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Title: So Much Fascination With The P38 Latly
Post by: XtrmeJ on May 02, 2004, 05:00:42 AM
wrong forum
Title: So Much Fascination With The P38 Latly
Post by: killnu on May 02, 2004, 11:34:16 AM
thats not a bad thing, they are easy to shoot down.:aok
~S~
Title: So Much Fascination With The P38 Latly
Post by: dedalos on May 04, 2004, 12:52:38 PM
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Originally posted by killnu
thats not a bad thing, they are easy to shoot down.:aok
~S~


Only if I am in one of them
Title: So Much Fascination With The P38 Latly
Post by: Morpheus on May 16, 2004, 02:57:02 PM
PERK IT!!!!!!
Title: So Much Fascination With The P38 Latly
Post by: Ack-Ack on May 16, 2004, 03:01:05 PM
People are finally realizing it's an uber EZ mode plane that takes no skill to fly.  That's why us "Air Quake" twitch shooters like it so much



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Title: So Much Fascination With The P38 Latly
Post by: lasersailor184 on May 16, 2004, 04:47:27 PM
Lol, uber easy?  I think not.  It performs well if you know how to do it.

However, it is not forgiving at all.  I've had way too many accidental snap stalls.
Title: So Much Fascination With The P38 Latly
Post by: Ack-Ack on May 16, 2004, 05:06:45 PM
It's an extremely forgiving airplane, far more than most in the plane set.  It has an extremely gentle and forgiving stall characteristics and spins are extremely easy to recover from if you catch it in time.  The only times spins should be a danger in the P-38 are the ones caused by the auto-flaps retracting while you are at a low altitude near the deck.  Those usually prove fatal.



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Title: So Much Fascination With The P38 Latly
Post by: TequilaChaser on May 16, 2004, 10:54:27 PM
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auto-flaps retracting
 


auto flaps are a crapper!:(
Title: So Much Fascination With The P38 Latly
Post by: OIO on May 17, 2004, 12:27:57 AM
auto retracting flaps which the real 38 did *NOT* have.


Years gone by and this hasn't been addressed. bah!  :p
Title: So Much Fascination With The P38 Latly
Post by: Ack-Ack on May 18, 2004, 12:58:16 AM
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Originally posted by OIO
auto retracting flaps which the real 38 did *NOT* have.


Years gone by and this hasn't been addressed. bah!  :p



Yeah, it has.  HT replied in one of my posts pretty much saying he's gonna keep the hand holding, coddling feature in.



ack-ack
Title: So Much Fascination With The P38 Latly
Post by: TequilaChaser on May 18, 2004, 09:48:50 AM
Be nice to have the option to turn auto retracting flaps, on or off, like the stall limiter, Tracers, auto-Take off etc.... Then everyone gets what they want....
Title: So Much Fascination With The P38 Latly
Post by: OIO on May 18, 2004, 03:00:26 PM
amen tequila.

autoretract is just stupid. and imo, shameful to have in a sim that prides itself in being as realistically modelled as possible.
Title: So Much Fascination With The P38 Latly
Post by: Ecliptik on May 21, 2004, 09:35:05 PM
Hitech has said that it's either make them autoretract or make them jam/break.  After I flew the 38 in AEP, I was glad our flaps don't jam.  Seems like in AEP they jam at as low as 150 mph, it's really annoying.   But it would be really nice if autoretract was optional, I agree.