Why soo many players fly P38s in AH2?

[101Pony]

I flew it alot in AHI.
and i love this plan.

Dual Engines
Dual rudders

give  you double chance to land safe and cash your kills.
It have a good climb rate with full load and  desent AA fighter.

[SlapShot]

Originally posted by Captain Virgil Hilts
The P-38 has been used as a JABO ride since I've been flying AH. Its use for that purpose has been on a steady increase for the last few months. It climbs well even fully loaded, and accelerates loaded as well. This makes it attractive for those who only wish to live long enough to deliver their payload. They really don't care how well they can fight in it, they are generally on a suicide mission anyway.

There are those few who have always flown it who fly it in AH II as they did in AH I. There are some who are trying to learn to fly it who were not interested before. There have been some minor improvements in the flight model. It is still a plane best left to those who devote the vast majority of their time to it, unless survival in a fight just isn't a concern.

Capt'n ...

I think you hit the nail on the head. Since the fuel cannot be porked, hangers are now the target, and one of the best JABOs out there is the P-38 with 2 x 1000 lbs and 10 rockets.

Was defending a base last night and multiple P-38s came in and made one JABO run, and within 1 turn after delivery, they were dead. Most never got the chance to release their rockets.

They knew enough to get the P-38 to target, but they had no clue as to how to survive after they got to target.

[Manedew]

Bender: "Please, please let me come with you. I can make myself taller." *clicks*
Bubblegum: "Bender, you can talk trash, you can handle the ball, but look in your heart and ask yourself: Are you funky enough to be a globetrotter? Are you?"
Bender: "Yes."
Bubblegum: "Are you?"
Bender: "I mean. With time, my funk level could…"
Bubblegum: "Are you?"
Bender: "…no…"
Bubblegum: "Deal with it."

stay outta the 38 .. you boys ain't got no game

[slimm50]

Originally posted by SLO
nuttin u damn loser

you beat me to th punch...but I'd a been not so harsh.

[gofaster]

The P-38 sucks. I can't see squat out of it.  I flew it because I was feeling patriotic around the 4th of July.  I need centerline guns to hit anything in this game and it was either fly a Me109 or the P-38, so I did the P-38 for awhile.  I can't bomb worth a hoot so after face-shearing encounters with high trees I've stopped using it for ground attack against tanks.  Can make for some good fights so long as you can find an enemy and sneak up on him or stay above him.

Once I get my gunnery figured out, I'll be back in the P-51B for a bit.

[Ack-Ack]

Personally, I think a lot of players were turned on to the P-38 thread after reading some posts from P-38 drivers on the uberness of the P-38.  

You'll see the numbers drop in a couple of weeks as some of the 'converts' realize that the P-38 isn't all that easy to fly like the Spitfire or N1K2 and actually takes some measure of skill.

ack-ack

[Captain Virgil Hilts]

I can not only fly it, but I can land as well, with kills. I can actually maintain a positive k/d ratio. I have no skill. Therefore the P-38 cannot possibly require skill.

[Morpheus]

Originally posted by TheDudeDVant
When AH2 went live i could not hit hardly anything..  Now I fly with tracers off and hit very often.. hehe go figure  Even landed 12 kills last night with 500/40 left for ammo..  

The p38 is the sexiest plane simply for one reason.. Style! The p38 has more style than any other plane..

So, when your buzzing round the AH2 skies and think to yourself, 'hey!, im cool!!' you gotta ask yourself a few questions..
Do I have style?
Am I styling?
In the absence of a P38, both answers are deffinetly NO!!

See how that works?

LOL!

[Stang]

Amen brother, it's all about style  

[jetb123]

If alot guys just fly 38s cause of centerline guns. Well then they can just go fly a-20s.

[Mak333]

The thing IS a damn school bus.  And there are weaknesses to the 38.  Get it low and slow and its one big bellybutton target.

However, there are those few who know how to trim that sucker so well it can turn like a spit and get a nice snapshot on ya.

In my opinion, the 38 is just another big target for me to shoot down.  But yes, I do fear it slightly more than any other type of plane.

[SLO]

Originally posted by Mak333
But yes, I do fear it slightly more than any other type of plane.

Fear the Pilot....never the plane

[Ack-Ack]

Originally posted by Mak333
The thing IS a damn school bus.  And there are weaknesses to the 38.  Get it low and slow and its one big bellybutton target.

However, there are those few who know how to trim that sucker so well it can turn like a spit and get a nice snapshot on ya.

In my opinion, the 38 is just another big target for me to shoot down.  But yes, I do fear it slightly more than any other type of plane.

The P-38, in the hand of someone that can fly it, is extremely deadly at low speeds, especially in stall fights.


ack-ack

[DipStick]

Originally posted by SLO
Fear the Pilot....never the plane

Have yet to fear and 'plane pixels' or 'virtual pilets'.

[DipStick]

Originally posted by Ack-Ack
the P-38 isn't all that easy to fly like the Spitfire or N1K2 and actually takes some measure of skill.

ack-ack

Easy to say when all you fly is 38.