Author Topic: p51b vs p51d (Read 7152 times)

Col. Flashman · « **Reply #60 on:** October 16, 2006, 12:50:48 AM »

B model w/ a Malcolm Hood.

Warspawn · « **Reply #61 on:** October 16, 2006, 05:57:51 AM »

P51D model with the 4-gun option > than all.

Great ammo load, and the lightness and maneuverability of a P51b. I bet it's all psychological of course, but it sure feels alot more nimble than the 6-gun option.

Hades55 · « **Reply #62 on:** October 16, 2006, 11:16:31 AM »

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Originally posted by bkbandit
It sucks that ever time i leave it and fly somethin else i always come back to it. Ill fly f4u for a month then hellcat, but that dam 51 pulls me back in.

Its because your enstict feel the hart of the beast (fighter).

And Pony is The Fighter. And its not a pony, its an apaluza.

It takes more skills to fight (and win) flying a pony than a f4u or f6.

(i talk about dogfight, not cherrypicking).

Pony is the more E thirsty fighter.

Once someone learn to use E, and learn to use gravity as 2nd wep,
Then he fly the best fighter of wwii.

Keep it fast, nose down, uping only for shoot.

Use 1-2 nots of flaps But only as time you need Not more.

Gravity can be your best friend or if you forget her, can kill you.

Slow & high you can still survive diving,but low and slow you are dead meat .
Exept if you are Wildthing

Mugzeee · « **Reply #63 on:** February 04, 2007, 03:13:50 PM »

Old thread, but i would like to know if anyone else feels that the B Pony is a little more sensitive as a gun platform?

The nose seems a little unstable for me when trying to line up the shot.

Thanks.

Debonair · « **Reply #64 on:** February 04, 2007, 04:07:00 PM »

now that u mention it, i've read in a bunch of places about how the tail filet/dorsal fin added to bubble top planes was there to improve directional instability caused by the kewl new canopies & that it did indeed fix the problem, but i've never heard if a bubbletop with a fillet was a bettar gun platform than a razorback...

Treize69 · « **Reply #65 on:** February 04, 2007, 05:10:26 PM »

I do better in the D, but the B is a lot of fun. I prefer the quick snapshot and killing buffs, so that extra pair of .50s comes in mighty handy. Better rox and 1,000 pounders on the D also make it much more potent for JaBo runs.

Plus I'm usually ENY'd out of the D and forced to fly the B, so I get forced into it a lot.

Biggest problem I have with the B is lethality. I'll fire a burst that should kill someone (in a D or a 47), but it only smokes them or knocks off a few pieces. Messes me up the first few times until I get re-acquainted.

My best runs in each are equal (7 kills landed), but I've done it several times in a D to only once in a B (granted I only strted flying the Pony extensively in December when I joined the 4th...)

morfiend · « **Reply #66 on:** February 06, 2007, 12:39:24 AM »

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Originally posted by Wolf14
. Each night before I go to bed I light some Frankensense and Myr and place the sticks in the gun barrels.

Ok I can see ya using frankensense like that but man ur waisting that Myr.
Afterall it's an extract made from a certain plant,with the latin genis of canabis,sub indica......
Enjoyed for thousands of years in certain areas...

Benny Moore · « **Reply #67 on:** February 06, 2007, 07:46:47 AM »

The P-51D with four guns is only a hundred pounds lighter than it is with six guns, because of the ammunition increase. That's according to the E6B thing.

Treize69 · « **Reply #68 on:** February 06, 2007, 08:06:42 AM »

addendum-

Landed 5 1/2 B-24s in a B last night, so maybe the difference in firepower is mostly in my head...

Red Tail 444 · « **Reply #69 on:** February 14, 2007, 11:05:53 AM »

I prefer the B over the D in everything but long distance escort. Other than the F4U-4 I just have an affinity for the mid and early war planesets. Of course the Tuskegee Airmen made themselves a bit of notoriety in the B/C models, and having met several of them, I like feeling "connected" in some way.

OTOH, I'd groundloop a real warbird in a heartbeat if ever given the opportunity

Krusty · « **Reply #70 on:** February 14, 2007, 11:26:08 AM »

Just to point out, even though it's a B vs a D, doesn't mean it's mid or early war. It's still very late war (second half of '44).

Benny Moore · « **Reply #71 on:** February 14, 2007, 11:54:09 AM »

The P-51B showed up in Europe in late-1943. That's still mid-war, really.

Red Tail 444 · « **Reply #72 on:** February 14, 2007, 12:10:31 PM »

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Originally posted by Benny Moore
The P-51B showed up in Europe in late-1943. That's still mid-war, really.

What he said.

MugZ, I've never had in issue with the weapon platform in either model (the P38G, OTOH, is an entirely different story)

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I find the F4u (not C or 4) planes more challenging than the P51D for many reasons I won't get into here, but the D is a indeed a fine aircraft)
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Bronk · « **Reply #73 on:** February 14, 2007, 12:24:54 PM »

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Originally posted by Red Tail 444

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I find the F4u (not C or 4) planes more challenging than the P51D for many reasons I won't get into here, but the D is a indeed a fine aircraft)
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The hogs can play the E game just as well as the pony.

However it is much more difficult for the pony to play the TnB thing than the hog.

Just saying.

Bronk

Benny Moore · « **Reply #74 on:** February 14, 2007, 12:50:31 PM »

I'm with Bronk. The F4U Corsair can do everything the P-51 can do and a lot more. It's faster, climbs better, accelerates better, and turns better.