[stugumby]

Just curious as to any possibility of this mod, since their is a no fin fillet mod for p-51d-5, is it possible to mod the p-51 late B and c models to have the fin fillet?

[Guest]

http://allaircraftsimulations.com/forum/...81&start=0

P-51B-15NA is already on the list and that's the last model. Please search before posting next time. Thanks...

[stugumby]

saw that post but where in its 15 pages is a picture of the B with fin fillet??

[Guest]

There isn't a picture of it because it isn't the portion of the project being worked on. As you might have noticed, there are many parts to that project:

Mustang Mk.I
Mustang Mk.Ia
Mustang Mk.II
A-36 Apache/Invader
P-51B-15NA
P-51D-20NT
P-51D-25NA
P-51D-30NA
ETF-51D Seahorse
P-51K
P-51H

So far the D's (and maybe the Seahorse) are the focus right now to be released in early June. The B will come under full focus later along with other models. Don't worry, the dorsal fin (fin fillet as you call it) was introduced on the P-51B-10NA and we will be getting the P-51B-15NA. So pretty soon, you will see this:



You could do some research on the exact model you wanted or just the plane name in general and look for text, not pictures. The P-51B was listed on the first page of the thread.

[stugumby]

This is what has me confused: in your excellent picture of that gleaming P-51B?C (im not sure of the -10-15 etc) it dosnt have the added on dorsal fin fillet i was asking about. but your sig picture has one with a malcom hood and fin fillet, thats the version i was asking about. It is my understanding that this came about in mar/apr 1944 and was retroactively fitted in the field. My personal research books etc were limited to squadron signal books that have been negligently tossed by well meaning wife so im far from an expert in P-51 types /subversions etc.

But thank you again for steering me into further avenues of learning.

[Guest]

Exactly where on the body is it?

[stugumby]

on top of the fuselage where the tail assembly attaches, in your gleaming photo it would be above the dude stenciled on the rear, it is a stiffener to reduce tail failures at high g manuverings. look closely at the tail on your big photo and then on the tails of the ones in your sig. you can make out the fillet there.

[Guest]

Oh, that... For the longest time, I thougt the dorsal fin was on the bottom of the plane instead of on the top attached to the vertical stabalizer. Wow, now I feel dumb... :oops: Sorry if I was a jerk about that...

Oh yeah, I was wrong about the dorsal fin models anyways, the fin was added to the D-10's and then retrofitted to the earlier B's & C's.

[rossmum]

It'd be ventral if it was on the bottom. Anything you see referred to as 'dorsal' lies along the aircraft's spine, just like on vertebrate animals; hence the fins on sharks' backs are referred to as the dorsal fin.

[Guest]

That's what I originally thought. I'm so confused...

[SparrowThree]

Mustang,
There is one on the Malcom canopied B in your sig photo....

[Guest]

Well, yeah... I know that much. I just don't know what's what on this. Look...



Some people say that the fin between the vertical stabilizer and the fuselage on the ventral portion of the plane is the dorsal fin which dosen't make any sense since the dorsal implies bottom. I think that the dorsal fin is the thing that slants down a little in this picture on the back of the radiator scoop. Still, some sources say it's under the rudder. Where is this and the so-called fin-fillet?

[Tesla]

viewtopic.php?t=15024

[Guest]

Thanks, that answers the question of fillet. Now, what's the dorsal fin?

[rossmum]

Dorsal means back. If something is dorsal it is always along the spine, i.e. the top of the fuselage in the case of an aircraft. Conversely, ventral is always the 'belly'.

That cleared it up at all?