Normal recovery from a spin in either direction should be possible in the P38, it appears as though it is not possible with in the game.
Hi Traveler,
I have been testing the P-38L in the same configuration you describe above. But I am not experiencing the same difficulty recovering that you and others have described, I can recovery the right hand spin fairly easily using the techniques described by TC earlier. Infact reading cactuskooler's post I notice that my P-38L behaves exactly as described in that document, even to the extent that when I attempted a spin recovery starting at 3k and pulled up a little too sharply after getting out of the spin, I stalled again and span off to the left exactly as described in step 7.
One thing I notice when I watch your film is that your control commands appear to have no visible effect on the aircraft at all. In contrast to that, when my aircraft is in a spin I see distinct visual cues in response to my control commands. This leads me to think that it might be worth checking your joystick set up, just in case it is a control authority issue.
Just in case it makes any difference, I have all of my control curves flat lined against the top edge so that I get a full and rapid control response with no damping. Give that a try and see if it makes any difference.
Meanwhile I'll do some more tests, but at this point I have not been able to duplicate your unrecoverable spin.
Hope that helps...
Badboy