P-38 Stall Characteristics

[IceFire]

Originally Posted by palidian

I have to agree the P-38 is not modeled correctly.

The P 38 reacted slowly to the ailerons, but once it started rolling it rolled well. The P 38 should be able to turn inside a p 47.
I continually get out run buy what should be slower aircraft.
There was 750+ lbs of ammo on the nose, this affects the center of gravity.
The compressibility issue was fixed by the L model

I can tell you with some degree of certainty that the P-38 can definitely turn inside of a P-47 and once you pop the combat flaps you can REALLY turn inside the P-47. In a stall fight you can compete with some versions of Bf109.

Which aircraft are out running you? The P-38J will run away from many 109 and some 190 variants depending on the year (especially in 1943) although occasionally acceleration is an issue. Most Japanese fighters don't stand a chance. Late war the P-38 isn't the fastest on the block anymore and you can't expect to outrun a MW50 boosted Bf109K-4.

I find the biggest "issue" for P-38 pilots is that they are often caught hauling loads of rockets and/or bombs and even when the ordinance is expended the leftover attachment points from that reduce the top speed significantly.