Maybe I'm missing something...
Lockheed P-38 Lightning
Big, twin-engine fighter plane used by Army fliers from 1943 in the Pacific
9,200 planes produced, starting in March, 1942.
P-38J specs: 420 MPH, , four 50 caliber machine guns and one 20 mm cannon, all nose-mounted
Why can't I get my 38 to go over 350 without compressing? I can barely get this bird over 300 on level flight. All the above gibbah jabbah on wether this is an accurate model still fall short. Still my fav of fav planes and this FM is really close, I just want to put the Lightening back in P38 Lightening!!
Specification of the P-38L:
14,100 lbs empty, 17,500 lbs combat loaded.
Maximum speed was 360 mph at 5000 feet, 390 mph at 15,000 feet, 414 mph at 25,000 feet. An altitude of 20,000 feet could be reached in 7 minutes. Service ceiling was 40,000 feet. Maximum range at sea level was 900 miles. At 30,000 feet, maximum range was 2260 miles (with drop tanks). Dimensions were wingspan 52 feet 0 inches, length 37 feet 10 inches, height 12 feet 10 inches, and wing area 328 square feet Armed with one 20-mm Hispano AN-M2C cannon with 150 rounds and four 0.50-inch Browning machine guns with 500 rounds per gun.
This data and the rest of the 38 specs were found at:
Acepilots.com
http://www.acepilots.com/planes/p38_lightning.html And here:
http://home.att.net/~jbaugher1/p38_15.html