Originally posted by Widewing
He's not asking for help gents, he's pointing out that the P-51's FM isn't what it was several years ago. There was a time when you could dump flaps and out-fly a 109G-2.. Not anymore, not even close.
Which is the way it should be- many of the surviving Luftwaffe pilots said after the war that the best tactic against P-51s was to get them in a slow turnfight because the 109 had better low-speed handling, especially down low.
And many of the P-51 aces (like Meyers of the 352nd) refused to turn with the Germans for just that reason- they drilled it into the new guys to never make more than a quarter turn with the enemy before straightening out and extending, and either find another target or set up for another slashing attack.
Of course, god forbid the majority of AH players learn to use actual tactics instead of just going around in circles with every red guy they run across. Personally the only time I ever used flaps in a Pony was to land.
