OT:DCS: P-51D Mustang Coming in 2012

[kilo delta]

The Fighter Collection and Eagle Dynamics will release their next Digital Combat Simulator (DCS) aircraft in 2012: the legendary P-51D Mustang. The Mustang was among the best and most well-known fighters used by the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II. Possessing excellent range and manoeuvrability, the P-51 operated primarily as a long-range escort fighter and also as a ground attack fighter-bomber with bombs, rockets, and machine guns. The Mustang served in nearly every combat zone during WWII, and later fought in the Korean War.

The DCS: P-51D Mustang will be modelled at the same exacting detail as the existing Ka-50 Black Shark and A-10C Warthog Digital Combat Simulation (DCS) aircraft and it will be online compatible with them. Based on many years of restoring, flying and maintaining Mustangs, The Fighter Collection brings its unique ability to portray this aircraft in its full glory.

The P-51D will be the first aircraft in the Flying Legends series that focuses on historical aircraft that have set benchmarks in combat aviation. This series of simulations demonstrates the broad scope of DCS simulation environment and its ability to introduce aircraft from all eras into a common simulation environment. While the P-51D started as an internal technology demonstration, it has evolved into an independent product that adds an all new dimension to the DCS universe. The development of the P-51D and other Flying Legends series aircraft definitely does not preclude the continued development of modern aircraft.

More details of DCS: P-51D Mustang will be made available closer to product release later this year.

More information, visit: www.digitalcombatsimulator.com (http://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/)

About The Fighter Collection
The Fighter Collection, as well as developing software for the entertainment and serious game markets, also operates, rebuilds and maintains Europe's largest collection of airworthy WWII fighters and is based at Duxford Airfield, in the UK. For more information visit our websites:http://www.fighter-collection.com/

http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=84480


Some pics...

http://forums.eagle.ru/attachment.php?attachmentid=61581&d=1327155780

http://forums.eagle.ru/attachment.php?attachmentid=61574&d=1327155654

http://forums.eagle.ru/attachment.php?attachmentid=61576&d=1327155654

[Barnes]

Interesting stuff

[flaviossa]

Very nice news! I love everything DCS releases!

[stiz]

*holds up YAM sign*



(yet another mustang)

[CodyValkyrie]

You can never get enough Mustangs.

[stiz]

yes ya can, more than the p51 and b17 flew and faught during ww2 :engel016:

[skyhawka4m]

will this incarnation of DCS be WW2 or Korean era aircraft? If so I will be getting thi version of DCS.

[stiz]

will this incarnation of DCS be WW2 or Korean era aircraft? If so I will be getting thi version of DCS.


into a common simulation environment

from that i'm guessing thier just gonna plug it into what they have allready, so the black sea area , p51d vs shilkas anyone? :mixedsmi:

[Bomber_12th]

Very curious (rather weird actually) why they didn't just do a stock P-51D-25 or D-30, and instead decided to choose the "uncle dog" setup, with rocket launchers - hardly used at all in WWII, let alone post-WWII. The green dials at night really make me cringe, like they are of some modern digital design or something - they certainly glowed, but the gauges should look like this (and as reproduced in the Warbirdsim P-51D's for FSX):

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y282/Bomber_12th/glowinggauges.jpg

Having said that, they didn't do too bad of a job at all on the over all general accuracy of the aircraft. I can tell that they used the War Eagles Air Museum P-51D as a guide, as there is a shared part/assembly as seen in both the War Eagles example and in this DCS production, that is foreign to the make/model that is depicted in both the restoration and this production (there are many cockpit photos of the War Eagles Air Museum P-51D online).

[ryanbatc]

Meh- I thought they were making an AH64D Longbow sim?

[kilo delta]

Very curious (rather weird actually) why they didn't just do a stock P-51D-25 or D-30, and instead decided to choose the "uncle dog" setup, with rocket launchers - hardly used at all in WWII, let alone post-WWII. The green dials at night really make me cringe, like they are of some modern digital design or something - they certainly glowed, but the gauges should look like this (and as reproduced in the Warbirdsim P-51D's for FSX):


Bear in mind that the pics are from the Alpha stage of the development. :)

[OleBoy]

yes ya can, more than the p51 and b17 flew and faught during ww2 :engel016:

There was. Were. Only problem, no one else seems to care. Riddle; What four letter comment defines a well known call girl? :sleep:

NO, we don't need to see the answer in text!!

[Phantom88]

Fantastic!!!!!!!!!!:jump:Complete with 6 working .50 cals and K-14 Gyro Gunsight:jump:
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[skyblazer3]

a mustang in combat.... doing what it was meant to do..... this will be a pleasure.

[rwmarth]

Any idea on what campaign it will have, if any? The screen shot with the A-10 wingman not exactly very tempting...

[Phantom88]

I'm wondering(Hoping)Will The P-51 will go into Open Beta as the A-10C did? Avsim already has a dedicated forum for the Mustang.Does this mean it's close to release?
http://forum.avsim.net/forum/483-the-dcs-p-51-mustang-forum/

[skyhawka4m]

Again....I'm hoping this mean, since the plane is equiped with rockets, that there is a Korean War version of DCS on its way.....it looks to me that the plane is close to a VLR variant.

[Phantom88]

Looks like DCS is going to model The Rear Warning Receiver AN/APS-13 that was available on Late model Mustangs.This may give Pony Pilots a slim chance against The A-10 30mm:icon_lol: