There was an article on one of those auto magazines; Think the article was called " A Tale of two mustangs" a Guy who was a multimillionare and owned several cars a racing team and Vintage Mustangs, a P-51D and a Jet.
He did say that when he had to commute to races he used his Pony instead of the Jet since the Pony was much more economic n terms of fuel than the Jet.
He did say however when asked who would win in a drag race between a Mustang Car and the airplane. He responded to the former it wasn't because the airplane was slow, but because during take off he was told by his intructor to slowly ad power to the airplane, giving it too much power on take off meant a ground loop out of the runway and he would lose control.
A 2k hp engine on an airplane standing still on the runway and a tail dragger has to deal with gyro precession,torque,spiraling slipstream, among others, it isn't until the airplane has reached an adequate airspeed tht they could raise the tail,which would have obtained enough lift to be controlled by this flight surface, most of the time the pilot has to be centered on the runway with the tail close on the ground and then lift it up slowly and adding power as well.
Some are saying that AH would need a super computer to run an accurate FM with real time physics, yet some airplanes like the LW birds perform like they have an exagerated disadvantage to help planes that are iconic, for their "supossed superiority" to give a bit more of an advantage.
A game like this who is based in the states and has the "W0N T3H W4R" P_51 D mustang crowd could do everything. It wouldn't be very profitable for AH's longevity if it actually took some grey matter to manage some of the most iconic allied rides , since the LW birds are seen as the evil fanatic aircraft they're suppossed to lose no matter what, unless the pilot is a Nathbot that performs well in any plane,and I don't claim to be one but I do very well in the LW rides, but there's no way whatsoever to reverse a plane that has no vices at any flight condition against a LW ride, heck an F4U with just enough speed can even out turn spits while using flaps same goes for the P_51; and the only plane that can make planes like these get into a disadvantageous position in AH are and always will be other allied rides.
Apparently the only way those 50k allied aircrews died against the LW, where from exposure to Polio, Tuberculosis,and Anthrax,from screwing the farmer's Sheep .
