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

Richard pointed out I left bare metal props with the Snafuperman and Little Buckaroo paints. This has now been corrected so if you want proper black prop blades, please download again
 
gorgeous! Looking forward to getting these -- love seeing the bare metal on the L. Do you take requests? :untroubled:

- dcc
 
dcc said:
gorgeous! Looking forward to getting these -- love seeing the bare metal on the L. Do you take requests? :untroubled:

- dcc
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glad you like them! Viking 2 is now uploaded, the Traveller to follow this weekend.
Requests? sometimes, it depends on the request I guess
 
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I've read the manual, but I didn't find any key to make the gunsight appear. Has it really been omitted, or am I missing something?

Priller
 
Similar to the PMDG DC-6, there is a tablet tucked between the seat and the left wall of the cockpit. From the default camera view, you can just see the corner of the tablet, and when moving the mouse over the area of the left side of the seat, where the tablet is, you'll find a mouse region where you can click to have the tablet pulled out (you can also see the tablet more clearly when viewing the fuel controls using the Ctrl+6 view). Once the tablet is pulled out and turned on, you can change the cockpit to one of three different configurations - with gun sight, without gun sight (like all P-38's flying today), or no gun sight with GPS. Once done, the tablet can be returned to the stowed position by either clicking on the "home key" on the tablet, or by clicking in the mouse region over by the left side of the seat/cockpit wall.







 
Just search for P-38 on the .to site, and they all show up for me?
There's 12 of them there, 7 by me, 5 by others
 
I'm awed by the way this firm operates and with the models they release.

Just had to say that.

Priller
 
I'm curious what others here think about the acceleration in this aircraft? To me, it gets up to speed too fast. The RPM gets up to 3,000 too early too - at barometric power (typically about 30-in MP), the RPM at that stage should only be 2,500, however the engines are getting to 3,000 RPM well before the power reaches 30-in MP.

This video, from the cockpit of the Collings Foundation's P-38L "Pudgy V", shows a takeoff performed from runway 20 at New Smyrna Beach, Florida. The power setting shown, of 45-in MP, is the standard reduced power setting for takeoff among P-38 operators today, followed by the reduced climb power setting of 35-in MP, 2,500 RPM, which is also standard among P-38 operators today. I recreated this takeoff from the exact same spot in the sim, using the same power settings and full fuel (except for drops), and it was getting to 120 MPH/airborne well before shown here (and I'm sure they weren't using full internal fuel for the flight in the video either). It's only unfortunate that the airspeed indicator cannot be seen in this video.


More videos from the same flight -

Engine Shutdown and Restart: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqxjCw1LayY

Landing & Taxi In: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHeQSESIR1g
 
Take off distance - what...? Oh yeah, I forgot to pay attention, sorry. I was distracted and mesmerized by the sound of those engines! Did you hear that?!?! Dam, that's was awesome! And I wish we had the sound of props going in and out of phase in the sim. That would be cool.

Ok, actually I did pay attention to the roll. You could be right. It does seem to get up and go quicker than in the video. Maybe we have 150 octane fuel in the sim...
 
Yeah, the sounds captured in those videos is another reason I've been wanting to share them here. Note just before he starts turning around to line up with the runway, you can hear the ratcheting sound of the side windows being cranked up.

The other criticism I have of the current flight model is that the aileron roll rate is a bit too slow. The control yoke should also rotate a complete 180-degrees, in either direction, when applying full aileron deflection.

Here is another video worth posting, of a P-38 that sadly is no more (42-67543/N3145X), performing at RAF Cosford in 1992:

 
Hi John,

Bomber_12th said:
The other criticism I have of the current flight model is that the aileron roll rate is a bit too slow. The control yoke should also rotate a complete 180-degrees, in either direction, when applying full aileron deflection.
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Forwarded your comments to FlyingIron Discord server, they are listing (are open) to feedback and have updates in progress.

Regards,

Marcel
 
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