First, I want to complement the DCS developers. This sim is INEDIBLE! The fields and realism are first rate. I LOVE THIS SIM!!! I want to start by stating that YES, I'm American. I also want to state that I realize that all aircraft are flown with a certain amount of skills and practice. I own all the WWII plane modules. All the aircraft fly really well except the Mustang. Maybe this module is being worked on as I type this. Let me know if you feel the same way I do about what I'm about to type. This is just my own personal opinion, and I highly respect the opinion of others'. Chime in with what you think about the flight characteristics of the Mustang vs. all the other WWII aircraft. Here's my opinion so far...
The Mustang flies just AWFUL! In WWII, was the Mustang really this bad? Tip stalls with the ever so slightest touch of the ailerons or rudder? Do you really have to be over 300 mph to NOT tip stall? If you do get lucky enough to actually turn, your wings rip off. I AM watching my G gauge very carefully by the way. The Spitfire is favored quite a bit by the developers - I understand; I believe this is a UK developed game. But, let's get the Mustang up to how it actually performed. (LOVE the Spit by the way, and have most of my kills in it)
Here are some facts...
1) In any single theater of operations, the top kills would be the F6F Hellcat, with 5,168 kills in the Pacific Theater of Operations. Next would the P-51 Mustang with 4,950 kills in the European Theater of Operations.
2) For the entire war combined, all theaters, the most kills would be by the P-51 Mustang with 5,954 kills in ETO, MTO, PTO, and CBI all combined, followed by the Hellcat with 5,168 in PTO and ETO.
These numbers come from a 1945-1946 report compiled by the US Navy for the Hellcat and the Air Force Historical Society for the P-51.
If it actually flew the way it does here in DCS, the Mustang would have all been destroyed by the enemy in 2 months!
What needs to happen to have the developers work on the Mustangs flight characteristics? Improve the model to the way it actually flew I mean... I believe George Preddy Jr. received the most kills in the P-51, but surely not in the DCS version. He would have been dead in his first dogfight. Please respond understanding that I absolutely LOVE THIS SIM, I LOVE the graphics and realism it gives us. I also LOVE the other WWII aircraft!!!! I have not played any other game/sim since I purchased my first DCS module, and I don't plan on quitting.
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