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@ OP: One thing I'd add it TRIM. Learn how to use it and trim for different speeds and flight regimes.
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![]() Very few people know how to fly a Pony. Above all, it takes discipline and getting used to the weak .50s and how to get the most out of them. In particular, deflection shooting. This is one reason why I never enjoyed flying Fw190s - just to easy to kill something. Tons of ammo and pull the trigger ahead of the target and let it fly through the wall of led. Lately I find myself enjoying a Tempest a lot, its firepower meets my current flying skills nicely. ![]() By far the best fun I had with Ponies online was vs. Japanese fighters. If you know how to fly it, no one can touch you. One feels like God when flying a Pony vs. those planes.
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I wish to know... are you guys talking about the P-51D? Can the other variants do something considerably better or worse than the D? Obviously D variants can use noseart (customized, of course), so it's a good enough reason for me to choose it over the others.
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Mustang III is the fastest of the bunch, and no LW prop plane can catch it. Downside is that, like all non bubble top versions, it only has two pairs of .50 cals. So you really have to work for your kills. Thus I always took the D model whenever it was available.
How to best describe a mustang in few words:
In combat vs. LW planes, you can out turn a 109 or 190 easily - but you have only one chance. Then you loose all your energy. So use this as defensive maneuver to get out of harms way and keep your speed up as much as you can. Versus Japanese planes it is simply a dream plane to fight with. There is nothing that will even come close to your speed if you conserve your energy. Those .50 cals are at least twice as effective here. This is definitely not a plane for rookies and those that lack patience. You need to get rid of a lot of bad habits and change your approach if you wish to be good with this plane.
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It's similar to the FW190, but less rewarding. A good energy figher must be able to kill in one pass. The Tempest seems more popular and much more succesful compared to the P51. IMO 4 20mm canons would have been better for the P51. When I fly red I prefer to boom and zoom in Spits, they're great at that!
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Same here, tempest is my favorite res ride.
Otherwise 109 only. Takes a special type of masochist to keep flying the 190 lol!
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![]() I dislike the Tempest for lack of high altitude performance, otherwise it's a great plane, too. The decent firepower certainly helps, but somehow I find myself in trouble more often when flying a Tempest than when flying a P-51. Might be because the Tempest is more often opposed by late war opposition, while the P-51 sometimes has easy times against early 1944 opposition. I find the 4x.50 sufficient against anything but 190ies, and 6 guns don't make much of a difference here. I tend to fly the B&C models more often than the D, and if the 25lb Mustang III is available, I'll pick it every time. Being able to disengage at will and getting out of a tight spot is very important to me, and no plane does that as well as the 25lb Mustang. Last edited by JtD; 02-10-2013 at 05:55 PM. |
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I've taken 6 mustangs in 20 minutes on spits v 109's back when I was flying with a squad. Pretty easy when you get em low.
It's all about knowing your machine and exploiting what it does best. Applies to every plane. I've never understood how yall can fly the 190. Just a dreadful machine! In a 109 I fear no other plane, but in a 190 spits scare the piss out of me.
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Tempests weaponry is second only to 190. But if you do hit in the convergence sweet spot that 190 will turn to dust the same way as most 190 targets do. Not the case with P-51. You will at best deprive your target of a wing and more often set it on fire. That is why victories with P-51 are so much more rewarding, to me at least.
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