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P-38 Lightning

6,444 AV8R  8.6 years ago

As requested, the P-38 Lightning at 1:1 scale. This three day project is finally at an end. If there's any interest I might work up a cockpit and some decals (the P-38 was famous for it's custom pilot paint schemes). The focus on this build was clean lines and accuracy to the original form - she even has the proper 5.4 degrees dihedral and 2 degrees angle of incidence per her old manual.

Controls:
VTOL for trim
AG2 to drop extra fuel tanks
(Reserved AG1 in case you enjoy manual prop control - you will have to edit the engines in the builder to activate that, though)
One fictional component: Air brakes

One "oh by the way:" due to no scaling option for landing gear, she sits a touch lower than she should, so be careful not to crash those big props into the ground on landing (or strike the tail)!

Enjoy and please leave feedback / requests. If you're more into jets, please give me feedback on my SU-34 Fullback.

Trivia (from Wikipedia):
The Lockheed P-38 Lightning was a World War II American propeller driven fighter aircraft. Developed to a United States Army Air Corps requirement, the P-38 had distinctive twin booms and a single, central nacelle containing the cockpit and armament. Named "fork-tailed devil" (der Gabelschwanz-Teufel) by the Luftwaffe and "two planes, one pilot" (2????1????? Ni hikoki, ippairotto?) by the Japanese,[7] the P-38 was used in a number of roles, including interception, dive bombing, level bombing, ground-attack, night fighting, photo reconnaissance, radar and visual pathfinding for bombers, and evacuation missions,[8] and extensively as a long-range escort fighter when equipped with drop tanks under its wings.

Spotlights

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General Characteristics

  • Successors 1 airplane(s)
  • Created On Windows
  • Wingspan 52.2ft (15.9m)
  • Length 37.2ft (11.3m)
  • Height 10.5ft (3.2m)
  • Empty Weight 19,083lbs (8,656kg)
  • Loaded Weight 25,224lbs (11,441kg)

Performance

  • Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.237
  • Wing Loading 78.8lbs/ft2 (384.9kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 320.0ft2 (29.7m2)
  • Drag Points 4245

Parts

  • Number of Parts 648
  • Control Surfaces 12
  • Performance Cost 1,725
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    11.6k Pjork

    @PotatoAmodeo I made one too and mine was terrible compared to this lol

    8.2 years ago
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    This is like 20 times better than my P-38

    8.3 years ago
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    9,589 AughtFour

    I was considering building one, but there's no sense now. Well done.

    8.3 years ago
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    30.3k ChiChiWerx

    Oh, the gear is close enough. Nice detail, looks like a lot of effort went into this one. Just wish it was mobile-friendly. Check my P-38 out, much simpler, less accurate, so kudos to you!

    +1 8.4 years ago
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    4,907 SuperDucks

    Please make mobile friendly , the sing says Huge

    8.6 years ago
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    1,777 marcel700

    nice man

    8.6 years ago
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    6,444 AV8R

    @CB2002 Thanks CB

    8.6 years ago
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    0 CB2002

    Well done. Looks great

    8.6 years ago
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    6,953 Wahoo12

    @AV8R great!

    8.6 years ago
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    6,444 AV8R

    @Wahoo12 I'm about a day out from the big release. The lil' bugger turned out to be more time consuming than I had anticipated.

    8.6 years ago
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    6,953 Wahoo12

    @AV8R i like the albatros (but I've always liked their looks). If you like wwi german aces, Werner Voss is also interesting.

    8.6 years ago
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    Mod Vincent

    Its good indeed.

    8.6 years ago
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    6,444 AV8R

    @RetryxGT Interesting question - sorry but I'm not (had to Google Growtopia).

    8.6 years ago
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    AV8R are you the old mod in Growtopia? please answer my question.

    8.6 years ago
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    6,444 AV8R

    @Wahoo12 I'm leaning toward this: https://www.simpleplanes.com/Forums/View/299285 I think I've learned enough to do Manfred von Richthofen justice.

    8.6 years ago
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    6,953 Wahoo12

    @AV8R maybe a B-25J Mitchell or a B-26 Marauder

    8.6 years ago
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    6,444 AV8R

    @AndrewGarrison @Tully2001 @YodelMister @Wahoo12 Thanks everyone for the kind words and support! I'm trying to decide what era to build next. I'm thinking something that requires a bomber jacket, goggles, and a sweet scarf?

    8.6 years ago
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    1,535 humangrenade

    @AndrewGarrison could you launch the mobile update on the 29th of April

    8.6 years ago
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    I love the attention to detail. I look forward to more of your builds.

    8.6 years ago
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    I have a model of this at my house...
    Matches very well o.o

    8.6 years ago
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    6,953 Wahoo12

    Best P-38 on the site hands down
    The P-38 is also my favorite american WW2 fighter, so I will be messing around with this for a while :)

    8.6 years ago