P-38L Late

illegalBeagle · #1 10-24-2013, 11:53 AM

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Originally Posted by gaunt1

Thanks for the info guys!

Just one more question: Is the P-38J ingame an early or late model?

My understanding is the stock P-38J is a J-15 model.

Tempest123 · #2 10-24-2013, 02:35 PM

pretty sure some p51s had the same
warning system, like a buzzer.

IceFire · #3 10-25-2013, 01:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Tempest123

pretty sure some p51s had the same
warning system, like a buzzer.

They may have... in-game there isn't the antenna I don't think. Not that it would be impossible to add. But on the P-38 there very clearly is.

horseback · #4 10-25-2013, 02:26 AM

The tail warning radar was found on most US fighters by late 1944; on the P-51, the antenna was mounted midway up the vertical tail, about six to eight inches back from the leading edge. P-47s had a similar installation.

If you look at photos from the period, you can pick them out fairly easily.

cheers

horseback