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MSDomino a écrit :Sur un Hotas ca doit être possible de programmer une sélection de moteurs "à porté de doigt" afin de pouvoir jouer rapidement sur chaque moteur....

Turning combat with the P-38 was possible, even against the Zero or the Hayabusa, but only if using different power on each engine to tighten the turn, full flaps and speed below 150 Mph, in a steep climb.
This tecnique was used by Bong, MacGuire and MacDonald and many other pilots in the Pacific.
Normally the P-38 was able to do this while every single engined fighter that was trying to do the same will stall before the stall point of the P-38, wich was able to make an almost on spot turn by using this trick.
This was reported in some memories of real pilots that flew the P-38 during WW2. Obviously this trick had to be learned, and was not part of the normal P-38 instruction process. Was developed by veteran pilots who knows how to extract the very last resource of their´planes.

Another characteristics of the P-38, this functioning in the sim, is the great contollability in vertical climbing at full speed and one notch flaps (combat position). You can do a couple of 360deg vertical turns on the spot while going down and without loosing control. When nose down and again with full authority on the control surfaces, if your enemy is lower than you, you are at an advantage, and can catch him quickly. Done this by myself in the sim.

If used as a normal fighter, always with the two engines at same power, the P-38 will not do well in a turning fight. But if you know how to use all what you have at disposal, and the P-38 have a lot to offer you, it can be deadly even against a notoriously more manouvrable opponent.

Personally, the P-38 is my preferred plane. In any situation.

Corktip, yes it works in PF too.

Situation:
While you have a Zero on your six, you at full power.
Start a climbing turn right at full power. The Zero will try to follow you. You are still at full power, climbing while turning, and your airspeed is dropping. At this point the Zero is about to stall or to give up the climb to avoid stall. When your speed drops to 150Mph, drop your flaps full down, decrease power to the right engine to about 25% and full rudder right. Your plane will make a right tight turn "on the spot" rotating around the vertical axis (the imaginary axis that goes from the top of the cockpit to the bottom of the belly), while dropping the nose down. You will almost certainly have the Zero in visual in front of you. Quick rise the flaps, rudder neutral, and equalize the two engines. You are on him, in a dive, and gaining speed quickly. Correct your aim, he is a sitting duck now. Fire.
And that's all.

Et une double manette de gaz

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SV_SilentFrog a écrit :Et en français dans le texte ce serait pas mal aussi ]
Une traduction de la technique décrite plus haut :

Situation :
Vous avez un Zero aux fesses, et vous volez plein gaz.
Débutez un virage ascendant par la droite, toujours gaz à fond. Le Zero va essayer de vous suivre. Alors que votre vitesse va rapidement décroitre, le Zero va soit décrocher soit abandonner l'ascension pour éviter le décrochage. Quand votre vitesse descend à 150mph (240km/h), descendez tous les volets, baissez la puissance du moteur droit autour de 25% et enfoncez le palonnier à droite. Votre P-38 va alors tourner "sur place" autour de l'axe de lacet et abaisser le nez (NdT, un renversement quoi !). Vous aurez alors très certainement le Zero en face de vous. Rapidement, rentrez les volets, palonnier au neutre et egalisez la puissance des moteurs. Vous êtes maintenant sur votre ennemi, en plongée et regagnant rapidement de la vitesse, le Zero étant alors lent et peu maneuvrable. -> Baboum

Col. Douglas King a écrit :Corktip, yes it works in PF too.

Situation:
While you have a Zero on your six, you at full power.
Start a climbing turn right at full power. The Zero will try to follow you. You are still at full power, climbing while turning, and your airspeed is dropping. At this point the Zero is about to stall or to give up the climb to avoid stall. When your speed drops to 150Mph, drop your flaps full down, decrease power to the right engine to about 25% and full rudder right. Your plane will make a right tight turn "on the spot" rotating around the vertical axis (the imaginary axis that goes from the top of the cockpit to the bottom of the belly), while dropping the nose down. You will almost certainly have the Zero in visual in front of you. Quick rise the flaps, rudder neutral, and equalize the two engines. You are on him, in a dive, and gaining speed quickly. Correct your aim, he is a sitting duck now. Fire.
And that's all.

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