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Old 01-27-2011, 09:44 AM
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Originally Posted by Masi67 View Post
If I remeber it right, P38 suffered from this control compressibility until version with dive flaps came out. At somecase you could recover from dive with trim or by the help of denser air in lower altitude, but anyway steep dives were not prohibeted on P38. After 1943 problem was removed with dive flaps, if I recall.
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