Thank you so much for watching my new video! I really appreciate all the support 🙏 I used air show footage from LEJ.approach, you can watch the whole video here: th-cam.com/video/n73D3ye2xY8/w-d-xo.html
Conventional wing mounted guns were sighted to converge at various ranges, per the pilots preferences. Some could select from different pairs of guns to converge at different ranges. For instance, a P51 might have the first set of 50 cal to converge at 300 yards and the second set to converge at 500 yards. The P38 had 4 x .50's in the nose (some with optional cannon), all sighted straight ahead. So there was no convergence. All 4 guns put rounds directly on target, which was for easier for the pilot to score hits with devastating results. Then there was the P-47 Thunderbolt, boasting 8 X .50 caliber guns in its wings to mop up anything that came into its sights.
Newsflash: The P-38 was not a "TOP CHOICE" of U.S. pilots. No aircraft was, because pilots didn't get to choose the type of aircraft they flew. They were assigned to a squadron or unit that was equipped with a particular model of aircraft, and flew it until they completed their tour, transferred, or high command decided to transition the unit to another type of aircraft.
Thanks for taking the time to type a comment and I hadn't thought of it that way, but you're right. I have adjusted the title, we can certainly call this aircraft an icon 😉
Thank you so much for watching my new video! I really appreciate all the support 🙏
I used air show footage from LEJ.approach, you can watch the whole video here: th-cam.com/video/n73D3ye2xY8/w-d-xo.html
Conventional wing mounted guns were sighted to converge at various ranges, per the pilots preferences. Some could select from different pairs of guns to converge at different ranges. For instance, a P51 might have the first set of 50 cal to converge at 300 yards and the second set to converge at 500 yards. The P38 had 4 x .50's in the nose (some with optional cannon), all sighted straight ahead. So there was no convergence. All 4 guns put rounds directly on target, which was for easier for the pilot to score hits with devastating results. Then there was the P-47 Thunderbolt, boasting 8 X .50 caliber guns in its wings to mop up anything that came into its sights.
Thank you for your detailed addition and for taking the time to write a comment.
1:45 is a B-25
You're absolutely right, that's from the same air show and I cut it out wrong. Sharp and thanks for pointing it out, a careless mistake on my side.
A very pretty one, too!
@@robertspence831 You can see more footage here th-cam.com/video/n73D3ye2xY8/w-d-xo.html (I used that video for some parts of this video).
If only the P38 had been equipped Packard V-1650 Merlin engines, it would have defeated the P51 in most performance specs.
Newsflash: The P-38 was not a "TOP CHOICE" of U.S. pilots. No aircraft was, because pilots didn't get to choose the type of aircraft they flew. They were assigned to a squadron or unit that was equipped with a particular model of aircraft, and flew it until they completed their tour, transferred, or high command decided to transition the unit to another type of aircraft.
Thanks for taking the time to type a comment and I hadn't thought of it that way, but you're right. I have adjusted the title, we can certainly call this aircraft an icon 😉
It was Robin Olds "Top Choice" that's good enough for me!
Dad flew the lightning...not the easiest bird to fly
An aircraft designed around two turbochargers.
no..... the allison was a fair crack away from the perfurformance... the royls roycle merlins made that aircraft, also turned the p51 into a monstster