as LiquidFox said to me "go historical and make the B version", Here is the long waited Plane that he suggested me to build after i deleted my Red tails P-51D. My second build of early mustang with a lot of improvements.
NOTE: do NOT fire the guns below 160mph or else -----> KABOOM!
=====Controls======
-G to extend/retract landing gears
-rolling hard while pitching may cause the plane to over-roll
>Thanks to Thealban for his roundel, Deusalgor for the tracers, AGDynamics for the alphabets, and Rhysbrown for the engine.
Hope you all enjoy!
History :
The Tuskegee Airmen were the first African-American military aviators in the United States Armed Forces. During World War II, black Americans in many U.S. states were still subject to the Jim Crow laws[N 1] and the American military was racially segregated, as was much of the federal government. The Tuskegee Airmen were subjected to discrimination, both within and outside the army. All black military pilots who trained in the United States trained at Moton Field, the Tuskegee Army Air Field, and were educated at Tuskegee University, located near Tuskegee, Alabama; the group included five Haitians from the Haitian Air Force (Alix Pasquet, Raymond Cassagnol, Pelissier Nicolas, Ludovic Audant, and Eberle Guilbaud). There was also one pilot from Port of Spain, Trinidad, Eugene Theodore.[3]
Although the 477th Bombardment Group trained with North American B-25 Mitchell bombers, they never served in combat. The 99th Pursuit Squadron (later, 99th Fighter Squadron) was the first black flying squadron, and the first to deploy overseas (to North Africa in April 1943, and later to Sicily and Italy). The 332nd Fighter Group, which originally included the 100th, 301st, and 302nd Fighter Squadrons, was the first black flying group. The group deployed to Italy in early 1944. In June 1944, the 332nd Fighter Group began flying heavy bomber escort missions, and in July 1944, the 99th Fighter Squadron was assigned to the 332nd Fighter Group, which then had four fighter squadrons.
The 99th Fighter Squadron was initially equipped with Curtiss P-40 Warhawk fighter-bomber aircraft. The 332nd Fighter Group and its 100th, 301st and 302nd Fighter Squadrons were equipped for initial combat missions with Bell P-39 Airacobras (March 1944), later with Republic P-47 Thunderbolts (June–July 1944), and finally with the aircraft with which they became most commonly associated, the North American P-51 Mustang (July 1944). When the pilots of the 332nd Fighter Group painted the tails of their P-47s and later, P-51s, red, the nickname "Red Tails" was coined. The red markings that distinguished the Tuskegee Airmen included red bands on the noses of P-51s as well as a red rudder, the P-51B and D Mustangs flew with similar color schemes, with red propeller spinners, yellow wing bands and all-red tail surfaces.
The P-51B was one of 2 early mustang models that entered service in WWII with the role of Interceptor and Bomber Escort. Derivative of the A-36 Apache/Attacker/Invader, The designated name Apache was later dropped and the RAF designation "Mustang" was adopted instead.
Specifications
General Characteristics
- Successors 6 airplane(s) +70 bonus
- Created On Mac
- Wingspan 42.0ft (12.8m)
- Length 37.6ft (11.5m)
- Height 13.4ft (4.1m)
- Empty Weight 9,306lbs (4,221kg)
- Loaded Weight 11,314lbs (5,132kg)
Performance
- Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.212
- Wing Loading 38.6lbs/ft2 (188.6kg/m2)
- Wing Area 292.9ft2 (27.2m2)
- Drag Points 6565
Parts
- Number of Parts 157
- Control Surfaces 7
- Performance Cost 548
Looked this up for BHM lol
@DuckMintnewprofile yeah I remembered that one, great build man.
@ChaMikey ok, cool, I added the "LollyPoop" decal as well, it became featured for a while...
@DuckMintnewprofile exactly the same squadron, the A and B versions were the early ones, derived from the a36. The D version followed with better aerodynamics and engine.
This looks extremely similar to my P-51 LollyPoop, cool. We're they the same aircraft or no?
Thanks for telling.#ByeBye Fusalage!:)
@ChaMikey Sweet!! I look forward to your' future works! ^_^
@DragonAerotech thanks man :) and yes, i might make the A-36 sometime soon!
Beautiful Mustang build! Can we look forward to an Alison engined A-36 Apache potentially in the future? XD
@Pilotmario wow well spoken sir. That is the way I feel. There is no honor in firing a missile at somebody you can't even see. It used to be that you physically saw the other pilot you were engaging. The honor is washed out and I hate it.
@Pilotmario true but flying is not as big as it used to be
But do I think flying is dead? No. Not at all. Thousands of people still flock to air shows every year.
And many young ones join organizations such as the Civil Air Patrol because of a love for airplanes. Membership is strong.
But there is another new and limitless frontier for us. And that is to the heavens, to space. @dogspit
Flight has been commercialized. The romance is gone.
Air travel, once a key part of the adventure, is now a laborious chore through ever-stricter security only to be crammed in a plane with hundreds of obnoxious passengers like sardines.
Air combat is the same. Engaging enemy fighters in knife fights is a rarity in a world filled with long-range missiles.
Setting records is a long gone too. There is hardly an air speed record that can be broken on this planet. Pilots of all sex, race, and creed have flown to the four corners of the map several times over.
The danger once associated with flying, a danger that is part of every adventure, is no more. Flying is so safe that traveling by air is safer than driving an automobile.
@dogspit
@Pilotmario nobody is interested in flying anymore. You should see my dad's airport. All there is is old guys. It is very Depressing how dead flight has become.
Too true. @dogspit
@ChaMikey yeah that is true. Aircraft related movies are way too hard to come by. Aces high was a really good movie but it was extremely old.
oh it is? well i might just look at the dogfights lol, and yeah i think we need more movies with characters from the countries origin, or atleast speak as if they're germans @dogspit
aww thanks man :) I appreciate that a lot! @datkid69
@ChaMikey red baron was more glorifying then it should have been. It was more of a romance movie with people who didn't even have German accents. I whish more German movies were in German.
@dogspit i know right! oh yeah flyboys, i miss that movie, haven't watched red baron though, thanks for the suggestion!
@ChaMikey I enjoyed the movie flyboys. The red baron was good too.
@ChaMikey lol true. The acting was horrible but damn, that CGI!
@dogspit yep, still somehow fun to watch the dogfights, are there anymore WWII fighter movies thats good?
Terrible movie..
Ok mantab, @ChaMikey onegaisimasu! (Mohon bantuannya!)