Detailed data sheet for the P38 Lightning

The following data is from the Chinese version of Wikipedia.

Data (P-38L).

Basic elements. Crew: 1

Length: 37 ft 10 in (m).

Wingspan: 52 ft 0 in (m).

Height: 9 ft 10 in (m).

Wing Area: Feet (m).

Wing Profile: NACA 23016 NACA 4412

Empty weight: 12,780 lbs (5,800 kg).

Capacity: 17,500 lbs (7,940 kg).

Max takeoff weight: 21,600 lbs (9,798 kg).

Performance. Top speed: 414 mph at 25,000 feet (667 km/h at 7,620 meters).

Stall speed: 105 mph (170 km/h).

Range: 1,100 miles (combat), 2,600 miles (transport) 2,600 miles (1,770 km, 3,640 km).

Ceiling: 44,000 ft (13,400 m).

Rate of climb: Maximum: 4,750 ft min (1,448 m min).

Wing load: pound-feet (kilogram-meters).

**。1 Hispano M2(C) 20 mm cannon with 150 rounds and 4 mm guns with 500 rounds each.

4 M10 three-tube-inch (112 mm) rocket launchers or

10 x 5" (127 mm) HVAR (high-speed air-to-air rocket) and or:

2 x 2,000 lb (908 kg) or 2 x 1,000 lb (454 kg) or 4 x 500 lb (227 kg) or 4 x 250 lb (114 kg) bombs.

Model P-38 engine twin-engine, Allison V-1710-111 113 water-cooled engine, F50, 1425 hp range 2600 miles, 4183 km cruising speed 290 mph, 667 km h.

1] Maximum level flight speed 414 mph, 666 km/h Ceiling 44,000 feet, 13,420 m Empty weight 12,780 lbs, 5,802 kg Total weight 17,500 lbs, 7,945 kg Max takeoff weight 21,600 lbs, 9,806 kg Underwing load Bombs: 2,000 lbs 12 or Drop Fuel Tanks: 300 gallons 25-inch, high-speed rocket 10 wingspan m Overall length m Height m Fuel in the aircraft 1552 liters, 416 gallons Maximum fuel 3823 liters, 1016 gallons Airborne** 20mm cannon 1 (150 rounds), machine gun (. .

50 caliber) 4 (500 rounds per gun) Crew 1 person.

<> P-38 "Lightning" fighter is a twin-engine fighter produced by the American company Lockheed during World War II. In order to meet the requirements of the United States Army Air Force (USAAF, the predecessor of the U.S. Air Force in Dongchan), the two engines of the P-38 were mounted on both sides of the fuselage and connected to the twin tail rafts, and the pilot and the system were installed in the short fuselage.

The aircraft is very versatile and can perform a variety of missions, including long-range interception, air supremacy and escort fighters, reconnaissance, ground attack, dive bombing, horizontal bombing, etc. The P-38 has been the most widely used and most successful in the Southwest Pacific Pacific, and its most well-known and successful battle was on April 18, 1943, when the P-38, known as the "Twin Demons" by the Japanese army, successfully shot down the 56-seater plane of Yamamoto, commander of the Japanese Combined Fleet, in a well-planned long-distance cross-sea interception mission.

The P-38 is of epoch-making significance to the history of American aviation technology, and it holds many firsts, including:

1.The first fighter with a nose three-point landing gear design.

2.The first American aircraft to apply butt-jointed flush riveted riveted to the fuselage shell.

3.The first type of aircraft that made extensive use of stainless steel.

4.The first fighter used a teardrop-shaped canopy design at the design stage.

5.The first twin-engine fighter in the United States to fly at speeds of more than 640 kilometers (400 mph) (reached during the testing phase).

6.The first mass-produced twin-tailed fighter in the United States.

7.The first German aircraft shot down by the US Army Air Force (FW200) was taken by the P-38.

8.The first American fighter (55 Fighter Group) to serve as an escort mission deep over Berlin.

9.After the surrender of Japan, the first aircraft of the US Army Air Corps to land there was also the P-38 (49 Fighter Group).

10.It was the heaviest single-seat fighter during World War II.

11.It was the only American fighter in the United States that was produced from Pearl Harbor to the end of the Great War.

12.It was the U.S. Army fighter that shot down the most Japanese aircraft (more than 1,800).

13.Lockheed's first mass-produced fighter.

<> P-38 "Lightning" fighter is a twin-engine fighter designed by Kelly Johnson, a famous American aircraft designer and the soul of Lockheed.

The aircraft is equipped with two Allison V-1710 engines, mainly** is 1 20 mm cannon (150 rounds of ammunition) and 4 mm machine guns (500 rounds of ammunition each), and can also carry 4 M10 112 mm rocket launchers, or 10 127 mm high-speed air rockets, which can also be exchanged for 2 908 kg bombs or 4 227 kg bombs.

The P-38 fighter is fast, heavily armored, and powerful, and many ace pilots of the US military in the Pacific theater have flown this fighter. The aircraft has many derivative models and is very versatile, and can perform a variety of tasks such as long-range interception, air supremacy, escort, reconnaissance, ground attack, dive bombing, and horizontal bombing. The aircraft was widely used in the Pacific theater, and its most famous achievement was the shooting down and killing of the plane of the Japanese Combined Fleet Commander Isoroku Yamamoto over the island of Bougainville.

Product Name: P-38 Lightning

Country: United States.

Manufacturer: Lockheed Corporation.

Important models: P-38E F G H J L.

Production quantity: 10,037 aircraft.

Main user: US Army Air Corps. Reputation.

Basic parameters: Qingchun hand.

Length meters, height meters, wingspan meters, weight 5800 kg, maximum speed pants 667 km h, maximum range 2100 km.