P-51 B rollrate.

[Roland_HUNter]

Greetings!

Based on this report:

 

The P-51 should not roll like the Fw-190, though:

If anybody have any historical evidence, please share with us!

[ZachariasX]

I managed ~90 deg/sec (just counting) throughout the speed range from 200 mph to some 350 mph and found the roll rate surprisingly consistent and reliable. As the stick is always relatively heavy (takes to get used to with one hand), it doesn‘t even feel getting that much heavier in controls in that speed range. Hence, I find the chart for the P-51B NA extremely convincing and is probably the same in more exact numbers what I experienced in the P-51 D. I‘d say the 600 km/h recording is about what I would expect, the other roll rates for the P-51 at slower speeds being… high… IMHO.