P-38L Lightning for MSFS - Released 9-30-21

[YoYo]

Officially announced, see this:

https://flyingironsimulations.com/bl...quRZE9t8NNM_w4



THIS September.

Mod Edit: This is now released: https://flyingironsimulations.com/co...ight-simulator

[manfredc3]

Yay, that looks amazing

[Alan_A]

Impressive!

Hoping for an F-5B paint that my avatar can fly...

[PRB]

Oh dear, that is nice. I saw two cockpits in that video, one looking like WW-II and another with a some modern stuff. I like it.

[Tom Clayton]

Unless there's also a J model, that Yippee paint doesn't fit. But I'll still be seriously considering this one!

[dcc]

well I'm pretty stoked. Most of the paint schemes shown are for J's but I'll fix that soon enough :-)

I see a few minor details that aren't quite right but I'll try my best not to nitpick -- I certainly can't make MSFS models of this caliber. I'm just happy to see a P-38 done to this level and if I had to pick one of the variants I'm glad it's the "definitive" L (I'd love an F someday too). I'm looking forward to tweaking it and repainting it, and of course flying it most of the time!!!



- dcc

[jankees]

I contacted them, and they are going to try and change the cowlings, fingers crossed!

[stansdds]

I do not yet have MSFS, but I like that this P-38 will have two cockpit options. Original WW II for those who seek authenticity and one with a GPS and maybe modern-ish radios for those who seek a restored warbird.

[dcc]

I contacted them, and they are going to try and change the cowlings, fingers crossed!

Good to hear.

Your welcome to point them to my site, which has the largest repository of P-38 walkaround photos of nearly all remaining Lightnings on the web. :-)

http://www.kazoku.org/xp-38n


- dcc

[dvj]

Nice intro video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0U2xx1jHrc Sure hope they fix the flat nacelles and the engine sounds. d

[Bomber_12th]

I really like that one of the cockpit options is stock but with the gunsight and armor glass missing, as that is reflective of the majority of the P-38's flying today. Obviously the Imron gray cockpit version with built-in GPS is for use with the Red Bull P-38 paint scheme (although it is not precisely accurate to that one) - of the 9 P-38s flying today, the Red Bull example is the only one with a modernized cockpit. All of the rest of the P-38s flying have stock cockpits, but none fly today with gunsights, as it is considered too much of a hazard/risk of serious injury in-case of a forced landing/crash. Pilots today will usually mount a handheld GPS around the top of the instrument panel.

I had spotted the inaccurate oil cooler intakes/cowlings right away too, and that has been the prime reason why I have still been hoping that Milviz will be bringing their P-38 over to the MSFS, since the modeling is so well done on that one. It would however change my mind greatly if FlyingIron were able to more accurately depict those intakes/cowls.

All of the P-38s flying today:

P-38F 41-7630 (N17630) Glacier Girl - Owned by Lewis Air Legends, based at San Antonio, Texas.
P-38F 42-12652 (N12652) White 33 - Owned by Jim Slattery, based at the National Museum of WWII Aviation, at Colorado Springs, Colorado. Features working turbochargers. The most fully authentic/complete military stock P-38 flying.
P-38J 44-23314 (N138AM) 23 Skidoo - Owned by Planes of Fame Air Museum, based at Chino, California.
F-5G 44-26996 (N7723C) Honey Bunny - Owned by Vintage Fighters LLC, based at Chino, California. Restored in P-38L configuration.
P-38L 44-27083 (N2114L) Tangerine - Owned by Erickson Aircraft Collection, based at Madras, Oregon.
F-5G 44-27231 (N79123) Scat III - Owned by Fagan Fighters WWII Museum, based at Granite Falls, Minnesota. Restored in P-38J configuration. Features working turbochargers.
P-38L 44-53095 (N38TF) Thoughts of Midnite - Owned by Charles Somers, based at Sacramento, California.
P-38L 44-53186 (N505MH) Pudgy V - Owned by the Collings Foundation, based at Stow, Massachusetts. Features working turbochargers.
F-5G 44-53254 (N25Y) Red Bull - Owned by Red Bull/Flying Bulls, based at Salzburg, Austria. Fitted with fighter nose (no guns), F/G/H variant oil cooler intakes/lower cowls, no turbos at all, and modernized cockpit.

[jimjones]

Preview with cockpit.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0U2xx1jHrc

[dcc]

I really like that one of the cockpit options is stock but with the gunsight and armor glass missing,

Me too, I like the idea of flying a restored Lightning and don't want the gunsight bliocking my view. Good choice on their part IMO.

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P-38L 44-53186 (N505MH) Pudgy V - Owned by the Collings Foundation, based at Stow, Massachusetts. Features working turbochargers.
F-5G 44-53254 (N25Y) Red Bull - Owned by Red Bull/Flying Bulls, based at Salzburg, Austria. Fitted with fighter nose (no guns), F/G/H variant oil cooler intakes/lower cowls, no turbos at all, and modernized cockpit.

The final two on my yet-to-see list (of the ones in flying condition (Though I've heard there's another one being restored by the same folks who did the one in Colorado Springs, though I believe that restoration is on hold. Do you know anything more about that one John?) I'm hoping to see Red Bull's (formerly White Lightnin' ) next year assuming covid subsides and we can travel to Europe. And then Pudgy V the year after that. I had planned to see it last year.

- dcc

[jankees]

the cowlings are starting to look much better!