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Even more up the infamous creek without a paddle against two Mustangs, you mean? ;) Edit: Kidding aside, specific excess power is the name of the game and according to the figure given above, the A-10 has about twice as much of it if speeds can be chosen at will.

Finally an informed opinion from someone who knows his vintage aircraft. We better listen... (The voices told me to do it.)

We'll be getting charts. Can't have luftwhiners without charts. The side which can make up... sorry... which through thorough research in historical archives can find the most charts wins!

It's not a whistle, it's just the radiator installation... we established that already on page 1496 of this thread! ;)

D'oh! The one with labels down to '-4'? I'll go to bed now I think.... Better than a spare altimeter at least, especially a spare one of the infamous three-hand variety. Still, it's gotta go... ;) BTW, I'm going to be the first to begin on the new line of whining: Is it out yet?! We've been waiting for aaaaaages! :D (And yes, I'd like cheese with that.)

Hmmm... the DCS P-51 appears to have dual altimeters? One where it should be, and another one on the right among the engine instruments? Or is it something else? The position where the right one is has to be cleared again. That's where the tactical radio for A-10 and Ka-50 coordination has to go in! :D

LO, If you search these very forums, you will find another member having the same brain fart a year or so ago, and duly getting corrected. Most embarassing... :)

299 what? Meters? dBm? Elephants? :) (That was a hint.)

The USAF happened, and didn't see fit to add that capaability to the fleet AFAIK. Punch in the facility coordinates instead.

From DCS, I expect a jettisonable canopy. An animated bail-out sequence would be a nice touch, rather than the "press Ctl+E and wait for three seconds wondering if you hit the right keys or not" routine famous from The Other WW2 Simulator. :) Can't say it's a deal-breaker for me, but it'd add atmosphere to actually see your POV go tumbling down towards the trailing edge. Er, I mean, to know that others who have less skill will see that when bailing out... :joystick:

You'll want to have your eyes checked, mate! (Sorry! :D)

LCtrl-E to pull out the pin. LAlt+E to loosen the left shoulder strap, RAlt+E for the right one. LSft+LCtl+E to undo lap belt. LSft+RCtl+E to untangle lap belt buckle from parachute harness. RCtl+G to pull down goggles, and LCtl+RCtl+AltGr+M to attempt to catch the classified map about to blow out of the cockpit. AltGr+LSft+Q to lift butt from seat. Key to kick column forward TBD. :D

Yes, A-10s are much more plausible! :pilotfly:

270 KIAS at S.L. Yes, low level nav exercises and/or attack missions under an overcast will be fun indeed. That's at 46 inHg and 2700 RPM, max continuous power. Military power is 61 inHg at 3000 RPM, and war emergency 67 inHg@3000. We're getting ourselves a dragster. :)

I have a feeling low-level nav training may be arranged once it's released... ;)

Cost of an Ipad: Starting at US$400 Cost if an Ipad knee-board holder: Starting at US$28 at Sporty's, probably below US$20 if you subtract the DIY materials for the homebuilt. Hmm...

All you need is a stopwatch, compass and the ASI. Regulate the context to be combat ops instead. That way, we can forget about the airspace and be rid of all need of abominations such as disgracing the pit of the Mustang with LCD displays! (To those who at this point consider going on at length about no-fly zones, arty coordination and the abundance of entirely new airspace restrictions created in any modern combat zone, just forget it - everyone would be awestruck by having Mustangs in the air so they'd receive a carte blanche to fly anywhere they want. Everyone else would have to adjust. Besides, if you can't keep your SA and up navigate airspace by map at the same time, you're not worthy... ;)) Already installed. In this context, it's called a CV carb. Auto-mixture is a sign of weakness, but it's still got it.

Now, coffe consumed, I see two more things to have me excited: 1) Look at the crowds surrounding Il-2, Clogs from Dover, A2A's excellent FS series of products etc. Imagine getting 5%, or even 10%, of that crowd to try DCS in order to fly the P-51. They'll see the quality of the DCS series, possibly fly a bit online, see others flying the Warthog, Hokum and eventually F-1?. How many of those will end up buying additional DCS products? And that's a hard-won group. Normally, trying to win them over to anything post-1947 will make the propeller sceptics in this thread seem like easy pushovers in comparison. We do not need many percent of them to expand the DCS user base significantly. 2) ED: Make sure the P-51 comes with binos and the option of upgraded comms suite for compatibility with the A-10s and Ka-50s! There's room for a Becker somewhere. That option has been used out in the real world. Why? Performance-wise, the aircraft fits the bill for FAC, SAR, COIN etc even in a modern scenario. We're seeing turboprops in those roles today, but that's mainly due to other reasons such as maintenance. We can safely ignore most of those other reasons and have a blast adding Mustangs to our fictional engagements. After all, how likely is it to see Ka-50s and A-10s in the same mission? Not much more of a stretch to throw in a few revived P-51s, and the die-hards can just pretend it's a Super Tucano pilot they're hearing over the radio.

Korean era presumably means a simulation of an aircraft which saw combat in the Korean war. You're not happy with a P-51 simulator. And you know the service history of the P-51. 1+1+1 = 7. Q.E.D. :)

In that particular case, physics and aerodynamics will be your enemy to the point where they make it impossible. That's a CGI artist's impression of a journalist's understanding of a 60-year old memory of something happening over the span of a few seconds to a panicked, adrenaline-rushed 20-year-old with probably rather rushed and basic flight training. Now we will have people claiming a simulator put together by qualified engineers and aerodynamicists is inaccurate as they can't replicate what they saw on Youtube...

"You're giving me an apple? That's nice, but I'd really prefer an apple..." Not making sense there, unless one is to assume you need to read up on the service history of ths Mustang. ;)

"Somewhere" wasn't the flight manual for the aircraft, with xwinds>20 knots excepted. See my previous post.

I estimate the probability that you are hating the wrong word to about 97%. ;)

Check the top speeds of the tractor. Sure the A-10 will be able to keep up? :D

Other companies announce their grand plans years ahead. Then they push that date a couple of times. Sometimes, there's a release eventually. Other times, it turns out to be vapourware. Finally, we're treated with a final release plagued with trouble. This far, ED have delivered amazing simulators with discounted beta versions of far better quality than most other companies final release versions. They push three of them out the door in the time certain other companies went from announcing their new product to releasing a product which doesn't really run or do half of what it said on the tin. I'm quite happy to not have announcements far ahead of time. :)