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Offline Citabria

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Boy was I wrong. P-38 is suposed to be crappy like it is in AH
« on: January 17, 2001, 12:04:00 AM »
was a crappy plane that always broke couldnt go fast and couldnt turn any. crappy climber in real life too. all other US planes were way better
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« Reply #1 on: January 17, 2001, 12:12:00 AM »
yes
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Offline bolillo_loco

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« Reply #2 on: January 17, 2001, 12:18:00 AM »
2nd the motion.....all in favor say aye!
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Offline gatt

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« Reply #3 on: January 17, 2001, 01:01:00 AM »
Perhaps I've flown the thing once or twice in a year. Is it so different from 1.03?
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Boy was I wrong. P-38 is suposed to be crappy like it is in AH
« Reply #4 on: January 17, 2001, 02:44:00 AM »
Dear Citabria,

I beg to differ.  The P38 was the best diving aircraft in the American arsenal - Find that fact in the Bible of American fighters, "America's Hundred Thousand."  It could also turn very well at high and low speeds. Not to mention the inline cannons and mg through the nose.

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ps. Who owns about 20% of your deaths.
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« Reply #5 on: January 17, 2001, 02:48:00 AM »
Oh wait wait..! There's more! It has the best acceleration of all late war fighters listed in the Bible, and it also has the best climb rate of all late war fighters.

As a note, it was voted the worst cockpit of all late war fighters.

Comeon cit, let's not fool people into thinking you fly a bad aircraft....  

fscott
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Boy was I wrong. P-38 is suposed to be crappy like it is in AH
« Reply #6 on: January 17, 2001, 02:51:00 AM »
 
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was a crappy plane that always broke couldnt go fast and couldnt turn any. crappy climber in real life too. all other US planes were way better

I agree. Lufwaffe pilots interveiwed during war said they would fight against P-38 because it was the crappiest allied plane in ETO.

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Offline Citabria

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« Reply #7 on: January 17, 2001, 03:58:00 AM »
yeah easpecially the P-38L

the LW loved killing this one.

109s could run rings around it.
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« Reply #8 on: January 17, 2001, 04:25:00 AM »
For one reason or another (inexperienced pilots?) the P-38 didn't do as well in Europe as it did in the pacific.

But cit, ya gotta admit it's more fun to fly the underdog undermodelled planes  .

If you die, it's because you fly an inferior4 plane. If you kill, it's because you're a much superior pilot.

A win win situation  



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Offline Jimdandy

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Boy was I wrong. P-38 is suposed to be crappy like it is in AH
« Reply #9 on: January 17, 2001, 05:07:00 AM »
Oh Cit's just trying to get a rise out of the 38 lovers. LOL Keep those cold hard facts flowing Cit. You've got them all disputing the cold impersonal facts. All you needed to add to really set them off was that it was ugly too!  

[This message has been edited by Jimdandy (edited 01-17-2001).]
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Offline Vermillion

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« Reply #10 on: January 17, 2001, 06:42:00 AM »
blah blah... blah blah blah  

I still say, and can provide data that says, the VVS aircraft are the most undermodeled in the game.  

The Yak-9U is 20mph too slow at altitude, and even more at SL.

And I won't even go into the La5fn

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« Reply #11 on: January 17, 2001, 06:54:00 AM »
ya got the point StSanta  
 
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If you die, it's because you fly an inferior plane. If you kill, it's because you're a much superior pilot.

Still in love with the Yak/Typhoon combo.
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Boy was I wrong. P-38 is suposed to be crappy like it is in AH
« Reply #12 on: January 18, 2001, 12:10:00 PM »
La5/Typhoon combo here.

 
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« Reply #13 on: January 18, 2001, 02:30:00 PM »
Heh, P-38 now suffers from stalls that are simply laughable, torque effects (I think we have the FRENCH P-38 modeled.. POS with no counter-rotating engines LOL) and an almost total lack of flap effects which has the P-38, the most flap dependant plane, to behave like a pregnant cow when it should behave like a springy gazzelle.

So yes, it IS the french P-38. *grin*
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Offline StSanta

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« Reply #14 on: January 18, 2001, 02:35:00 PM »
Hey verm, care to post those data?

I do believe you when you say you got it; been around long enough to know you're not bs'ing.

Just would like to see it.



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