Okay, professor von Klump, now that we have determined that you can't even read the power loading figures on the chart you make your claims from, or you don't understand what they mean, and that you cannot understand how wingloading REALLY works, not to mention you use the "Joint Fighter Conference"
as reference material, is there anything else you want to use to exhibit your stupidity?
I wonder why Dean's "America's Hundred Thousand", a far more respected work than that drivel over the "Joint Fighter Conference"
, has results of the acceleration tests that are diametricly opposed to your "facts"?
Oh, I have something else for you:
Ratings for the P-38L engines, the REAL power settings:
[minutes] Power RPM Manifold [in.Hg] Altitude [ft]
Normal (no limit) 1,100 2,600 44 30,000
Take Off (5) 1,475 3,000 54 SL
Military (15) 1,475 3,000 54 30,000
WEP (5) 1,725 3,000 60 28,700
Note that these ratings show WEP for the P-38L, not found in most publications, which show METO for the P-38L to be the same as WEP for a P-38J, and no WEP rating at all for the P-38L.
Climb data, from Lockheed:
Max climb rate at sea level: 4,225 fpm (50% fuel, normal ammo) Max climb rate at 23,400 ft: 3,940 fpm Time to 23,400 ft: 5.94 minutes Time to 30,000 ft: 8.86 minutes Service Ceiling: 44,000 ft.
Speed data, from Lockheed:
The basic performance figures for the P-38L are as follows (from Lockheed factory test logbooks): Max speed at sea level: 352 mph Max speed at 5,500 ft : 369 mph Max speed at 23,500 ft. 440 mph (WEP) 5 minutes max. Max speed at critical alt: 444 mph @ 25,800 (WEP) 5 minutes max.
Data courtesy of C.C. Jordan, and Warren Bodie, taken from the Lockheed document archives by Warren Bodie, noted author, an Lockheed engineer.
