P-38 Stall Characteristics

[IceFire]

Originally Posted by palidian

I have to agree the P-38 is not modeled correctly.

The P 38 reacted slowly to the ailerons, but once it started rolling it rolled well. The P 38 should be able to turn inside a p 47.
I continually get out run buy what should be slower aircraft.
There was 750+ lbs of ammo on the nose, this affects the center of gravity.
The compressibility issue was fixed by the L model

I can tell you with some degree of certainty that the P-38 can definitely turn inside of a P-47 and once you pop the combat flaps you can REALLY turn inside the P-47. In a stall fight you can compete with some versions of Bf109.

Which aircraft are out running you? The P-38J will run away from many 109 and some 190 variants depending on the year (especially in 1943) although occasionally acceleration is an issue. Most Japanese fighters don't stand a chance. Late war the P-38 isn't the fastest on the block anymore and you can't expect to outrun a MW50 boosted Bf109K-4.

I find the biggest "issue" for P-38 pilots is that they are often caught hauling loads of rockets and/or bombs and even when the ordinance is expended the leftover attachment points from that reduce the top speed significantly.

[MrBaato]

Originally Posted by IceFire

I can tell you with some degree of certainty that the P-38 can definitely turn inside of a P-47 and once you pop the combat flaps you can REALLY turn inside the P-47. In a stall fight you can compete with some versions of Bf109.

I have to agree with this. In a stall fight it's very good and in medium speeds you can outturn alot of fighters by trimming it. IMO it's does good in a dogfight but it's still a heavy plane.

If you want to fly it with boosted performance, compete with any single engine fighter in a turn... play Aces High, made in the USA

(oh and in the stall video's they didn't drop the speed to where the plane actually fell out of the sky, not really an eye opener.)