Author Topic: Anyone been able to get a P51 up to 42k?  (Read 668 times)

Offline fdiron

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Anyone been able to get a P51 up to 42k?
« on: June 06, 2000, 11:58:00 AM »
The service cieling for the P51D was 41,900 feet.  In Aces High, I have only been able to get the P51 up to 37k.  Anyone been higher than that?

Offline juzz

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Anyone been able to get a P51 up to 42k?
« Reply #1 on: June 06, 2000, 07:37:00 PM »
Uh oh. I can only reach about 38,500ft.

Heres the climb graph from the HTC webpage:
   
Which if you extended back to 0 fpm, it would reach about 38,000ft I guess.

Heres a military power climb chart from www.zenowarbirdvideos.com.
   
Which shows a positive climbrate at 40,000ft for a light weight load.

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Offline Minotaur

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Anyone been able to get a P51 up to 42k?
« Reply #2 on: June 06, 2000, 08:11:00 PM »
Juzz;

Climb rates shown on your chart and the HTC graph also seem off by a significant amount.

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