Author Topic: Question to HTC (Read 1394 times)

Fencer51 · « **Reply #30 on:** December 02, 2005, 10:55:45 AM »

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Originally posted by Guppy35
Sure seems nice they took the time to do that. The Mustang drivers got screwed. They couldn't have both the early style 51 canopy to go with the Malcom on the B model. Just think, they could have done the B with the early style, done a C with the Malcom (no dif then the B but from the Dallas plant) and the D. Probably gonna have the Mustang fanatics screaming for a Dallas built K model with the Aeroproducts propeller and the true view canopy that the Dallas 51s had that was not the same as the D canopy coming from the Inglewood plant.

It's that HTC Allied conspiracy at work again. Can't even get the correct canopies on the 51s for heavens sake! Taking too much time to model all the 109 canopy types but no go for the 51......(walks away grumbling about how unfair HTC is towards 51 drivers...)

Yeah where is my P-51C and P-51K at?

Seriously though, the only fighter group that had the Mustangs from December 43 through early to mid February 44 was the 354th FG of the 9th AirForce. The 4th FG transitioned to Mustangs in mid February and the 357th FG became operational that month as well.

The first Malcom hoods were issued in April 44 and the P-51Ds began arriving in late May and June 1944. Rather more compressed time period than your Me109s which were being blown to pieces for years ahead on this.

J_A_B · « **Reply #31 on:** December 02, 2005, 11:06:49 AM »

"Just think, they could have done the B with the early style, done a C with the Malcom (no dif then the B but from the Dallas plant) and the D."

If you want a P-51B and P-51C to have different performance, model one with the V-1650-5 engine (which the current AH P-51B has) and the other with the V-1650-7. Both models were built with both engine types, as the switch was made partway through the production run. More P-51C's than P-51B's were built with the -7 engine, largely because the P-51C remained in production longer than the "B". The P-51B as modeled in AH seems to represent a P-51B-5-NA.

It's also worth noting that the Dallas plant built both P-51D's AND P-51K's.

Optionally, an Allison-powered Mustang (Mustang Mk. I ideally, though a P-51A or even an A-36 would work) would fill an even larger hole in the AH planeset. Such a plane would doubtlessly have the old-style hinged canopy.

J_A_B

J_A_B · « **Reply #32 on:** December 02, 2005, 11:10:54 AM »

"Seriously though, the only fighter group that had the Mustangs from December 43 through early to mid February 44 was the 354th FG of the 9th AirForce. "

The RAF No. 65 Squadron also supposedly had Mustang III's before the end of December 1943. As with the American groups, it was well into 1944 before additional British squadrons were equipped with Mustang III's. It seems as though initial deliveries of the Merlin-powered Mustangs were quite slow.

J_A_B

Fencer51 · « **Reply #33 on:** December 02, 2005, 11:15:52 AM »

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Originally posted by J_A_B
The RAF No. 65 Squadron also supposedly had Mustang III's before the end of December 1943. As with the American groups, it was well into 1944 before additional British squadrons were equipped with Mustang III's. It seems as though initial deliveries of the Merlin-powered Mustangs were quite slow.

J_A_B

My appologies, I was quoting from memory and neglected our English brethren.

J_A_B · « **Reply #34 on:** December 02, 2005, 11:18:33 AM »

Your point still stands though--Merlin Mustangs were practically a non-factor in 1943.

J_A_B