The Lost Squadron: Glhttps://www.bing.com/images/search?q=p38%20lost%20squardon&id=509D58A3AD8C5A092A2A09E6748102E98EC273ED&FORM=IQFRBA Glacier Girl...

Two Feathers

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Glacier Girl

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danniepolley

Nice set

Earnest Botello Loc: Hockley, Texas

Very good series.

Bill Munny Loc: Aurora, Colorado

Thanks , my favorite WW2 plane.

TriX Loc: Raleigh, NC

Excellent series of a great airplane.

Two Feathers

Thanks to all for looking at this piece on history. I had one of my first digital cameras and the quality is not that good she was still in the possession of the people that
removed her from the ice and restored in Middlesboro Kentucky , I remember one thing about the plane that made it hard to fly and that was that one prop turned CW and the other CCW.
I have lost where this plane is located . The link has lots of pictures Jim

Carolina Wings Loc: Flew from North Carolina to Pennsylvania

Two Feathers wrote:

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Glacier Girl

Great series...with fascinating info...thanks for sharing

sb Loc: Florida's East Coast

Wow - they have restored that nicely! My father flew P-38s in the Philippines.

Two Feathers

Carol, thanks again , I am looking forward to more of your pictures that are always great.

RCJets Loc: Virginia

Two Feathers wrote:

Thanks to all for looking at this piece on history. I had one of my first digital cameras and the quality is not that good she was still in the possession of the people that
removed her from the ice and restored in Middlesboro Kentucky , I remember one thing about the plane that made it hard to fly and that was that one prop turned CW and the other CCW.
I have lost where this plane is located . The link has lots of pictures Jim

Actually, that should make it easier to fly, as it eliminates the effects of torque from having both engines turning the same direction. It was done for aerodynamic reasons due to the twin tailbooms. There is a lot more to it, but this is the quick and simple answer.

Two Feathers

sb wrote:

Wow - they have restored that nicely! My father flew P-38s in the Philippines.

Thank you, do you have pictures that you would share?

Two Feathers

RCJets wrote:

Actually, that should make it easier to fly, as it eliminates the effects of torque from having both engines turning the same direction. It was done for aerodynamic reasons due to the twin tailbooms. There is a lot more to it, but this is the quick and simple answer.

Thank you for the info .

One Rude Dawg Loc: Athol, ID

RCJets wrote:

Actually, that should make it easier to fly, as it eliminates the effects of torque from having both engines turning the same direction. It was done for aerodynamic reasons due to the twin tailbooms. There is a lot more to it, but this is the quick and simple answer.

Right , the first ones had both engines going the same way, impossible to fly. They changed to one going each way to counter act the torque all going one way.

oregon don

RCJets wrote:

Actually, that should make it easier to fly, as it eliminates the effects of torque from having both engines turning the same direction. It was done for aerodynamic reasons due to the twin tailbooms. There is a lot more to it, but this is the quick and simple answer.

I agree, read that somewhere else.

THooker

You are correct about the torque. The only time that the plane was hard to fly was if only one engine was developing torque. With both engines running properly and because of the tricycle gear the P-38 was extremely easy to land and takeoff especially for new pilots. One of my favorite planes as well as the B-25, P-51, F4U, Constellation, DC3........................