The P-51D Conundrum

[King Jareth]

I'm not suggesting you do it every game!

Originally Posted by MorgothNL

are you saying, that if I would take a P-51 mission, and first flew for hours, and then tried to dogfight. It will actually fly like it is going to be flying after the update?

Do you reallly notice that much difference from the burning fuel in this game?

It was meerly a way to answer your question.

[MorgothNL]

Originally Posted by King Jareth

I'm not suggesting you do it every game!



It was meerly a way to answer your question.

I know , and I thank you. I might actually try it, but not for 6 hours, maybe just 2, and see if there is a difference.


I wasnt saying it was a stuppid answer, because it is the only way to find out. It was just wondering if you actually thought I would do that for 6 hours (and you're right, I even might )

[beaker126]

Wasn't it fairly common practice to jettison the left over fuel in your wing tanks before you actually got into combat? As I understand it was done for safety but it would also have the beneficial effects we've been talking about.

[MorgothNL]

Originally Posted by beaker126

Wasn't it fairly common practice to jettison the left over fuel in your wing tanks before you actually got into combat? As I understand it was done for safety but it would also have the beneficial effects we've been talking about.

I know about dropping the external tanks (ofcourse), but never heard that they jettisonned the fuel in the internal tanks. (not saying its not true!, it make total sense to do it).
I hope the devs will just fill the internal tanks for 25% or so, thats more than enough, and will hopefully make it fly like the 1946 version

[HauptmannMolders]

Keep in mind this mid tank that caused all the handling problems was used first while taking off, flying across the channel and then god knows how far over continental Europe. VERY glad they are addressing this the P51 should be one of the top planes in the game, period.

[Antinko1]

Hmm, ok so I did some additional testing and I must admit that the full fuel load idea didn't occur to me. In FB I never fly with more than 50% fuel in the P-51.

Anyway, I've just been playing in sim mode a lot more and I realised what I was doing with trim - the tutorial is misleading because it made me think that simply tapping 'trim' would trim the plane. Now I know that you have to move the sticks too (nice idea), it's easy...very easy.

Subsequently, I've found flying the P-51 easy now, and now I know that you can trim it the way you want to, I'm finding it just fine to fly. All you need to do is stay fast, trim frequently and not be too forceful on the stick.

I'm still using the 360 pad and I think I'll stay with it for a little while. I can't afford an AV8R right now.

I haven't stalled/spun the P-51 ever since I realised that trim was implemented the way it is, as opposed to the simple 'one button press fixes all' job I thought it was.

[Marchochias]

Originally Posted by Antinko1

Hmm, ok so I did some additional testing and I must admit that the full fuel load idea didn't occur to me. In FB I never fly with more than 50% fuel in the P-51.

Anyway, I've just been playing in sim mode a lot more and I realised what I was doing with trim - the tutorial is misleading because it made me think that simply tapping 'trim' would trim the plane. Now I know that you have to move the sticks too (nice idea), it's easy...very easy.

Subsequently, I've found flying the P-51 easy now, and now I know that you can trim it the way you want to, I'm finding it just fine to fly. All you need to do is stay fast, trim frequently and not be too forceful on the stick.

I'm still using the 360 pad and I think I'll stay with it for a little while. I can't afford an AV8R right now.

I haven't stalled/spun the P-51 ever since I realised that trim was implemented the way it is, as opposed to the simple 'one button press fixes all' job I thought it was.

What exactly do you do with the sticks to trim it? I thought you just angle the aircraft the way you want it, and then hit the trim button to set it there.

The P-51D for me is a horrible dogfighter, you can't take any risks with it since it will always spin, and is much harder to recover from a spin than most other aircraft.