A beginner's guide to the planes

[Crusader00001]

Originally Posted by David603

You sure of this? My information says the P51D had a top speed of 438mph with WEP at 24,500ft, which is a lot more than I can get out of a P51D ingame, only gives 355mph at this altitude, but is below the K4's top speed of 452mph at 22,000ft.

The only Mustang varient faster than this was the P51H(487mph at 25,000ft), but this was only just coming into service when the war ended in Japan, and as far as I know no plane of this mark saw combat.

Seraph,
I've noticed references to the P-51's - flaws, speed, etc. But, I'm not seeing any formal descriptions in your guide, or in the subsequent updates? Just curious...

[Ancient Seraph]

Originally Posted by Crusader00001

Seraph,
I've noticed references to the P-51's - flaws, speed, etc. But, I'm not seeing any formal descriptions in your guide, or in the subsequent updates? Just curious...

This is because the P-51's model isn't as it should be, and, well, it's crap at the moment. It's not impossible to fly, it's just not very smart to do so. I'm waiting for the patch to add the P-51, as it should be corrected by then.

[MorgothNL]

Originally Posted by Ancient Seraph

This is because the P-51's model isn't as it should be, and, well, it's crap at the moment. It's not impossible to fly, it's just not very smart to do so. I'm waiting for the patch to add the P-51, as it should be corrected by then.

maybe what Crusader00001 is saying, is that you should just add the P-51 in the guide, and mention that it is crap.
It is a beginners guide... and a beginner might not know about the P-51 errors, and might think its his fault it wont fly.

[Panzergranate]

I was surprised to find that a Spitfire IX can climb a heck of a lot faster than a Me-262 jet in BOP, especially as I was the one pulling the vertical climb with the Me-262 (202 MPH in BOP maximum).

It is quite annoying when such "holes" in the realism crop up. There are so many of them, both obvious and subtle, that is causing the patch to be delayed..... there is so much that needs fixing.

[MorgothNL]

Originally Posted by Panzergranate

that is causing the patch to be delayed..... there is so much that needs fixing.

Thats not true , the patch had been finished a long time ago. They did not delay the patch over and over because the want to add stuff in the patch.

[SgtPappy]

Originally Posted by Panzergranate

I was surprised to find that a Spitfire IX can climb a heck of a lot faster than a Me-262 jet in BOP, especially as I was the one pulling the vertical climb with the Me-262 (202 MPH in BOP maximum).

It is quite annoying when such "holes" in the realism crop up. There are so many of them, both obvious and subtle, that is causing the patch to be delayed..... there is so much that needs fixing.

From the data I've read, I'm currently under the impression that a Spitfire LF.IX with standard 100 grade octane can actually maintain a higher SUSTAINED rate of climb than a 262.

But the zoom climb at the same given speed, should always be won by the heavy, aerodynamically superior and massive thrusted Me 262.

[irishjg10]

Thanks for the info. Great details. Very helpful information.

[PRINCE_VALIANT]

Hello I am new of this, for what I got about the crafts variants guide, it changes their camouflage and weaponry. About overall performances are still the same right?

[bobbysocks]

that's about it. you can unlock different weight bombs and rockets but the guns stay the same for each variant. paint scheme is different for each model also...

[mavrickandgoose]

In reguards to p51 I'm going to have to disagree with it not being s good dogfighter all following info is from the u.s air war collage

Kill ratio 11-1
4950 kills- nearly half of all us kills in Europe
Max speed 443mph
Climb rate 3320 feet per min
Turning radius is much better then 109 and a toss up with 190
190 does have a faster rate of roll though

Also both the military channel and the history channel named it the #1 fighter aircraft of ALL TIME in their count downs

In my opinion it's much better then in the game obviously I have never flown one but to listen to those who have it seems like a dominating force in the ww2 skies