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Gen's No-Clip P-51D-30 "Mustang"

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Today I have a product for you that I think will blow you socks off! The P-51D-30 American Land-Based Fighter. Before I begin, here are some sights I reccomend you visit if you would like to learn more than what I am saying here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_P-51_Mustang
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_P-51_Mustang_variants
https://www.britannica.com/technology/P-51

The P-51 is one of the most interesting planes of the entire second world war. It innovated on many fields, particularly on wing design/ shape and cockpit design. There were many models of P-51 that Are all intersting, and in place of perfectly describing the D-30 I will use them to help deliver some of the info about the P-51D that otherwise might not be known.

Early 1940 NA-73X:
An experimental fighter made by North American Aviation for the American forces in the second world war. Powered by the Allison V-1710 engine, made its maiden voyage on Oct. 26, 1940.
https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/applications/core/interface/imageproxy/imageproxy.php?img=https://i.imgur.com/zvthmZR.jpg&key=4a230733f8c21a9ae55a3312044692ff6be4e09dd2616841ebbffca59f88903d

Mid 1940 Mustang Mk I (X-51) RAF:
First ordered model of the P-51 line, 320 ordered by britain (NA-73) and later 300 (NA-83) more. Armament set at four 20 milimeter Hispano MkIIs. Showed poor high altitude performance but good overall performance at mid- low altitude fighter engagements over the english channel.
http://1000aircraftphotos.com/Contributions/HornDavid/10332L.jpg

Mid 1940 Mustang Mk1a (P-51) USAAF:
Ordered for lend- lease to be sent to britain, 180 orered (NA-91) and 123 sent overseas. 55 of the remaining were fitted with tail cameras for use as reconnaissance aircraft under the name F-6A.
(No pictures found)

Early 1942 P-51A/Mustang II:
Fitted with newer engine, the Allison V-1710-81 engine, A new propeller drive train, the V-1710-39, and was fitted with the new 10 ft 9 in (3.28 m)-diameter three-bladed Curtiss-Electric propeller. Also recieved a new armament set of 6 12.7mm (.50 Cal) M2 Browning machine guns.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/P-51-October1942.jpg/220px-P-51-October1942.jpg

Early 1942 A-36 Mustang "Invader":
This adaptation of the P-51 was made for ground attacking, built off of the Mustang Mk1a but recieving the same armament upgrade as the Mustang II or 6 .50 cals. Made to fit gunpods and a bombload up to 1000 lbs.
http://www.aviation-history.com/north-american/a36-1a.jpg

1942 Mustang Mk. X:
Quite a few changes to this, so for the sake of simplicity I'll just list them off.
-New Merlin 61 Engine equipped with a two stage supercharger
-Custom radiator duct (on the belly)
-More formal adoption by the US Army for the USAAF
-Redesignation as a high-altitude energy fighter
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Mustang_III_at_Hucknall_1943.jpg/220px-Mustang_III_at_Hucknall_1943.jpg

Late 1942 XP-51B/ XP-51C:
Wings made to flow better with body for the purpose of reduced drag and better airflow to elevators, bomb load from A-36 brought over, new gunsight, the Electrically Illuminated N-3B Reflector Sight, was added, and pilots had the option of extanging it for metal ring-and-beads sights.
https://www.redtail.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Photo-courtesy-Kevin-Hong.jpg

Early 1943 P-51D:
Again, many changes, so they are listed.
-New Packard V-1650-7, a licence-built version of the Rolls-Royce Merlin 60 series, also with a two-speed supercharger.
-N3 Gunsight updated to N9, option for fixed sight removed
-Teardrop shaped clear "Bubble" cockpit, superior visibility in a dogfight but slightly less high- altitude handling.
-Thicker wings, increased fuel storage space and more high-altitude stall speed.
-Better gun arrangment, removed issue of jamming in weird manuevers.

Ultimatley, the P-51 was an outstanding fighter that is exacerbated by the D-30 model. The cockpit had better veiw than any other allied and german fighter because of the sparless glass and the removal of the tail-to-cockpit emponage. The amazing new engine made room for the impressive armament of 2 1000 Lb bombs, one per wing (this load is not included on the BR model).

The increased wing size and overall fuel capacity increase made it even better at long range escort, making it one of the only fighters capable of skipping the pond to britain with B-17s as an escort fighter.

In Brick Rigs, this fighter stays true to its roots. It has realistic takeoff speed of ~100 Kph (62 Mph), retractable gear, a gunsight, an amazing turn time, ideal stalling characteristics, and good acceleration.

Morover, it has exellent visibily, exelent wing structure, and even gun convergence (set about ~1000 m). Enjoy, but be careful, people might get mad at you for not being able to catch you in a fighter.

THINGS TO NOTE:
exeption to no-clip rules in the case of the landing gear when retracted, and the guns clip the tiniest bit due to the convergence.
Tail connection to body right around the antenna is a weakpoint, and you will die easily if a Heavy MG hits you there.

Controls:
X - retract gear
(alt)Mouse Yaw - roll