I always took 50% fuel before so I see no difference there.
Older P40 FMs never seemed to me to have the correct roll rate. The P40 had an extremely good roll rate, probably the best US fighter in this regard. Early versions were around 135 deg/sec while later, heavier versions dropped to around 90 deg/sec, still very respectable.
I've always though as well that the turning ability of the P40 has never been properly given it's due in sims. I suspect this is an artifact of the popular myth that it was a poor turner based on it's performance against the A6M early in the war. Of course NO allied aircraft could turn with the Zero, but only the P40 got saddled with the FMs of a flying brick, at least in the turn.
The reality is that the early Hawk 81s could out turn the Spitfire below 15.000 ft.
Try that in the sim and see what you get.
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Personally speaking, the P-40 could contend on an equal footing with all the types of Messerschmitts, almost to the end of 1943.
~Nikolay Gerasimovitch Golodnikov
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