Author Topic: 506FG/457 FS P51D angled wing lines.  (Read 9553 times)

Offline Chalenge

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Re: 506FG/457 FS P51D angled wing lines.
« Reply #45 on: April 26, 2016, 08:16:05 PM »
Yes, whereas it does work in AH the only practical use is at lower altitudes. The way the game works you can use 70 degrees from 5k all the way up to 12k. You may be able to go higher but it's not as reliable. At the lower altitudes you want shallower angles, which is really the thing that you can take away from this. You cannot come in as steep, obviously, because you would crater just like novices do when dive-bombing. And of course, when coming down from higher altitudes the Mustang builds up a lot of speed, so you must be good at regulating your speed and never forget to pull out at a survivable altitude.

Have you tried this in AH3 yet? I'm starting to appreciate the changes hitech has made.
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Re: 506FG/457 FS P51D angled wing lines.
« Reply #46 on: April 27, 2016, 12:29:58 AM »
If I understand the bit quoted from the manual the wing markings are used to set an IP on the fly with a known safe dive angle for a given low altitude. Makes sense since one of the keys to accurate dive bombing is the point initiating the dive setting the correct dive angle to the target.
I'll have to try the wing root trick.

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Re: 506FG/457 FS P51D angled wing lines.
« Reply #47 on: April 29, 2016, 11:44:34 AM »
This is the DSR video that was requested of me. The chatter is a bit too complete and I was so far behind I did not go ahead and create the infographics and a few other animations I had originally planned.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svUspPyJ5R8

Jump to "How to turn on DSR"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=svUspPyJ5R8#t=406

Changing resolution and texture size in Aces High 3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=svUspPyJ5R8#t=571

The Mustang taking off for the attack
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=svUspPyJ5R8#t=792
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Re: 506FG/457 FS P51D angled wing lines.
« Reply #48 on: April 29, 2016, 12:09:11 PM »
Last night I made a 50 degree run on the last 5 buildings in the center of a town. Using the N9 with rocket aid structures, I pickled off the two 1000lb with the appropriate mark. On cue moments after I passed over the target, 5 buildings destroyed showed up in my text buffer. Then pulling around I executed a 20 degree with rockets deacking as I passed over the field.

I think the Koren War era 110 degree starting from 200IAS really puts you into a semi split-s as your entry to slow you down before performing a vertical dive bombing attack from 11,000ft. If I remember from reading the P51D\K hand book from 1945, 10,000 was the minimum alt to enter a vertical bomb attack for a safe pull out.
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