p38 defense

[Jumoschwanz]

It does not matter what you fly, if you are used to your airplane and have more experience than the other guy then you will shoot him down. If he has more experience or is more used to his aircraft than you, then he will shoot you down.

The only disadvantage a P-38 has in general is that it is a large, easy to hit and fragile aircraft. It has great acceleration and speed and it also turns and rolls well.

One thing you can do is to start flying hard settings, this evens the playing field a lot over flying arcade settings because it lets you use historical tactics and gives you the historically accurate element of surprise. Others will have to ID you and your aircraft before they attack, they will not know what it is as soon and will not see it as soon because it does not have a large colored arrow and ID information attached to it.

I have had great success in P-38s in every kind of combat, z&b and slow "dogfighting", but it had a lot more to do with tactics and the hard settings I was flying, and my experience than with the aircraft type.