P-51 Combat Tips and Tricks ( Dogfight Guide )

[T}{OR]

I use 200/220m guns/cannons. 300/330m when I am going strafing.

A note when using K-14: its default range is 150m, and the increments in distance you can input are in 25m.

[JtD]

I'm using 200, too. I tended to use less, but nowadays I fire at longer distances then I used to.

Got another tip for flying the P-51 more successfully: Stay away from exploding opponents!

[majorfailure]

Originally Posted by JtD

Got another tip for flying the P-51 more successfully: Stay away from exploding opponents!

Second paragraph here:
http://www.spitfireperformance.com/m...-18march44.jpg

[K_Freddie]

I always use 150m, which essentially gives me 300m effective firing range.

I'm not going to fire at larger distances.. unless I'm in an IL2 or similar then ranges are set to 400 (MGs) and 300 (cannons)

[Erkki]

Long time ago, must have been 2008, me and my friend tried P-51s on WarClouds, in an attempt to survive as long as possible.

Not counting those hit enemies that landed, I had a pretty good tally of 57 when I finally died. Could have survived longer but in the end was killed by the usual thing: greed. 2 minutes of mission time left I dived to deck to save a friendly only to end up below 5 or 6 Doras from a Czech squad and ended up killed in the cockpit by Werner.

Needed hell of a patience to get that far, but I believe the relatively weak firepower that made one pass kills difficult was less restrictive than the ability to outrun every enemy plane was helpful.