P-38L Lightning for MSFS - Released 9-30-21

dcc said:
... I still have an old VHS copy of the show he did on that plane...
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Was that the "Roaring Glory" P-38 video? I have that one too, as well as a couple others in that series that he did.
 
Bomber_12th said:
The one that Jeff Ethell flew in the Roaring Glory video, and in the photoshoot, is still intact and flying, that being "the green one" -

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Thanks. I had forgotten that it was a different plane. Didn't know about the last minute plane change prior to the accident.

- dcc
 
PRB said:
Was that the "Roaring Glory" P-38 video? I have that one too, as well as a couple others in that series that he did.
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Great series. I haven't been able to watch my copy in years, since our vhs player died. I used that video for quite a bit of my P-38 research back in the day.

- dcc
 
dutria said:
can we hope the version Lockheed P38 F-5B 1LO S / N 42-68223 LAC Number 2734L aircraft on which Antoine De Saint Exupéry was flying.
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Was hoping for that myself - see my post earlier in this thread. Though strictly speaking, the basis for 268223 would be a P-38J (= F-5B).

But maybe one of our painters will be willing to bend the rules a bit... ;)
 
This latest video is good. But I'm wondering about this notion that if you loose all hydraulic pressure you also loose all roll control. This might be true of the DC-10, put I'm not so sure about the P-38. If you lost HYD boost, would you loose all aileron control in the P-38 models that had HYD roll boost? I'm guessing not, but not 100% sure about that.
 
PRB said:
This latest video is good. But I'm wondering about this notion that if you loose all hydraulic pressure you also loose all roll control. This might be true of the DC-10, put I'm not so sure about the P-38. If you lost HYD boost, would you loose all aileron control in the P-38 models that had HYD roll boost? I'm guessing not, but not 100% sure about that.
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You would not lose control. See pages 47 and 53 of the PDF. Note, those page numbers are one digit off the actual page numbers. https://stephentaylorhistorian.files.wordpress.com/2020/04/p-38-flight-manual.pdf
 
PRB said:
This latest video is good. But I'm wondering about this notion that if you loose all hydraulic pressure you also loose all roll control. This might be true of the DC-10, put I'm not so sure about the P-38. If you lost HYD boost, would you loose all aileron control in the P-38 models that had HYD roll boost? I'm guessing not, but not 100% sure about that.
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Addressed by the developer here: https://forums.flightsimulator.com/t/announcement-flyingiron-p-38l-lightning/452172/31?u=alana4643

Short version - it’s a design compromise required by the state of the SDK. But they may rethink it and not model the hydraulic boost for now.
 
It is much like power steering, it is power assist. If the hydraulics go out the plane should still be controllable, and would feel much like the earlier models.

This power steering is a defining characteristic of the L (and J-25). If they aren't able to model the hydraulic system dependency I'd guess they'd increase aileron authority to mimic the effect.

- dcc
 
dcc said:
Me too, I like the idea of flying a restored Lightning and don't want the gunsight bliocking my view. Good choice on their part IMO.


Can´t imagine a WWII warplane with no gunsight. No guns too? Hope buyers will have the choice of a proper gunsight and able to remove it just like the ones on Milviz Corsair and Dino's MB339. Then will buy it. No chance without gunsight. Better yet if they emulate firing the guns (Milviz Corsair). That will be stunning.
Regards
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Beau, You are supposed to imagine it as a civilian rebuild. :jump: A famous bodybuilder who owns a popular gym here once had a P-38. I saw it in his hanger, I don't recall it having a gunsight.
 
jmig said:
Beau, You are supposed to imagine it as a civilian rebuild. :jump: A famous bodybuilder who owns a popular gym here once had a P-38. I saw it in his hanger, I don't recall it having a gunsight.
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Hi, have no problem about a P-38 with no gunsight, but personally I will only buy a P-38 WWII fighter plane, not a Red Bull racer cloned with ww2 colours. Will wait and see what comes out...
Best Regards
 
As John T. said above, none of the currently airworthy P-38s have gunsights, even though most have otherwise authentic cockpits. They may look cool, but nobody wants to eat one in a hard landing.

These comments are valuable though because they show that sim players are living out a variety of different fantasies and developers should cater to all of them by having multiple cockpit options where feasible. That was already being done by a number of vendors in FSX.

August
 
I don’t know why there’s so much angst about gunsights, the FlyingIron MSFS spitfire has one switchable with a GPS for those who want one, the existing X-Plane Lightning pulls the same trick and as both models have cannons sticking out of them, it would be really odd without a sight.

edit: see at 1:09 https://youtu.be/eEICzmyKdjI
 
Hi jetstreamsky
Believe me no angst in this posts. Someone said prefers flying with no gunsight, I said will not buy a war model without one. Know about cockpit options, mentioned two planes I bought with that feature. Absolutely no problems, angst about this.
Regards





 
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