Best P-38?

[Wes14]

any one notices when u skim a rocket off someone's cockpit they seem to get scared or something:rofl

[Kuhn]

The best P38 is one thats in pieces, burning and falling to the ground.  
































Just Kidding.  

[Solar10]

Originally posted by detch01
FIW I find the J is the worst aircraft in the game for pilot wounds - someone, somewhere fires a weapon at anything and I wind up with red on the canopy - but all three seem to generate more pilot wounds from hits than anything else I've flown in AH so get used to taking a lot of short naps .

Try flying a Mossie <--- Pilot wound

[Benny Moore]

Originally posted by Captain Virgil Hilts
They have equal power because AH II does not model the increased power of the -30 engines in the L, because the USAAF did not officially[/I] accept the increased RPM and boost settings.

Actually, some of the higher ratings were officially approved, but it never made it into the Pilots Manual.

The J block which incorporated dive flaps also did power ailerons.  So it can't have only one of them; if it has boosted ailerons, then it has dive flaps.

Interesting, the "E6B" in the game lists the P-38L and the P-38J as having the same weight.  They also have the same horsepower rating in Aces High II.  Many P-38 fliers here insist that the J turns better than the L, but try as I might I cannot feel a difference.  Dokgonzo's comparisons give none, as well.  Based on the "E6B" data, they should be the same except for roll and dive, and that's how it feels like.

The real P-38L was a tiny bit heavier (I think two hundred pounds), but had more powerful engines (V-1710F-30 instead of the V-1710F-17 of the J).)