War Thunder P-38L-5-LO 8 Kills | Thicc Flappy Bird
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Rare Adam514 heavy fighter footage, with a carry no less, enjoy!
Very effective flaps, but takeoff and landing settings rip at a too low speed to earn the "+Great flaps" pro. Thicc wings give this plane a low Mach rip number and poor control at high speed, as you may learn one day.
I don't really like heavy fighters, and the P38L is no exception. Too big, with the armament similar to a single-engined fighter. It is more useful than most heavy fighters though.
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18 hours ago tho
IVE BEEN WAITING THANKS ADAM
Heh lad whens the fail compilation i wanna see how you respond when things dont go your way
Adam im confused when it comes to ias and spd, i dont know which one to use, most people say ias but you use spd...
Why don't you use dive flaps?
"If your team dies at the same rate as the enemy team then your team is good"
---- Adam (2019)
"Team isn't useless*".
@@AdamTheEnginerd Ahh Semantics lol. Plus it's a lot catchy.
That's true though
it's big brain time
And here i am struggling to get 1 or 2 kill in a p-51h...
Other than that great vid i love the p-38s
Thanks!
Yeah. The first p 38 I fell in love with. I could bnz in it, pilot snipe in it, dive at speeds many heavy fighters can't dive at. And most of all. Laugh at all the fighters that could have killed me. The 110 I really really fell in love with was the g 2. I would use the 37mm for bomber hunting, and turn fighting with some other stoopid ppl without gun pods. (Bf 110 is not known for speed, it climbs well and turns well. Idk if I should call it a big energy fighter XD) I could go on and on bc I like heavy fighters, and get huge amounts of sl while using them.
I keep tangling with Ju288s and die, i can’t seem to get my rounds where i want to go
@@pineapplelapolynesia1994 with what plane?
I'm not a big fan of the p-38's I prefer the f4u's and p39's
Whenever I run into Adam in battle my reaction is pretty much “oh F its Adam we are so screwed”
Even when we're on the same team, no one is safe!
@@AdamTheEnginerd yeah there is a chance you'll use them as baits
@9:43 "Ughhhhh." That's the sound Adam makes when he discovers a Zero nearby with higher energy state :D
Great vid Adam!
Hahaha thanks!
Adam i want u to know that...
YOU ARE BREATHTAKING
Lol is that a meme?
Adam514 czcams.com/video/0DWap7pS7XM/video.html 2:13 or so
Great game btw, and is there a major difference between the L version and the other one in the same folder?
@@AdamTheEnginerd yeah, that's from this year E3. During Cyberpunk 2077 presentation guy from the audience yelled that to Keanu Reeves. And he responded: "No, you are breathtaking!".
@@florianbielawa2919 thank you
Ohh lmao!
irl the p38 could hold 70 mph (112 km/h) without flipping over to the other side like most planes would at that speed! it could stick with the Germans. And with the later model dive flaps, the germans even had a hard time out diving it! the fork-tailed devil sure is a fascinating bird
Perhaps with landing flaps it can do that.
@@AdamTheEnginerd There are numerous documented cases of even early P-38s (F and G models) tangling well with 109Fs over North Africa and Italy. The P-38’s maneuver setting in real life was 50% flaps and made a huge difference.
I absolutely love your videos. They are amazing and I hope you keep bringing out better and better content every single upload😁
Thanks for the kind words! That's a high bar though ;).
Your already exceeding the bar ;)
You never cease to amaze myself and so many others Adam. Well done. Great flying.
Thanks mate!
This is some kind of teamwork, here.
Great job, dude !
Thanks dude!
Who requested this I wanna hug them the p-38's are my favorite planes for no apparent reason I even bought all the premium versions but I have a hard time getting them to work I thank you very much for this video I will watch it alot
A mysterious subscriber ;).
My pleasure, thanks for the watch time!
They are great but shit at long dives which is what Americans do best , funny thing is that Japanese planes outdive you so don't hard dive when they are above you , just shalow dives and then straighten up .
Haha I just played a match before work and ended up being the last guuly on my team at 9k meters trailing four bf109s and a fw 190 anyone wanna squad up
Yesterday I played a Spitfire as you said, in a support role, managed to bring low 3 Bf 109s and had them burn their energy on me for quite the time, managed to dodge every attack, but sadly no teammate really came to my aid, as I was spamming for cover and eventually one of the bf 109s got on my 6 and shot me down. All I wanted to say is, thank you for showing me the true potential of the spitfires dude.
Hahaha not sure if serious or not, but my pleasure!
@@AdamTheEnginerd Well it was serious lol, I really managed to see where the spitfire shines, but with no adequate team to shoot the baited enemy down you really are left to your enemy's mercy if you can't get your guns on him on time.
Loved the war crime at the end
I play for the war crime.
Nice done! P38 is awesome
Thanks! I don't really like them though.
Oh boy watching you play is amazing youre a really good pilot
Thanks mate!
Very nice fight! You mastered!
Thanks!
Just got this plane, spaded it out in like 5 matches. I hated the other P38s but for some reason I perform really really well in this one. The roll is just so nice in defensive flying, and I can actually aim for my life with this P38. Idk why, but the I just can't with other P38s. So glad I had to unlock this one for the F80
Yeah the roll is great, it's what makes the difference between it and other P38s.
I play war thunder on the ps4 and was having trouble getting the advantage over the enemy most of the time but I found your channel a few weeks ago and have been getting 4-5 kill rb games consistently now so keep up the good work! Hopefully I don’t meet you out there anytime soon
Glad to hear it! I will!
Amazing marksmanship!
Thanks!
I really like heavy fighters so this makes me happy. Lol nice video
Thanks!
That brave P-47 will never be forgotten!
Press F to remember.
Nice vídeo! I really appreciate it
Thans man!
Awesome video
I'm becoming a regular viewer of your you tube vids XD
Keep up the great work!!!
Also can you play the yak 3u please? Thx
Thanks! And welcome!
It's on my list!
@@AdamTheEnginerd
Thank you mate
Awesome vids, would like to hear you more so i wouldn't be distracted by the text. I have learned so much from you vids, i think that's awesome! Just found out about this manually working your engine, seems a little advance but would like a video on that if possible? Keep up the good work sir you know your planes and have skills!
Thanks man!
I've got 10 or so voiced videos if you're new around here, mainly technical videos.
I'll do a MEC video eventually I suppose. It's pretty straightforward tbh, if you know what each thing does you can use them to increase performance slightly.
@@AdamTheEnginerd Yes sir, definitely new to your channel. I like it a lot though as they are very informative for dog fighting. I subbed and can't wait for more. I will check out those vids as well thanks!
Welcome mate! Glad to have you on board!
Great video Adam! Clapping on the enemy with dem thicc chee-I mean, flaps. Nice kills!
Thanks!
Chee?
@@AdamTheEnginerd Cheeks
What kind of cheeks?
@@AdamTheEnginerd A-Adam, please. 😰
Great video bro! You are definitely one of the best Pilots I've seen and content creator. I've had the pleasure of fighting with you and against you many times in the past. Question. I used to always see you flying with your squad in the P51 at br 5.0...At the time I think you said it was your favorite. Have your feelings changed towards this plane and if so what is your favorite American airplane. Thanks for the great videos
Thanks bro!
Yeah that must have been years ago. I've only played it a handful of times in the last year. My feelings have changed because of the nerf to the rudder at high speed, and high speed control was one of its strengths so... Now it's F4U4B ;).
My pleasure!
YAY IVE BEEN WAITING
Hopefully I delivered something that is up to your standards ;).
Adam514 this video is better than hearing gajin telling me sweet lies that their gunna fix their game
absolutely amazing aim in this one
Thank you.
Awesome gameplay
Thanks!
You read my mind :D
I was thinking about this plane and playing it a bit to spade it, since it's stock. I love P-38s especially XP-38 and P-38 K.
I try ;).
@@AdamTheEnginerd oh and also I wanted to ask what do you think about japanese N1K1/N1K2s? I know they were recently moved from 6.3 to 6.0 but I don't know if they are good.
A step in the right direction. I'll try them again.
You are the best player i know. Teaching me so much :-)
Thanks for the praise!
I like u because u reply to a lot of comments :) good vid btw
Good reason to like me ;).
Thanks!
:D
I just got the p38 lightning, it is so good first game got like 7 kills total, I'm about to get the p51 mustang, its my favorite fighter of ww2 but idk tbh cuz the p38 really good
P38L is really nice with the boosted ailerons and airspawn.
Hi Adam. Thank you for your videos. It is really peace of
art watching that and thx your comments. Thx to it I am slowly learning how be
better (After several years of in best average level :-) ). I even finally use
few of your tricks in several last games and get some nice kills. (Still need
training refusing head-on J
). So thank you. Did you share somewhere what you are using for extra data on
your screen and your setting of controls?Thx ang good speed.
My pleasure! I haven't shared my control, but here is how to access the extra data:
It's called the "local host".
How to access the "local host":
You need to be running War Thunder or it won't work!
Option 1: on the same computer that is running WT:
-Type localhost:8111/ in the address bar and press enter and voila.
Option 2 (which also works on the computer that runs WT):
-Type Your_IP_Address:8111/ where you replace "Your_IP_Address" by your IP Address (192.168.X.XXX) in the address bar and press enter and voila, you can look at the characteristics on another device while flying.
Thank you
Two girls one cup: no thanks
Two planes one pilot: YEAAA
Lol not bad.
13:08 noone shall survive an encounter with me!
Nice and usefull video, since i've been learning P38 recently. I really like P38 K, but all P38s except L are too sluggish for me to get guns on enemies in many situations, they aren't snappy enough.
Haha!
Thanks! I don't really like them, but as you say at least L can roll well.
I recently played P38J and P38L, both are exceptionally trash when stock, but after you get them spaded they're actually quite good.
They should have their Air Spawns but it'll just catapult these things upto 10kms lol.
Anyway, from my personal experience with the late rank P38's, it's best to have teammates that use your abilities to their advantage. A solo carry is quite difficult if you are swarmed.
Nice work man, gg.
War crime at 13:08 lmao
Yeah not many options if you get dove on when in a P38. Requires awareness to prevent that from happening.
Thanks man!
Only a warcrime if somebody lives to tell on me ;).
3:47 F for F4WRD? NO.
Lol harsh.
Awesome video mate !
Can you play the F80C-10
It is so good
Thanks mate!
It's on my list!
@@AdamTheEnginerd
Great
Nice flap using, crazyargfighter says hi to you
Thanks! I don't know that name though.
man, i would love your oppinion, or maybe if u could do a vid on YP-38 :D i got it in hangar, but im not sure if it's good. Love you and also great vid man.
Don't have it actually.
Thanks!
nice score
Thanks!
Your kill counter is quite modest at last
Haha indeed ;).
Hey nice video...i checked out your merch and altough i cant buy anything and help you with that i really like the design so keep up good work
Thanks, and glad you like them!
5:14 "I'll try spinning, that's a neat trick!"
Nice video tho bro I'm scared of meeting you in game and getting clappped tho
I've been there, got scared, got clapped...
514!
Haha thanks!
Слава богу новый видосик УРА!
УРА!
You might like the SM.91, it turns pretty good for a heavy fighter. Not to mention the complete overkill armament it has of 6 MG 151s haha.
Yeah I like it.
@@AdamTheEnginerd A video on it would be cool, fully display it's war crimes against the filthy allies
@@vicsaucey It's on my list!
Great video as always Adam! Maybe when you achieve 20k subs you fly a bomber for the memes 😂
Thanks!
Lmao what better way to go back to 10k subs ;).
@@AdamTheEnginerd 😂😂😂😂
Flappy bird? No wonder they make me rage.
They make the user rage, fitting name.
Nice video Adam! Hey do you have any aiming tips for awkward angles? You really show off a lot of skill here for sure, just was wondering if there was anything outside or experience to help that? Thanks
Thanks!
Hmm try to predict what the enemy will do. Enemies will usually make a steeper turn towards the ground than one where they go upwards and lose speed, and I position myself to be ready for when they do that.
와.....팀플레이 지린다...
Gotta work with what you have!
You make it look so easy. I tried the p38G recently but I don’t like how sluggish it feels in the roll.
P38L actually has good roll, it makes a big difference.
What an amazing game, I main the p38
I’ve spaded both the p38 g p38 e and p38 l
Thanks!
Ish P38 main. P38s aren't for me.
Great battle as usual. Continue the theme of heavy fighters, SM.92 next maybe?
Thanks!
I'll add it to my list!
@@AdamTheEnginerd Nice! Though a word of warning, it seems to still have the engine bug/feature where the engine will instantly die from even the lightest 7.7mm hits. May be also my personal confirmation bias, but I've seen many others reporting similar behavior .
At least it has 2 engines lol.
Best tier 3 and 4 plane in your opinion?
Great vid!
Thanks!
F4U4B is my favorite and very strong.
This plane alone could handle multiple enemies and even just two decent pilots could take on a whole team on their own if they fought where this plane is built to fight.
At around 5.5k m, both P38s in the last P38 tree ( the L and J which I'm gonna just call "Late models" ) begin to very rapidly close the climbing rate gap between even the best 109s at their tier, and maybe even a Japanese plane ( not sure though ).
At 6.0K, they begin to pass even the G14s, and G10s climbing rate, even matching the K4, Ta152, and best British plane equivalents climbing rate, and its around 6.8-7.0K where it becomes, the single, best, climbing prop in the game, as far as I'm concerned. Mayyybbeee to be rivaled by the Pshitty1-H and Bearcats or even tigercats, but by the time they reach about I'd say 9K, those planes would be out of WEP, overheating, well beyond their supercharging gearing, and their wing span and lift from their wings would make them irrelevant to the Late P38s. Just the P38S ability to boom climb passed 6.5K meters would make it an extremely competitive fighter against even the best 109s, the Ta-H model, and the best Japanese planes, this thing is an absolute BEHEMOTH in the skies, and even a mediocre pilot such as myself can do very well in the late 38s, however all of that is comePLETELY irrelevant because most Allied teams in the skies are just FFIILLLLED with kids, and moronic adults that "just wanna have fun" and "don't care that I can't turn with anyone" "I'm going to turn with Japanese planes" and "I'm just gonna climb a little because I don't even know why I'm just not gonna climb much" lookin asses.
If the P38 fought on the terms it would in real life ( at 35 thousand + feet, above all of the bombers ) even IF Germans started out at the same altitude, all pilots being equal , the Axis team's chances of winning would be painfully thin.
Edit:But ya know, "AlliEd tEAms" so nothing I said matters.
Plus at below 5K meters its a little bit of a joke, and only gets worse little by little so that's a downside.
Hmm I don't think it's climb as well as you say. I think it loses power at 7km, so P47s and Ta152s will have the climb advantage at 8km.
I think P38s are pretty tough to fly compared to other Allied planes.
@@AdamTheEnginerd Nah, I've tested it, it destroys the Ta152 at 6-8k. The Ta is a complete joke compared to it. I've tested it against two pilots as well, a PS4 friend, and then a PC friend, just to see if the whole PC player thing would make a difference and as I thought, it didn't whatsoever. It's also turbocharged, so it wouldn't make any sense for it to lose power at ANY altitude.
And I haven't tested the climb against other players, only myself ( timed ) and the only P47 that gets even remotely close is the M, and then what you're saying wasn't shown from my timed climbing runs, but I'll fully admit I could've made a mistake, because that was some time ago, and I've improved slightly since then, so I could very well be capable of climbing better in a 47 now.
hey adam as always luv ur vids one could u do a p80 vid of a complete match but i still liked ur p80 min fuel clip
Thanks for the support!
It might be coming next week ;).
thx
Should've done the P-38K. Much better plane imho. It climbs better, performs better at altitude, and is slightly higher in br so you can bully Ju-288s
I don't have it, and the roll on the 38K is pretty bad.
@@AdamTheEnginerd understandable. It might come back around Christmas time. I cant suggest it enough however. It gets most of the benefits of the P-38 series and gets premium status as well. Super good for grinding out aircraft.
8 kills oof. That certainly is one *thicc* bird.
Thicc spar.
Loop loop loop and loop
I love P-38
Not my style, but it's good.
Hello there Adam! Real nice to see ya upload videos again, so I was thinking if you can fly out the fw 190 D9 or the d-13? Because those are really good planes, but I have one problem; Bearcats, they outdo me, they outdive, outspeed and outturn me. I'm having a lot of trouble dealing with them flying with my fw 190 D9. Sooo any tips?
Nice P-38 vid btw! ^^
Hey! I didn't stop uploading though, I've been doing 1 video per week for over 1 year now!! Since when did you think I stopped?
They are on my list! F8Fs are pretty bad above 5km, if you fight them above 5km you hold the cards.
You see Adam, I am very simple man. As your videos are really tense to watch, so I always go hungry for more informative videos and tactics, and try to of "replicate" your maneuvers as you yourself has the power to change tide of battle!
Thanks for the tip Adam! Much appreciated! ^^
My pleasure man!
adam boi
Boii.
13:08 definitely not a wacrime
Btw, I still think that P-38J and L are best US 4.3 and 4.7 fighters, respectively. You can easily outmaneuver any FW and sometimes late 109-s (esp with gunpods aka 50-60% planes) IF YOU NEED. But its climb and MER allow you other, more useful tactics of air combat. Also, dive brake + combat flaps combo makes your turn radius even smaller, but bleeds your speed really fast
You don't easily outmaneuver FW, you need flaps for that. D28 is a significantly better 4.7 aircraft imo.
P-38J feels so bad compared to the L, its actually a brick
@@AdamTheEnginerd if FW drops its take-off flaps (which limit is around 640) - yes, you shoud do the same. But without flaps - no, they have almost same turn radius, plus FW bleed its speed faster even without its flaps.
How do you get the CLmax and other data for the planes? Awesome video, keep up the good work!
Datamine, use these instructions to get the files for yourself: www.reddit.com/r/Warthunder/comments/8nq70p/tutorial_how_to_datamine_or_how_i_learned_to_stop/
Thanks, I will!
@@AdamTheEnginerd Thank you so much!
I recall the IAS limit on P-38s being 400 mph at sea level due to compressibility issues
That's less than M0.6, so it's quite safe still.
AdamTheEnginerd oh. I recall it loses control at M0.68 so the AAF might be overly conservative
Good vid..are you mouse& keyboard or controller..good cam look around work..
Thanks!
Keyboard and mouse.
A stupid USAAF report claims this thing has a better turn radius than a P-51B and a P-47D, and I rechecked the statement it said “in a constant 4G turn”, basically a comparison of who’s being the slowest >:(
Yeah that's not a very good turn radius comparison...
This may be the most unusual request ever, can you try out the I-16 type 24?
(Don't bother with earlier I-16s, they can outturn A6M but they still turn rather badly.)
If not then can you make a video on the I-180S? I'm pretty sure you will like the armament.
I'll add it to my list! I don't have the I180S though.
@@AdamTheEnginerd that's a shocker
Jolly good video. Where did you learn to aim so well? Or better question: Where can I learn that?
Thanks!
I used to play on a trash laptop with 15-20 fps at best, and choppy, so it was crucial to predict what the enemy will do to get a shot, so I attribute some of my good aim to that. Be patient, try to predict what the enemy will do and position yourself accordingly.
Adam514 I do have about 1000h on this game myself but I can't get my aim right due to all the different speeds the different nations' ammo types come with. Don't you need any time to adapt again when you switch from playing for example with a MK103 low velocity 30mm to the super fast US ammo?
A bit, 1 match usually.
Adam, do you recommend using gunpods with the p38? Ya know for the extra punch? Or is it not worth it. I see it as carrying the p47s armament with a cannon and better speed, I tend to catch players off guard when I stick tracers in the belts with the pods. Though I don't see many players use the L variant which is a bit odd (edited)
Are you going to do a video about the Hunter F.6? I would love to see how it stacks up compared to other jets at it's BR, specially the 19PT, because that's the one I have heheh.
It's on my list! It won't be any time soon though.
Also why does your kill counter at the bottom of your screen say: Kill counter: 7 ?
(excellent video)
Thanks!
Woops! This is the 2nd time it happened haha.
I wish that P-38K also has new booster mod and air brake.
It should be 6.0 then though.
Just the boosters, might actually be fun.
Adam can you Play the Bf 109 F4/trip, it's armement fully upgraded is very nice. Love your vids.
F4 non trop is better though.
Thanks!
Adam will you ever fly the Bf110s? I want to learn them and i learn to fly by your videos, i can fly P38s thanks to you
Probably not on YT, but I fly them when they come from Twitch stream requests.
Lt.Adam, i think u dont have a single video about the P51D5, plz make one.
It's on my list!
Are the stat readings an addon? I would like to have them playing live on my screen to better understand my aircraft
It's called the "local host".
How to access the "local host":
You need to be running War Thunder or it won't work!
Option 1: on the same computer that is running WT:
-Type localhost:8111/ in the address bar and press enter and voila.
Option 2 (which also works on the computer that runs WT):
-Type Your_IP_Address:8111/ where you replace "Your_IP_Address" by your IP Address (192.168.X.XXX) in the address bar and press enter and voila, you can look at the characteristics on another device while flying.
Adam, would you recommend to break off your landing gear on purpose with planes such as the Ju-87? Great video!
Thanks!
Hmm I'd have to test it to see if there actually is a performance increase!
I tested the Ju 87 B-2 with full bomb load at 200m with radiatior at 0% at 100% throttle, "removing" the gear increased my max speed by 45kph!
Wow sounds promising!
@@AdamTheEnginerd Reminds me of when you could break off the floats on the 2.3 (? or 2.7) BR N1K1 floatplane and end up with the 5.3 N1K1.
I don't fly japanese planes very often, can you not break them off anymore?
Hey Adam can u do a review on the F80A, F80C or F84 B? Now the R2Y2 received its massive nerf, American jets are so different now.
Btw as always love the vid and keep up the work!
Cant really get the handling of P38s dunno why :(
Like a performance comparison video?
Thanks, I will!
P38s aren't my cup of tea either.
@@AdamTheEnginerd Alright thx!
: So, the P-38s are actually really good when used right (the key is those combat flaps. Really strong lift boost, and don't rip till well past 500kph), but they're way harder to fly than they should be. Especially when it comes to low-speed maneuvers. At least the 38K behaves fairly well close to and/or within a stall, but all of them should, and they're fat cows. The 38K should be amazing there.
Alright, now for the NOVEL. This thing is a twin engine heavy fighter that *almost* flies like a single-engine fighter. Almost. You wouldn’t expect it, but these things are almost pure energy fighters, with a BnZ focus. They practically require an energy advantage, but when you have it they’re nothing short of deadly. You absolutely must sideclimb in them, I’d say at least 5km from a ground spawn. The E and G get an airspawn, so at tier and in a downtier, you can climb straight at the enemy spawn at a 10-15 degree climb. MEC is your friend here. Full rads to WEP climb. As you end the sideclimb portion, at about 5km, and turn in, drop throttle to 100%, (optionally drop turn off auto prop pitch and set to 90% while cooling), and adjust the rads as follows: ~33% water ~36% oil (w/ prop pitch set to max on the E model for the extra power instructor holds back on auto). As the engines cool back down, you can drop to ~30% water ~34% oil and go back on the WEP. This will give a fair amount of fight time at WEP, but may need some adjusting, especially on hot or cold maps.
At very high alts (7km+), the temps cool nicely and you can get away with ~25% rads or even less. MEC also allows you to turn off and feather a dead or damaged engine to reduce drag/save the engine for if you need it/reduce fuel consumption, but that’s pretty advanced stuff.
The P-38s are unique, tricky birds to fly and get the hang of, but once you do, they can dominate. They have two powerful engines and really impressive flaps, as well as very good ER for a bird of their size. However, the control surfaces are somewhat slow to respond. It can pull well, and has a good top roll rate (excellent on the L model with boosters), but it takes a little time to get it pulling/rolling as hard as it can. (The L remedies this a fair amount with the aileron boosters.) Sometimes, it's even better to hold a fast roll in the "wrong direction", as you'll get the nose/lift vector where you want it faster that way. I've gotten a few kills this way, where an enemy played into the “wrong” roll. The sluggishness/control “floatiness” does make getting guns on difficult, especially in deflection shots if your opponent introduces any roll. It demands thinking ahead a split-second to aim, which can be difficult. However, if the guns connect, they're doing damage. Especially the cannon. The *key* to flying it is managing your speed/energy. Between 300 and ~500kph, with combat flaps you will outturn any 109 or 190 you face, though the gap is *really* narrow with the 109F-4 (though the P-38E and G open this gap back up with their lower weight). However, you kinda bleed speed in verticals or upward maneuvers, which is massive pain. Don't engage opponents in verticals without an energy advantage.
The K model, this doesn’t matter so much because you just have **all** the horsepower, but in all the others, you need to keep the fight moving at least slightly downwards to keep your speed in that 300-500 band. If you do that, you’re golden. However, also be aware that you lock up hard when you get going too fast, and feel free to break off and reclimb if an enemy is breaking away and down.
This plane seems to really like 15 degree climbs for whatever reason, getting what feels like a very favorable speed:altitude exchange rate.
Another weakness of this plane is the compression model. It compresses the ailerons and elevator **hard** above 600 or so kph (again, better in the L model) to the point where 109s and their current fantasy FMs will outpull you. 38s did have problems with compression, but the 109s should have it just as bad, if not worse. However, as soon as you drop to ~500kph, you can pop flaps, and those flaps mean you'll outturn 109s and 190s quite handily, so long as you keep it above 300ish kph. Below that, the 38 becomes sluggish, and is an absolute brick under 200kph without flaps (the K model being a *notable* exception with very nice stall characteristics and control, which is actually in line with how all 38s should be). Even with flaps, it gets very sluggish at low speeds.
The lacking modelling on the P-38s is practically painful. They're actually really good BnZ/energy fighters, which is just kinda mind boggling, that a twin-engine fighter could be an energy fighter. But the 38 has huge amounts of power, a lifty yet low-drag wing, and IRL had great stall and near-stall characteristics. In-game, it's just a sluggish cow at low speeds, which is incredibly disappointing, and handicaps it in vertical/oblique maneuvers. I've beaten K-4s in energy/BnZ hybrid fights (the fight was at high alt and I did start with the advantage), but it completely fails when it comes to getting guns on or pulling up into vertical maneuvers, as the WT model just bricks under ~300kph. This thing should be able to practically *dance* in the vertical and at the edge of the stall envelope. It was renowned for stalling incredibly gently, maintaining control very well up to and through a stall, and being very easy to recover from a stall. None of this seems to be present in game, simply modeled as having a lowish stall speed and being good at prop hanging. All the other characteristics are absent. This thing is a floaty brick and stalls **hard** once it does stall. The characteristic that would redeem it as a dogfighter in light of its mediocre-poor overall maneuverability and high weight, the excellent stall-fighting capabilities, just aren't there. Part of that low-speed control would also be utilizing multi-engine controls (While in a steep climb, and approaching a stall, pilots would chop one throttle to ~50%, flick the other to maximum, and it would practically 180/hammerhead around the chopped engine. Or pilots would cut the inside engine in a banked turn, greatly decreasing turn time). However, this is incredibly clunky in game. I also suspect the instructor would fight such engine shenanigans all the way through, making it harder to pull off. Additionally, the stall recovery from stalling one side to hammerhead would be nightmarish with the current FM.
David Borgmeyer you sound like Dick Bong or Tommy McGuire
Quick question. What is the CLMax at the start of the video. Talking about an increase with flaps. Good videos btw :D
There are 3 values that determine how much your aircraft can turn: wing area (obvious), weight (obvious), and the maximum lift coefficient (CLmax). CLmax is essentially a factor for how much lift your wing can produce. The higher the CLmax, the tighter your turn will be. If you double CLmax (for example by using flaps), your turn radius will be divided by 2.
Adam514 interesting. Checks out cuz damn the 38s turn nicely with flaps. It’s a fun plane!
GG. Beau travail d'équipe aussi.
0:24 intéressant ... mais que veut dire "CL" ? ^^ Est-ce que le L est pour "lift" ?
1:40 Yep c'est l'avantage offensif d'avoir un bon roulis.
N'empêche que heureusement que tu as eu une équipe pas trop mauvaise et des A6M en face. Imagine si ça avait été des J2M Raiden ou des A7M2 (quoique l'A7M est pas si rapide que ça en altitude mais quand même), ça aurait été un peu plus chaud je pense. L'A6M5 devrait pas être en 5,0 il est un bien trop lent comparé aux adversaire qu'il combat je trouve.
CL: Lift Coefficient (Coefficient de Portance). C'est le 3e facteur après poids et surface d'aile qui donne la portance que cette aile particulière peut générer. Si tu doubles ton CLmax, par exemple avec des volets hypersustentateurs, tu divises ton rayon de virage par 2.
Pas trop mauvaise en effet! Les A6M sont habituellements pénibles à tirer par contre. A7M2 n'est pas si lent, plus rapide que J2M je crois.
A6M5 est 4.7 me semble?
Le taux de montée des A6M est plus haut que la moyenne à leur BR respectif.
Les japonais détruisent les russes cependant haha.
Adam, what do you think is the best angle/speed at which I should climb? Kind of a weird question, but I always see you above the enemy and at high speeds at the beginning of every match. Is it just patient side climbing? If I take too long climbing I feel separated from the match and barely do anything. Thanks!
There's a specific IAS for optimal climbing for every prop. 270 km/h IAS is a good starting point for most planes, but light planes will climb at a lower speed and heavier planes at a higher speed.
As a sidenote, you can also check the optimal climb speed in the wt wiki for the planes. It should be on the info sidebar.
@@icedwhitechocolatemochafra9851 thanks!
Maybe one of the Me 262's? Or Do 335, this is very interesting plane.
They are on my list!
@@AdamTheEnginerd Well, I'm waiting :)
13:08 war crime bro.. see you in Hague
Always wanted to go there.
@@AdamTheEnginerd me too!
well, war crime or not, it was done with style.
Hello Adam, how is your aim soo good? Especially with Russian 20mms. I have a hard time aiming with those. Is there anyway that I can improve my shooting? Thanks Adam
Practice ;).
Adam do you play squadron battles? If so can you make some videos there too? Greets
Nope I don't.
This thing seems so op, but so bad at the same time. This plane is one of the hardest enigmas for me to figure out in the game.
Yeah I see what you mean.
Adam what is the program or thing you use to get the additional statistics of your plane like the RPM and Horse Power or AOA
It's called the "local host".
How to access the "local host":
You need to be running War Thunder or it won't work!
Option 1: on the same computer that is running WT:
-Type localhost:8111/ in the address bar and press enter and voila.
Option 2 (which also works on the computer that runs WT):
-Type Your_IP_Address:8111/ where you replace "Your_IP_Address" by your IP Address (192.168.X.XXX) in the address bar and press enter and voila, you can look at the characteristics on another device while flying.
I requested this a while but you should fly the yak 1
It's on my list!
I like that "Bombers are useless when ignored.." - I saw fmt3 or what his name is, the other night, in a Ju 288.. He tried to chase (!) my P-47M, when i was dealing with a brace of Do 335s.. But when I extended and climbe dhe got mad and abusive in chat.. lol.. And then shit about P-47s climbing to space.. lel
He usually doesn't get mad at me.
@@AdamTheEnginerd Well, I am not famous.. Possibly infamous.. ;)
@@AdamTheEnginerd Had any luck with any Swedish aircraft?
They don't interest me much.
@@AdamTheEnginerd Fair enough. My favs are the T18s which seems to be not your thing anyways (heavy fighters).
But the "Finnish 109" might be your thing?
What are the differences b/w the P38J and P38L? I love flying the P38J at 4.3, 3.3 matches are straight club fests. Best plane for looping when you combine w/ landing flaps IMO
L has the booster ailerons so it rolls much better, and 38J has more power I think.
Adam514 Yeah I just realized about the roll rate when watching the video haha. Choosing between a better roll rate for a slight sacrifice in power for a .4 BR difference is ruff 😫
L is clear winner imo. Without the roll it's tough.
I find it fun to fight zeros with a p38
Find it fun to die then.
@@AdamTheEnginerd I like a challenge
P38 was one of the fastests planes in the war. Gaijin beeing Gaijin.
It's fast at high altitude thanks to its turbochargers, for its time.
@@AdamTheEnginerd but a dual engine fighter isn´t fast at low alt too? I see the same problem in F6F´s. They can´t outperform japanese planes and it was very different in the war. I refuse to accept War Thunder FM´s as accurate due to buffs and nerfs all the time.
@@nando_br Try to prove they are inaccurate. In my opinion they are pretty good. Thing is, war and ET are different and put emphasis on different aspects of performance.
@@AdamTheEnginerd what do u tell me about buffs and nerfs all the time? Why the same planes are totally different in simulators like DCS and IL2 ( a Gaijin simulator)?
@@nando_br Contradictory documents.
I recall someone comparing turns in those flight sims and they were extremely close.
please play the 190A anyone of them they're all fantastic fighters great for reversals
They are on my list!
Do you remember a spitfire mk16 that is being chased by a G55 while you're flying the F-4U?
I don't remember.
@@AdamTheEnginerd he asked for help
Could you make a video where you describe your control setup?
My controls are essentially default, with MEC added.
Lol , I actually imagined "he's enraged friend" as a Japanese pilot with a white scarf tied around his forehead yelling stuff in Japanese: hatzurai hatzukarammaassaAaaiiiiiiyyyy ! *Translation= Fuck you Adaaaaaammm* LOL
Just like the movies ;).
Hey Adam, when I want to do some sharp turns are landing flaps better than take-off flaps, or what´s the difference?
The more flaps the tighter the turn (with some rare exceptions), but also the more speed you lose.
@@AdamTheEnginerd so landing flaps make me turn faster, but bleed more speed than with take-off flaps?
I dislike facing P38s, not because they are good but because they are cowardly and constantly run away.
That's not especially particular to P38s though.
That 514 in your name, is it your phone number's regional indicator?
Regional indicator ;).