P51 Mustang

[The_Goalie_94]

Originally Posted by browntrout79

ok, we get it, the spit was good, but SO was the P-51. Way better than it's being represented in this game.

Tes...lets leave it at that...

[Soviet Ace]

I agree, they really did make the P51 a bad plane. It doesn't handle at all like when I got to ride in one. (Chino Air show FTW!!!) But you guys could always revert to the Yak-3? Nothing wrong with that plane one bit, besides the Yak-1 canopy.

[The_Goalie_94]

Originally Posted by Soviet Ace

I agree, they really did make the P51 a bad plane. It doesn't handle at all like when I got to ride in one. (Chino Air show FTW!!!) But you guys could always revert to the Yak-3? Nothing wrong with that plane one bit, besides the Yak-1 canopy.

That i will think about...

[bud30]

I was looking forward to unlocking the P51 mustang - I have unlocked the 1st one (Italian campeign) but when I went to take it onlin I was a but dissapointed with the guns. Are there weapon unnlocks for it or ar there other marks of the mustanf with heavier firepower?

[Arnow]

Well, i don't remember if the P51 has unlockable weapons to be honest...But there's one thing I remember about both P51 B and D in BoP: they are real flying bricks....Man did I struggle in Realistic mode to complete the Battle of the Bulge campaign...This plane is supposed so be a real flying legend, and it's nearly unflyable. Each turn is a pain in the A**.....

Anyway, i hated this Battle of the Bulge campaign ^^, but was glad to be rewarded with the Me163 for finishing it

[Yossarian]

During the battle of the Bulge campaign missions you will unlock a P51-D that has 6 .50cal MG's. It is much better than the version you unlock during the Sicily campaign. It does not take much to shoot something down with those .50 cals. The P51-D is also more stable when firing.

The P51-D can turn well but you need to lower the elevator sensitivity to not stall, but it really is a boom and zoom fighter not a turner.


EDIT The poster above beat me too it while I was writing this.

[sir70]

Look down in the left side of the cockpit, there is a lever marked
"supercharger" it's set to OFF!

[H Lecter]

Originally Posted by sir70

Look down in the left side of the cockpit, there is a lever marked
"supercharger" it's set to OFF!

That's an interesting observation. Now Anton just needs to tell us how to switch it on.

[Yossarian]

I have a problem with the speed of ALL the planes. They don't seem to want to go more than 280mph in level flight. Even the ME262 only goes about 340mph.

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.

It does seem strange online that 1941 aircraft are as good as 1945 variants. Although I have learnt to not bother getting into a turning dogfight with my 109-G6, I head on at the enemy, firing, then as I pass I engage WEP and pull up into a 40 degree climb, wait until the person following me has dropped back about 1.5km and is a couple of thousand feet below me, then I do a Split S and repeat from the start.

[bud30]

Originally Posted by Yossarian

During the battle of the Bulge campaign missions you will unlock a P51-D that has 6 .50cal MG's. It is much better than the version you unlock during the Sicily campaign. It does not take much to shoot something down with those .50 cals. The P51-D is also more stable when firing.

The P51-D can turn well but you need to lower the elevator sensitivity to not stall, but it really is a boom and zoom fighter not a turner.


EDIT The poster above beat me too it while I was writing this.

Yeah I was havinf a hard time with the 1st P51 mission - I had allowed myself 5 attempts on realistic mode and I stalled or spun & crashed on 4 of them and completed the mission on my last go. Figured it was just because Iwas layden with bombs. So Adjusting the Elevator sensitivity will help this - Im using a stick?