P51

[Doktorwzzerd]

This question keeps coming up and it seems like a lot of people haven't heard, but the P-51 in the game is modeled incorrectly, as admitted by the Devs, and is being fixed for the title update.

The mistake had to something to do with the modeling of the fuel tanks, though I don't know whether thats external or internal tanks. I assume that this is true on all models of 51 because all of them handle like shee-it. I would argue that performance would not even be realistic on an Allison engined 51; if the in-game performance of the 51 were reflective of real life the plane never would have been accepted for front-line service, let alone be universally recognized as a war-winning design and pilot favorite. Even the I-16 is a better dog fighter in-game than the current P-51 so I really don't think it has to do with any player technique or subtle historical understandings, its just wrong and the devs have come clean about it (kudos to them for doing so) and, thank god, are fixing it.

If there is a mod reading, would you please create a sticky with info on the P-51 situation so that everyone new to the forums will know its being fixed?