P-51b-na & p-51c-nt

[Bearcat]

Originally Posted by -)-MAILMAN-

I am not trying to find any issues. I just want to know what performance envelope I am dealing with. With the refining of the heat parameters I use the performance data right out of the Pilot Manuals which differ between engines according to the Pilot Manuals.

The P-51B & C made up approximately half of the operational Mustangs flying combat missions in the ETO & MTO right up to the end of hostilities. In the CBI I have yet to see a photograph of a P-51B or C with a Malcolm Hood. This would seem to explain why they have two versions of essentially the same production block with different canopies.

Now I do wish TD would put the rear view mirrors in the cockpits of P-51B & C that were mounted on the windscreen frame above the reflector gun sight.

The Malcolm hood was a field mod not an official from the factory modification. The planes were identical except for where they were manufactured. Whatever differences there are in the sim are probably attributed to the difference in aerodynamics. I don't think they went into that much detail as far as production blocks..