 | Best tank killer aircraft of WW2 Part I| Old Threads Discuss Best tank killer aircraft of WW2 Part I in the Old Stuff forums; The engines on the L delivered greater horsepower than the engines on the K. The Paddle props would have increased ... |
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12-25-2004, 11:07 PM
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| The engines on the L delivered greater horsepower than the engines on the K. The Paddle props would have increased climb by 1,000fpm or so (not bad considering the P-38L would climb over 4,000fpm anyway) and they would also increase speed at altitude. They would have degraded the low-level performance however.
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12-25-2004, 11:11 PM
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Country:  | So, it WOULD be able to fly. You know the easy way to get over the lack of low-level performance in -38Ks is not to use them for low-level attacks and use the left over -38Ls instead...genius.
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12-25-2004, 11:22 PM
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| I would agree with that. I was just noting that the L was very effective and any altitude making it, perhaps, more versatile. The K would have been a pure high-altitude fighter (like the Ta-152 or the HF mks of the Spit).
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12-25-2004, 11:27 PM
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Country: | True that does make the L more versatile. If the war had carried on the K would have been needed to take on the Ta-152 though. I'm not saying the L couldn't but the K would have been better in the job.
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12-25-2004, 11:29 PM
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| Agreed. The K was a pure, uncompromised high-altitude beast.
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12-25-2004, 11:53 PM
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| I did some checking and found a mistake on my earlier post. The F-15 engines on the K model Lighting were rated @ 1,875bhp in WEP. This would have been an increase of 150hp per engine over the F-30 engines in the L.
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Country:  | the K would have been totally phazed out and replaced either by the Ta 152 or the Me 262A. that was the plan for the /fall of 45-1946 | |
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12-25-2004, 11:54 PM
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| We are discussing the proposed P-38K and not the Bf-109K, for clarification.
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12-26-2004, 12:00 AM
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Country: | Seeing as he mentioned the Me-262, how was the P-38 fairing against them? I imagine with that mean dive speed it had a pretty good chance of zooming down on those pilots that made a slight mistake...
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12-26-2004, 05:40 AM
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Country: | i'd fancy the -262 to be honest................
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12-26-2004, 09:27 AM
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Country: | I dont seem to recall a P-38 pilot ever downing a Me-262 in combat... Anyone else heard anything on this????
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12-26-2004, 10:08 AM
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Country: | and why are we talking about this in the best tank killer thread...............
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12-26-2004, 04:35 PM
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Originally Posted by lesofprimus I dont seem to recall a P-38 pilot ever downing a Me-262 in combat... Anyone else heard anything on this???? | I've heard of at least one but as the 262 came in numbers the P-38s were moving to an attack mode in the ETO so they didn't meet often. | |
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12-26-2004, 06:43 PM
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Country: | First jet encounter was by a Mosquito, I heard. And the first one downed was by a P-47, the first kills by -262s were F-5 Recce Lightning and two PR. Mosquitos...this is what I heard, feel free to correct it if it's wrong.
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12-26-2004, 09:41 PM
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| I heard it was two F-5s and one PR Mossie, all on high-altitude recon (obviously, they were unarmed) work... | |
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