Just for the record. The N may be better on paper but I prefer the D-11. More history behind the razorback.
It may be better all across the board. But it's only that way for 5 minutes. Once you run out of WEP, you're a dog. Plain and simple.
Not nessicarily true, it will still outdive most planes without WEP, and uphigh, its still a pretty good plane. WEP isn't the be all and end all of fights. It helps, but it doesn't ensure you win.
What loadouts were you using, just out of curiosity?
Ummm, 50% fuel, center DT, bombs and rockets on the wings, overload gunpackage for the 8 .50's, if you want 6 .50's just the the P-51D. I burn internal fuel first to where I have enought to make it back assuming 15-20 mins of combat. Then I switch to the DT and burn that untill I engage at which point I ditch it. The reason being you don't have to wait to burn the fuel to get lighter, all you have to do is dich the DT.
Under it's own power, at low altitudes, yes. Yes it is. However, if it got down low from say 6,000 feet in an unloaded WEP punched dive, she'll run away from pretty much anything.
True of a lot of planes. Yeah the P-47 dives better because she's got all that weight behind her, but say, if you dive in a heavy P-38, you'll get much the same result when compared to planes worse in a dive.
Now get her up high. Nothing beats the Jugs up there. And the N comes into a class of her own, giving the -4 hawg a run for her money.
True, up high, the Jugs OWN. At their optimum alt, jugs'll beat about anything you meet, provided you don't suck and your not facing an ace, with the exception of the jets.
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