P51-D and carrier ops ?

It would be so nice to have it in the DCS : P51-D pleaaase...:notworthy:

Errrhh, that must be an experimental, the P-51 did not operate from ships, that is navy and marine corps domain, and they had the F designation on their fighters. Nice images though had not seen those before

Pretty cool but I doubt it.

Yes it was Experimental:

http://mustang.gaetanmarie.com/articles/naval/naval.htm

but the USAF after WW2 did drop the Pursuit ID, and switched to Fighter also; P-51's were renamed to F-51.

Great link/article, thanks.

I think you will learn to appreciate broad, paved non-banking runways. ;)

I think you will learn to appreciate broad, paved non-banking runways. ;)

:megalol:

How true - I recall a time when I thought even Min'Vody was too short :music_whistling:

Yes, of course, it was experimental, but i thougth it would have been cool for the challenge of trying it and practicing it (sorry for my bad english...:cry:) and for the fun of naval ops.

There is a story about it, pictures about it ... so ... let us "live" this story.... no ? :pilotfly:

Yes, of course, it was experimental, but i thougth it would have been cool for the challenge of trying it and practicing it (sorry for my bad english...:cry:) and for the fun of naval ops.

There is a story about it, pictures about it ... so ... let us "live" this story.... no ? :pilotfly:

Good argument! :thumb up:

Looks like fun, would it be really hard to add the mechanics/modelling e.g. the tail hook to the plane? (as a optional of corse?)

Good argument! :thumb up:

Looks like fun, would it be really hard to add the mechanics/modelling e.g. the tail hook to the plane? (as a optional of corse?)

I am sure that the addition of a tailhook that goes up and down would not be hard to model.

Now the parts where that aircraft model, with the hook, hits the model of the arresting wire/carrier deck and all sudden you have a whole lot of physics to model might be just a teensie bit more work.;)

If you look on the internet, there's an evaluation by the Navy of the P-51's suitability as a carrier borne fighter...