Originally posted by Oldman731
Grits taught me the best lesson in the 38G, which was: when you use the flaps (which you should do a lot), don't pull heavy Gs. Let the flaps do the work for you. Once you get the hang of that, you fly it like you'd fly a spitfire. Pretty amazing plane.
Its hard to do, but even moreso than other planes you really have to avoid the temptation to pull more AoA (Angle of Attack) as you slow down in the 38G. Like Oldman said, walk the flaps down and keep light (lighter than you think at first) stick pressure and the plane will turn much faster than if you are forcing it to pull max AoA. It is capable of more AoA before it stalls, but your turn rate is actually less and you are in much more danger of one of those flat spins.
Even the defanged SpitV is more dangerous than a P-38G IMO, although its a very close run thing. The Spit is....well its a Spit, 'nuff said, even with 12+ boost and less ammo, I dont fear anything in one. The 38G is better in the vertical than the SpitV, turns darn near as well, longer range and has better gun placement.
The P-38Gs two biggest problems are like all 38's its too big a target for my tastes, and the HORRID monstrosity they call armored glass. The armored glass severely limits forward view is critical areas for making passing snapshots as people overshoot. That is something I just am not willing to deal with.
Between the P-40E and the P-38G I'll take the P-40E any day if for no other reasons than the smaller target and better forward view.
