamics will release their next Digital Combat Simulator (DCS) aircraft in 2012: the legendary P-51D Mustang. The Mustang was among the best and most well-known fighters used by the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II. Possessing excellent range and manoeuvrability, the P-51 operated primarily as a long-range escort fighter and also as a ground attack fighter-bomber with bombs, rockets, and machine guns. The Mustang served in nearly every combat zone during WWII, and later fought in the Korean War.

The DCS: P-51D Mustang will be modelled at the same exacting detail as the existing Ka-50 Black Shark and A-10C Warthog Digital Combat Simulation (DCS) aircraft and it will be online compatible with them. Based on many years of restoring, flying and maintaining Mustangs, The Fighter Collection brings its unique ability to portray this aircraft in its full glory.

The P-51D will be the first aircraft in the Flying Legends series that focuses on historical aircraft that have set benchmarks in combat aviation. This series of simulations demonstrates the broad scope of DCS simulation environment and its ability to introduce aircraft from all eras into a common simulation environment. While the P-51D started as an internal technology demonstration, it has evolved into an independent product that adds an all new dimension to the DCS universe. The development of the P-51D and other Flying Legends series aircraft definitely does not preclude the continued development of modern aircraft.

More details of DCS: P-51D Mustang will be made available closer to product release later this year.

More information, visit: www.digitalcombatsimulator.com

It has a few more pictures too

[Flanker35M]

S!

So by the looks of it the DCS Mustang will be modelled very carefully from FM/DM to avionics and cockpit instrumentation and procedures Great news indeed! We are in for a treat from many fronts!

[ACE-OF-ACES]

Originally Posted by ATAG_Bliss

This is pretty cool, but I'm still waiting for dedicated server files that ED promised they were working on back when A10 was a beta. If you can't run a dedicated server for MP use, (not a home computer with a crappy home network) then the game doesn't do much for me. I think I've flown DCS for about 2 hours total and it was very bland just because of the lack of full scale MP or options for it.

Same here.. Blan not becuse of the sim but because of the limited number of people playing it online and ho hum missions.

IMHO it is the best modern sim out!

I will say this, the few times that I was logged in with a good group of people (BlackShark days) it was hella fun! So the potential is there.. Just not enough people playing it online to hold my interest. Part of which is due to the fact that the DCS stuff has a LARGE LEARNING CURVE! So, maybe this P-51 with it's smaller learning curve will draw some simmers into the rest of the game

[ElAurens]

So, um, what are you supposed to do with the P 51 in DCS?

It has no purpose.

It has no ability in the modern combat space other than to look pretty.

I just don't understand it in the context of the rest of that sim.

Help a luddite out here.

[FG28_Kodiak]

Where are the Bombers to protect?
Where are the historical Groundtargets to attack?
Where are the historical correct Opponents?

[bongodriver]

Originally Posted by FG28_Kodiak

Where are the Bombers to protect?
Where are the historical Groundtargets to attack?
Where are the historical correct Opponents?

apparently that doesn't matter too much as long as theres buttons to press and it's not made by 1C.

[ramstein]

And this one, will most probably have fm/dm correctly re-produced.. and they will fix it if they don't... as they always comes through with the best..... **see Ka-50 and A-10C**

Originally Posted by 1./JG2_Miller

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The general mood in the DCS community is of course a little bit split, but everybody (at least I hope so) knows that ED mainly works on the next jet and the Flying Legends series is just a sideproject because of the publisher. The publisher is the owner of a large collection of historical WWII planes, e.g. a FW190, P-51 so they had a really good opportunity to research things.