Once again, if you want to debate with somebody on a subject it is best to actually address the points they are making rather than making up new ones and pretending that you are debating the other person.
Nobody is suggesting we take the P-51D in AH and perk it. It is a strawman argument that you're arguing against.
Apologies, I was addressing your OP and did so before I realized there were 7 pages to this 48hr-old thread.
After reading most of the rest of the posts here, Anything I could say has pretty much already been said so I'll just add my own .02 cents.
The 51D doesnt need to be perked, it doesnt need an ENY increase/decrease, its fine the way it is. I could understand perking or adding eny value to fighters carrying 1000lb ords, but that wouldn't be specific to the 51 and thus doesnt pertain to this thread really.
The 51 is meant to be a behemoth, it was arguably the U.S.'s best long range fighter/attack craft. The fact that it's popular in AH shouldn't be a surprise. The fact that many of these people pick and run with it shouldnt be a surprise either, it's the perfect plane for it and really is what the plane was built to do, in a nutshell. Yeah, it's annoying. To me, its disgusting because it gives this plane and the pilots who fly it skillfully (or at least try to) a bad name. I and a wingman was recently in an engagement with 3 cons over one of their bases. After we shot all three of them down at least once a piece in a low flying DOGFIGHT, I noticed my secondary cannons were out of ammo and I had virtually no fuel, so we both made a run for home. The three we shot down had all re-upped and wanted more, and what happened? We caught flak for 'runstanging home with our tails between our legs', in so many words.
Oh and while I'm on the subject of speed: Sorry but a plane being able to outrun you isn't enough of a reason to perk it in my eyes. We all know thats the only reason why 80% of the pony pilots actually fly it, and why more than half of the people in here actually complain about it.
And as far as ords go, perking 1000lb bombs on all fighters may be fun, would allow for more bomber formations to shoot at when I'm bored. Im in