P51 Mustang

[TexRoadkill]

The speed on the actual cockpit dial seems to be IAS and goes much higher then the HUD airspeed which appears to be TAS.

[trk29]

Originally Posted by Plippy

What's up with the P-51B having something like 30+ bombs in the missions where you start out by bombing 3 ships? Is that a realistic load-out for this plane? I figured they just had one bomb on each pylon (the bombs automagically reappear in the external view).

Anton has said it would get boring for the mainstream if you had to fly all they way back to base and re-arm and re-fuel that would take hours to do one mission. Think about it.

[Plippy]

Originally Posted by trk29

Anton has said it would get boring for the mainstream if you had to fly all they way back to base and re-arm and re-fuel that would take hours to do one mission. Think about it.

I suppose that makes sense, but it seems weird to take such major liberties when trying to create a realistic experience in so many other ways. I tend do think that this is just sloppy mission design and that a shorter, more difficult mission would be just as engaging. Or just give us a bomber instead of a fighter with a bomber payload.

[mondo]

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.

The P51b/c/d can reach and sustain around 380mph TAS a 1000ft. Read here:

http://www.wwiiaircraftperformance.o...ang/tk589.html

[browntrout79]

I do care about real performance numbers, thats all well and good. But why in the game has this (and apparently so many other) plane been nerfed?? You can post whatever numbers (nice find though) you wish, but it does not change the fact that I'm being outrun by everything....... Dive, level, climb, does not matter. This flight model is WRONG! As it stands now, the only fighting we can do is turn fighting.
Serriously, please fix this.

P.S. why was the title of my thread changed? It DID say "why did they sandbag the P-51"