evenin all, couple of films for discussion regarding the use of the P51 Delta as a defensive and turn fighting tool.
i really hope it helps to lessen the smart flying pony tactics and give us a few more turnfighting P51 to save it rep in the ma!1
P51 Film ~1mbif anyone would like to disect that fight with the spit8 in acm terms im sure there are many that can do it alot better than i. all questions are welcome from those looking to learn more about the P51 there again, are many people here who can give you the low down.
truly was a messure of patience and timing to stay alive, and the help in the end from my wingman.
now the first kill was a very lucky manouver, a 'one timer' that was essential to the lone aircraft surviving more than another 10 seconds. its a simple manouver that must be timed correctly and be assisted by the attacker to some degree, but it takes quite an experienced aim to bring results. aside from lining the correct angle for a decent shot the defender must also equate lead whilst upside down and fitting it all in a window of about 2 seconds of gun time at most.
personaly i find this kind of shot the most difficult to perform consistantly, with time i have certainly found that the lead is increased far more than it should look like, so firing as soon as you get a good line and holding it on for a god burst.
this is though another excelent point on the ponyD, that forcing a snapshot like that against a faster, higher enemy and making it count with the 6 50cals is not to unlikely with some practice.
alarmingly enough someone else let me do the exact replica manouver on thier P51 while i was flying a spitfire MkIX. the same 'bait n reverse' and the same inverted snapshot, this time with 20mm cannons. it was harder to keep the power on full and make a decent shot in the spit than the pony, and the mass of the mustang held a faster, steadier gun platform providing a much larger window of gun time.
Spit Film ~0.7mbcertainly there was no obvious advantage over the mustang by the spit in that manouver, not as far as flight is concerned. if the P51 and the spit both had the 20mm it would be the hands down winner, and likewise, if the P51 and spit both had 6 50cals the mustang would win hands down, as far as making that reversal and a killshot against a much faster bogey.
in these two clips the spit was obviously saved that its 20mm do such damage to a tail section, as not enough manouver foresight was used to gain the long and closer range snapshot that the pony can generate.
should the attacking aircraft start to turnfight from the begining on the other hand, diving in with the brakes on and going for a killshot, i would much rather be evading them in the spitfire than the P51....
