Daylight, unescorted bombing raids into Germany by American bombers were successful, but the rising hundreds of casualties prompted the development of a fighter that could match the B-17's range, but still proved capable in combat despite the fuel weight. NAA's design abandoned manoeuvrability and switched to a sluggish, cheap and fast fighter that would defeat German fighters by outnumbering them.
P I L O T S - N O T E S
CAM1 - Cockpit mode
VTOL - Flaps
ACT1 - Drop 2 x 108 gal 'Paper' wing tanks
In-game specs for nerds
North American Aviation P-51c
1400hp Packard
9,200lbs, 138gal located in center wings
plus 2 x 108gal tanks, totalling 356gal
Acrobatics (Based on historical records)
@ 1,000ft, 5,000ft and 10,000ft:
Mph - 307, 320, 343
Full roll - 3.9s, 3.6s, 3.8s
360 turn - 18.5s, 19.0s, 21.3s
Weapons
4x50.cal M2 Late Browning w/350rounds - 4.3 damage, 0.87m spread@100m, 770 Mv@M/s, 12rps.
Gunsight: American Gade A-1
AI version
https://www.simpleplanes.com/a/u7TZI7/AI-Mustang
Specifications
Spotlights
- EpicPigster1 6.5 years ago
General Characteristics
- Successors 8 airplane(s) +161 bonus
- Created On Android
- Wingspan 30.4ft (9.3m)
- Length 25.5ft (7.8m)
- Height 9.3ft (2.8m)
- Empty Weight 7,008lbs (3,178kg)
- Loaded Weight 9,397lbs (4,262kg)
Performance
- Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.115
- Wing Loading 47.3lbs/ft2 (230.8kg/m2)
- Wing Area 198.8ft2 (18.5m2)
- Drag Points 2077
Parts
- Number of Parts 171
- Control Surfaces 15
- Performance Cost 709
Ah thanks @MrDoolittle
@F4f879 it's the C version. Meaning it doesn't even have the Merlin in it so expect it to be ass.
Where's the new zero?
@F4f879 Take out the wing fuel tanks, reduce the internal fuel to 100 gal and add a little weight on the nose and it would become just as good a turner as the 109.
@F4f879 it was.
Huh. I always thought the p51 was rather agile XD