How Realistic Is The Simulation Mode?

[David603]

Originally Posted by butterfield

That's becuase the Spitfire is a plane designed for turning fights. The P-51 is not. Most if not almost all american planes were "hotrods"... big powerful engines, fast with poor low speed manueverability. forget what you see in the movies. Pilots of say a p-51 / cosair. f44 /etc would use tactics involving speed and superior position. if there was no energy with a bandit on their tail they were already dead.

Yeah, which is why my favourite WWII fighter is the Spitfire XIV. It might be heavier than the beautiful to fly Merlin Spitfires, but it is faster and quicker climbing/diving than a P51D or Fw190D, and it can still turn inside the majority of late war fighters with ease. Its combination of speed and manoeuvrability means it is one of the few planes that can be used well at both Turn-and-Burn and Boom-and-Zoom tactics.

[butterfield]

Originally Posted by David603

Yeah, which is why my favourite WWII fighter is the Spitfire XIV. It might be heavier than the beautiful to fly Merlin Spitfires, but it is faster and quicker climbing/diving than a P51D or Fw190D, and it can still turn inside the majority of late war fighters with ease. Its combination of speed and manoeuvrability means it is one of the few planes that can be used well at both Turn-and-Burn and Boom-and-Zoom tactics.

Yes an awesome plane! Well..I'm really better with just a BnZ fighter... I'l take the F6F Hellcat for that. I really like that plane.

[David603]

Originally Posted by butterfield

Yes an awesome plane! Well..I'm really better with just a BnZ fighter... I'l take the F6F Hellcat for that. I really like that plane.

I like the F6F for that role too. It is very good against early-mid war Japanese fighters, and I love its ability to absorb damage and keep on fighting.

[FireFly]

Also you have to think of the fuel load, in il-2 1946 the p-51-5NT and 20NA fly the same way. In multiplayer if you fly the P-51D in 1946 it will help to go in battle with less fuel. I hope it works the same way in birds of prey. So torque fuel-load and payload will play a big roll in simulation. And try to keep the the axis blind by the sun.

[David603]

Yeah, I always do that with P51s, and I like to fly the P51B-C too because they are a bit lighter than the D.