P51 Mustang

[Omykron]

Originally Posted by Yossarian

Is it to do with true airspeed and indicated airspeed ?, I think we are possibly only seeing true and not indicated which would explain why all the aircraft seem to go so slow. or have the dev's nerfed them to make dogfights a bit more even.

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+

Originally Posted by mondo

Maybe, but check the speed at 0ft. TAS and IAS are the same there. You should still get around 380mph IAS at that height in a P51D. Remember to trim out first before trying this as you'll side slip otherwise.

hell no.
in lower altitudes, the denser air increases drag and you can't go faster as in high altitudes, like above 20000ft.