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i constantly hear people whine about the p-51 and historically speaking this was a great fighter. But what people forget about il2 is the game doesnt support fuel tank switching which was an important part of flying one of these warbirds. I have a spitfire MkXIV pilots handbook which states when and where to switch to what fuel tank during flight. I am not an expert on Fm nor can i fly for real but people have mentioned that the P-51 used fuel from the wings first, then drained from the fusealarge. This probably explaines the poor handling. For now till some great modder fixes this i would suggest you fly her similar to a FW190. She has great dive speed and is very fast at alt.
cheers.

P51 is this game is lethal in proper hands (see my sig. ).




Now, the fix requested in this thread can be done very easily (on a new plane slot of course) - when you consider that COG doesn't change with fuel drain in IL2.


In game we have the center fuel tank (which changed the COG, and was used for long missions in combination with drop tanks) draining up last while the wing tanks go dry first.

Thus the COG is simulated correctly - for a hypothesis that the Mustang pilot who is a total newbie.


If we simply revese the way fuel tanks are drained in game (wing tanks go dry last and center goes dry first) - and move the COG a bit forward as supposed to, we would have a fix for the Mustang.


This can IMHO be done very quickly and easily. And should have been done ages ago.


EDIT: Another important fix which is needed is the drop tank fix - even when you drop them the loss in speed remains, as if you didn't drop them.