The last "Uber" Plane?

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Originally Posted by Whinner

LMAO! Some one had to bring it up!

Meanwhile as for the "numbers". Don't have'em, don't know where to get'em, but I'm sure somebody out there, on either side, who has even less of a life than I and could do a 4.08/Real Stats climb rate comparison. I'd except the numbers from a valid source.

Hi

30 seconds with my favorite search engine got me this:

http://www.wwiiaircraftperformance.o...stangtest.html

It's a series of reports on...almost every model P-51 you might care to name.



Are these rates of climb not in line with what you see in game? How many feet per minute did you assume the plane could achieve, and at what altitude?

Finding this info is actually fairly simple, and can help address any "gut feelings" of incorrect FM performance by putting them into an historical context, thus translating them from "gut feelings" into "useful data"

Print out the tests, keep 'em handy, and fly a few Mustangs. Then compare RoC sim vs. real tests from the war. Should kill a few hours