Author Topic: So Much Fascination With The P38 Latly (Read 494 times)

XtrmeJ · « **on:** May 02, 2004, 05:00:42 AM »

wrong forum

killnu · « **Reply #1 on:** May 02, 2004, 11:34:16 AM »

thats not a bad thing, they are easy to shoot down.

~S~

dedalos · « **Reply #2 on:** May 04, 2004, 12:52:38 PM »

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Originally posted by killnu
thats not a bad thing, they are easy to shoot down.
~S~

Only if I am in one of them

Morpheus · « **Reply #3 on:** May 16, 2004, 02:57:02 PM »

PERK IT!!!!!!

Ack-Ack · « **Reply #4 on:** May 16, 2004, 03:01:05 PM »

People are finally realizing it's an uber EZ mode plane that takes no skill to fly. That's why us "Air Quake" twitch shooters like it so much

ack-ack

lasersailor184 · « **Reply #5 on:** May 16, 2004, 04:47:27 PM »

Lol, uber easy? I think not. It performs well if you know how to do it.

However, it is not forgiving at all. I've had way too many accidental snap stalls.

Ack-Ack · « **Reply #6 on:** May 16, 2004, 05:06:45 PM »

It's an extremely forgiving airplane, far more than most in the plane set. It has an extremely gentle and forgiving stall characteristics and spins are extremely easy to recover from if you catch it in time. The only times spins should be a danger in the P-38 are the ones caused by the auto-flaps retracting while you are at a low altitude near the deck. Those usually prove fatal.

ack-ack

TequilaChaser · « **Reply #7 on:** May 16, 2004, 10:54:27 PM »

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Originally posted
auto-flaps retracting

auto flaps are a crapper!:(

OIO · « **Reply #8 on:** May 17, 2004, 12:27:57 AM »

auto retracting flaps which the real 38 did *NOT* have.

Years gone by and this hasn't been addressed. bah!

Ack-Ack · « **Reply #9 on:** May 18, 2004, 12:58:16 AM »

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Originally posted by OIO
auto retracting flaps which the real 38 did *NOT* have.

Years gone by and this hasn't been addressed. bah!

Yeah, it has. HT replied in one of my posts pretty much saying he's gonna keep the hand holding, coddling feature in.

ack-ack

TequilaChaser · « **Reply #10 on:** May 18, 2004, 09:48:50 AM »

Be nice to have the option to turn auto retracting flaps, on or off, like the stall limiter, Tracers, auto-Take off etc.... Then everyone gets what they want....

OIO · « **Reply #11 on:** May 18, 2004, 03:00:26 PM »

amen tequila.

autoretract is just stupid. and imo, shameful to have in a sim that prides itself in being as realistically modelled as possible.

Ecliptik · « **Reply #12 on:** May 21, 2004, 09:35:05 PM »

Hitech has said that it's either make them autoretract or make them jam/break. After I flew the 38 in AEP, I was glad our flaps don't jam. Seems like in AEP they jam at as low as 150 mph, it's really annoying. But it would be really nice if autoretract was optional, I agree.