Yes but the Jap pilots they downed died a lot earlier: Here are two I remember: Richard Rossi: 6 confirmed victories. David "Tex" Hill: 12.25 confirmed victories Not so easy for those jap pilots.
Nice pics bullet!! Is that control stick original? The round shaped one? And what is that huge switch on it with the protector?
Are you kidding me? The silliest of flight controller shapes and you do not know it? It's original (at least the design, dunno about that particular piece), the big button is the trigger obviously, it's a three way switch: pushing the upper part of it fires guns pushing the lower side fires cannons pushing in the middle fires both at once I might have the upper/lower mixed up, I'm too lazy to look that up
That's right, it's the famous original Spit joy. I guess some think the yoke on the P38 wasn't the way to go either; to each their own.
Ok, pard' I'll explain what I mean: More than two engine that are out in the wings, as opposed to tight in or near the centerline of the fuselage. For instance, a guy I met leaving the Navy without maybe 15,000 hours of PIC in a F4 phantom. He goes and applies for a job at United Airlines, they give him the OK after all the usual tests and stuff, BUT, the FAA wants him to complete a multi engine flight course because even though the F4 has two engines, they are classified as centerline-thrust engines. So even with 15k hours a pilot doesn't really have enough experience with engine-out procedures. So an engine out, v1 cut in a F4 would be a hell of a lot of difference in a 747. In fact he's a 747-400 captain last time I heard. I think a catapult launch in a 7-4 would be cool though.... insane, but in a cool way. I wonder if a standard fighter stick would have made a difference to P-38 drivers? Do you know of any surveys or comments of the times?
most people dont like to play tennis with themselves it takes a lot of footwork for one person to hit balls back and forth across the net
That takes an enlightening moment of realizing that the rest of the world doesn't give a shit. Related article.
Well, thanks for the info on that! I think there was an experimental WWII aircraft that had inline piston engines. I think it was a P39 type? Anyway, the P-38 with it's counter-rotating props caused the P-38 to be VERY easy to fly and VERY stable. Just as long as both engines were running. I fly the P-38 here in WB with a stick and would find it unusual to fly with a yoke. I need to modify my joystick someday so the P-38 now in WB is more flyable. Right now the maneuverability/responsiveness/steadiness is beyond ridiculous no matter what dampening setting is used. It's nowhere near accurate. I think it was because the WB programmers wanted to intentionally play a sick joke on P-38 pilots like me. Most likely because we complained that it flew worse than a fully loaded B17, and a loaded ME110 flew better than a P38 which was quite absurd. Now it flies like a loaded HE177 with control response like a Foo Fighter.
Agreed(though P38s had only one counter rotating prop- ). But remember the first P38s sent to the English had two right hand turning engines, may not have had turbos either. So maybe a yoke was ok for that. Even with an engine-out situation I think the p-factor torque-steer would not be the usual multi-engine experience with the P38. It would be interesting to read engine-out procedures. I forgot what flight sim gave their P38 a hell of a torque steer at take-off. Guess they didn't do their homework. Again IMHO: the P51 and the P38 could use a little more historical accuracy relative to the other planes here. P38 should haul ass here. It's not really porked but just a little tweaking with a few more clicks to the right on the whip-ass meter would be just fine: maybe increase the acceleration in that 6K~10K alt zone with a little more e-recovery should do it, no?
you are making things difficult for yourself why did you waste time writing that post when you could have just linked to this? p.s. i had actually wondered what that plane was in your avatar
If you lose an engine on take-off or in another low-alt, low-speed scenario (in a P-38), you're really really screwed. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critical_engine