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P-38 Lightning

1,200 KamikazeMLG  7.9 years ago

I tried to keep everything as close to real-life measurements, and I think it turned out great! Features 5 nose mounted machine guns, drop tanks and bombs! As always keep on flying, enjoy! -------The Lockheed P-38 Lightning was a World War II American piston-engined fighter aircraft. Developed to a United States Army Air Corps requirement, the P-38 had distinctive twin booms and a central nacelle containing the cockpit and armament. Allied propaganda claimed it had been nicknamed the fork-tailed devil (German: der Gabelschwanz-Teufel) by the Luftwaffe and "two planes, one pilot" (2????1????? Ni hikoki, ippairotto?) by the Japanese. The P-38 was used for interception, dive bombing, level bombing, ground attack, night fighting, photo reconnaissance, radar and visual pathfinding for bombers and evacuation missions and extensively as a long-range escort fighter when equipped with drop tanks under its wings.

General Characteristics

  • Created On iOS
  • Wingspan 51.2ft (15.6m)
  • Length 35.5ft (10.8m)
  • Height 16.1ft (4.9m)
  • Empty Weight 6,866lbs (3,114kg)
  • Loaded Weight 9,366lbs (4,248kg)

Performance

  • Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.213
  • Wing Loading 21.6lbs/ft2 (105.5kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 433.6ft2 (40.3m2)
  • Drag Points 4112

Parts

  • Number of Parts 78
  • Control Surfaces 8
  • Performance Cost 414
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    26.4k Joco80

    Great! @KamikazeMLG

    7.9 years ago
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    1,200 KamikazeMLG

    @Joco80 Yeah I'm down for that!

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    26.4k Joco80

    Please enter my WWI challenge! You will do great. Upvote if you are in...Good luck

    7.9 years ago