Twin Boomer - P-38L-5-L0

[@smigoltime]

0:49 I somehow thought this was gonna happen the moment I saw that Ta-154 shoot at you...

[@penclaw]

do jaskini wypierdalaj pilnowac pierscienia

[@savageazn69]

The legend Smigol is here too

[@pinetree7068]

Legend commenting on the channel still after 6+ years

[@Asesna]

Wow that collision at the start is impressive even by war thunder standards, they were going different ways and decided to go cross eyed for the same target

[@pvt.bushmann5903]

This is easily my favorite P-38 just because it can mount the A-36 gunpods, so I can mess around and turn my brain off for a bit if I get stressed out.

[@PolarisCentuari]

when the repair cost snaps you back into reality

[@OvercastCoob]

Honestly the repaircost isn't even a hindrance, the plane is a joy to use and easily at the very least trades, 3 kill or more matches aren't too uncommon either

[@richardm.6515]

How effective were the Gun pods? Did they not hurt your performance too much?

[@PixCro]

When you are engaging AAA units in convoys it is a lot easier to attack them coming down the road they're traveling on, hope this helps.

[@ProfessorBooty69]

I never thought of that. Do you think when shooting tanks I should aim for the thinnest armor as well?

[@MZIH]

Every 60 seconds in Africa, a minute passes

[@shanroderasmus6532]

@@MZIH lmao

[@theDarkone69420]

@@ProfessorBooty69 armor isn't modeled in air rb tanks asides from the sideskirts on panzer iv H. Strafe the columns longitudinally as the original comment states for more kills in one pass ;3

[@deluxomastaa2841]

Dude doesn't understand sarcasm

[@frogsecretaryofswamp452]

everytime i see someone thats good at the game i get a sudden motivation to play then die horribly

[@lhalloran94]

"But I never die, so I'm going to show you me running away" Legend.

[@Lanarsis]

"But I never die, so I'm gonna show you me running away" Hahaha

[@charlesbukowski9836]

My Grandmother built 38's in Burbank, CA... she knew everything about that plane

[@calvinmiller1151]

My Grandfather also worked on both the P-38 and the Hudson Bomber at the Burbank Facility. An old family tale is that they had trouble seeing and securing a fastening point inside the wing to the center nacelle. He took an acrylic rod (at that time acrylics were brand new to the scene) and carefully heated and bent the rod and then secured it to the front of a flashlight which then could reach up in and illuminate the area that needed to be fastened. Kind of a precursor to today's fiber optics. Our family still has the small Lockheed P-38 Lightning pin that was given to all who worked on that project.

[@clariidfisherman3702]

Defyn: muppets Gaijin: NOPE Defyn: oh, right, ABSOLUTE muppets thanks I forgot Gaijin: :D

[@kingghidorah8106]

gangjiang zhuazhou

[@mclouj]

I enjoyed the chat upgrade from "muppet" to "Absolute muppet" when the first one got blocked for spamming :)

[@OvercastCoob]

Probably my overall favourite US plane pre-jets, pretty much grinded the whole winter event using only it

[@EdibleRockingChair]

Defyn out here using every drop of his youtuber buff at 0:48

[@NotAgentAJ]

i love dropping my flapps in that thing and stalling out Bf 109s and C.202s with how much lift it gets

[@swaggamcnagga4379]

Holy Shit Def, those flaps against that Ki-84 was the sickest P-38 drift ive ever seen, at one point you where basically standing still while the plane just rotated in space.

[@ownedbycheeseful]

lol bruh, defyn is in my head. i just unlocked this plane and was looking for p-38L-5L0 game play and whoopty doo defyn uploads exactly that LOL!

[@Lanarsis]

Personally I thought this P-38L was very good, good climb rate, a LOT of ammo, turns okay, very goof flap performance at low speeds, and an airbrake to top it off, was the perfect beginner plane to learn maneuvers. This is the plane I started enjoying RB in, but I see quite a bit of hate for it on the comments lol I do agree fighting turn fighters with it is a nightmare

[@martijn9568]

Fighting A6Ms, A7Ms and good Spitfires is everone's nightmare though😅

[@johndoe9575]

Its like the bf-109z just shoot at them and get out

[@gliderfs621]

Why turn when you can out speed and out climb everything you face ? 😏

[@ccramit]

Yes! A prop video from Defyn!

[@Jepicus]

Was getting sort of sick of the endless uptiers in the P38K so I gave this thing a go and its an absolute joy to fly. Performance difference didn't feel that big and scaled down extremely well into the lower brackets. Fondest memory in it was winning a frantic and desperate 1v2 against 109s on the deck while crit, which by all means I probably should have lost.

[@darthbader6506]

Your commentary is as good as your gameplay, that's quite a compliment

[@robertgaudet7407]

I like how one of the colliding enemies got enough hits on his teammate to secure the kill.

[@pandablackster]

With the gun pods is an absolute unit of a plane

[@ScoopsTV]

The awkward mouse aim is completely mitigated by adding the gun pods

[@juhos30000]

I wish there was a version of the P-38 with this airframe and the engines from the K version lol

[@liamboyle9199]

I love flying the K but it also makes me furious 😠 😂

[@martijn9568]

That sounds like that would be an uber Lightning, if there ever was one. xD

[@juhos30000]

@@liamboyle9199 Same. I usually end up at 8000km alt and then realize that there are no enemies at high altitude and then i have to try to get down from there :DD

[@liamboyle9199]

@juhos3000 and its not like you can dive straight back to the fight either lmao... gotta do the old zig zag 🥲

[@Ziiphyr]

I gotta say Defyn, ever since I’ve been watching your videos, I feel much more confident in Air RB. I’ve got my first 6 kill game yesterday with the American FW-190 A-8. I’m much more vigilant with my energy and my nose Authority not to mention how to aim/lead more efficiently. Keep up with the great content!

[@SOP.D]

I love your decal. Imma slap that on everything now

[@planeloverpilot4802]

lmaoo the manuever kill in the beginning was amazing

[@spookyweeb5563]

i love collisions with friendlies, just yesterday i had this one crazy collision where we both were going perpendicular to eachother at mach

[@sneakslasher6814]

You make it seem so easy, you're very skilled

[@kelvinanjos]

4:00 world of tanks sent a kiss

[@TheTmieBandit]

yoooo, i had a collision like that before, i was in a 2v1 and i dodged them both from head on, they took opposing turn circles around me and collided like a shot out of some kind of action movie, made my night, i quit immediately and played something else.

[@PolarisCentuari]

good to see DEFYN back from building WALLS :)

[@spicynoodle7419]

Yay, new Defyn video

[@CommentDweller]

You've always been pretty funny bro but these days you got me laughing out loud a lot

[@BrownSofaGamer]

This is the exact issues I have with the P-38s I’ve flown, they’re excellent planes to fly once you get it right, but at high speeds keeping the nose on someone’s six is extremely difficult.

[@Goober762]

The plane would compress really bad irl too. That’s why the later variants had air brakes so you wouldn’t overspeed.

[@abdeldjalil4509]

In the perfect time i was waiting for your new video 😀

[@PotatoeJoe69]

My favorite prop, easily. F4U-5, a close second

[@ICantAIMD]

0:49 smartest teammate i've ever seen

[@georgef.7434]

Again, it shows that if you know your aircrafts capabilities, your opponents strengths and weaknesses, and make good decisions, any plane can be made to work. Now me, well I get bored too easily, and do stupid stuff just to get to the next match. I also, at my age, have a difficult time keeping track of all the enemies. If I get in a one on one dogfight, and get left alone, I do pretty well. But add that second guy to keep track of and I doomed.

[@masondegaulle5731]

"butIneverdiesoI'mgonnashowyoumerunningaway" 😂 I love the P-38's, dunno why but they're fun to fly, do have to use manual control a lot though or they saw about.

[@TheFirstOfMany219]

Would love to see a i185(m71) video the last video you have on ut was when it was 5.0

[@Cdre_Satori]

Whenever I see a Lightning footage I already hear the country Ride the Lightning song

[@dy325214]

Lmao you know its gonna be a banger with a collision like that at the start

[@farmcat9873]

Defyn says "Absolute muppets" Germains gotta luv it can't get any better enemy then ones that do the work for you 🤣

[@wyvern7567]

A6m5 are such a pain to deal with because they are so difficult to hit and they can just pull some absolutely ridiculous aerobatics and get guns on you.

[@GradyGame]

in that zero situation just dive, this thing holds at 500mph in a dive and idk if that zero would keep up tbh

[@parmesancheez6087]

P-38 is one of, if not my favorite WW2 fighter and I like playing it, but playing this thing against turn fighters is just hell on earth

[@AkiUwUx3]

last P-38L video I remember was 2 years ago

[@claudemontezin911]

either you're good with the P-38, or they changed the flight model, but last time I checked, it was a mistake to dogfight in a Lightning. Possibly both. Yeah, not quite your average shooting score. Phlydaily phlew one with blue metallic skin that made it one of the most gorgeous plane ever to me. I just love the way it looks. Very enjoyable thank you!

[@basey3219]

I will take this as a p38k video

[@justfly7730]

Mustang driver. On road and in the air

[@KekusMagnus]

Yeah, this plane is very frustrating to play because it has all the flight performance you want but the guns are so sluggish to aim you always seem to miss your shots

[@Onionrings09]

this planes odd handling is a good thing for console gremlins like me because it lets you line up shots and manouvers slighlty easier than with normal twin engines

[@ODST_Parker]

I remember having a lot of good times with the Chinese P-38L, but I haven't played the American one. Don't think there's a big difference though. Using it as an interceptor is always fun, if enemy bombers exist. I don't enjoy dogfighting in planes like this though, nose authority is too important.

[@copperseal3789]

Could you make a video on the f7f-1

[@alebattle1]

love u defyn

[@holeefuk6719]

Hey defyn I have recently gotten the F100D and have been struggling with the su25 spam of r-60’s and I think it would be cool to get a video on it again since the last one was years ago

[@yanisbaker881]

I’d just get the f104 or f105 as they are so much better, the f104 now that it’s 9.3 is amazing

[@holeefuk6719]

@@yanisbaker881 yeah I’m not looking for a different plane, I really like the f100D and wanted to see how he handles current matchups with it

[@yanisbaker881]

@@holeefuk6719 the problem is that the in the f100 everyone does somthing better then you do you are always on the back foot, and it’s only out liner are aim9E’s but with the amount of upteirs and premium attacker spam even that isn’t the best

[@holeefuk6719]

@@yanisbaker881 by that logic why make a video on anything but f-16, mig-29, and the f-14

[@yanisbaker881]

@@holeefuk6719 not really there are alot of fun jets that are not top tier like the early sabres crusaders even the f9f 8 now its only at 8.3, i was just stating that at 9.3-10.0 BR there are much better choices, my foveate jet to have fun in is still the A5 sabre

[@cshan2313]

Twin Boomber, I see what you did there ;)

[@makam2089]

OK twin boomer.

[@xueroger678]

And welcome back … 25 seconds

[@No1harris_98]

Are you able to revisit the Mirage-2000C5 and make a vid on if possible?

[@kkang2828]

Any chance of a video on the Finnish B-239? Been seeing those a lot at low tier and I think there’s a reason.

[@rainsilent]

They are a direct copy paste of the F2A Buffalo. Should be a fair bit lighter with a slightly weaker engine but Gaijin just did the lazy thing.

[@TheLazyKat]

@@rainsilent could you tell me if the guns are any better. Because if it's just a normal American buffalo I really don't see why people are creaming over it

[@rainsilent]

@@TheLazyKat Guns are the same. As for why people are hyping about it? 2 reasons. First the tech tree in question doesn't have a lot of good planes in it and second it is still a good plane. It might be on the slower side in terms of level flight speed but it has a good climb rate and is quite maneuverable.

[@TheLazyKat]

@@rainsilent I mean yeah it's not terrible, but I see people calling it op and stuff which I doubt

[@kkang2828]

@@rainsilent I’m not a plane expert, but even I can see that the guns are quite different, and that it’s the main reason people talk and play it. So I can’t trust your other comments as well.

[@gaijinatemyhusky4384]

You could maybe revisit the EJ KAI since it has AIM 9Ls now

[@Benjaminsoutdooradventures]

I basically use it as a bomber hunter or a attacker

[@Glasher1]

Do you ever use a stick - stick/throttle gear? Or have you found the KB-M better for you? I've used sticks or stick/throttle gear for fifteen years and only wind up getting better stick/throttle gear over time. 8 )

[@DEFYN]

I used it a lot but not in wt Always m/k

[@Glasher1]

@@DEFYN I started in HTC's Aces High back in '05. I pulled out a few years ago because they stopped advertising and subscribership piddled down to numbers not worth playing. I miss the game. The flight and damage modeling I believe is still the best out there. I felt it was worth the $15/month. Over the years I trained hundreds of players. At one point the squad (a bomber squad that focused on the Ar-234) I commanded maintained more than 100 members with a newsletter and web sight. Oh well, that was then lol. Looks like I wound up talking your ear off. Apologies. Last thing... On your most(?) recent live stream when you were talking about your leave of absence from work and was at a loss for the word to describe how you felt about your career. I believe the word you were looking for was, passion. It's pretty obvious hearing you describe what you put into it. Thanks for you patient ear. Take care. 8 )

[@manoletomol]

the L stands for winner

[@Asesna]

Please could you do a video on the Meteor Mk4 f(the 7.7 one)

[@lovethegame0204]

5:49 WHAT damaged you?

[@Darktotaled]

i tried palying the FW190 A8 recently and it refused to make a smooth turn. Instead of just turning with mouse aim, it kept wobbling the wings. Just awful

[@kiBe-]

Ah yes the pyörremörski

[@Abdulrahman-sh7ov]

DEFYN sounds like GRU from despicable me.

[@jmirsp4z]

prop content is back on the menu bois!

[@JohnAdams-fm4gt]

You might not like what I have to say but I like the p-38 it’s stout just hard for me to get used to easy single engine fighter main only just unlocked it last week to have some fun and to add to the 5-15 grind

[@easterbunny2503]

Can you make a a7m1 video?

[@LaminarTurbulence]

0:50 How much do you pay your actors? They must be making bank, that has to cost extra.

[@DEFYN]

They had to pay me for making it too obvious

[@heatedwafflez5475]

another defyn video mein gott

[@altair3232]

prop vid, mission success.

[@SkinkUA]

0:49 paid actors

[@rhettminer7381]

any recommendations for someone who plays with controller?? i’m essentially stuck playing with “mouse aim”

[@McRizzle23]

Stay with mouse aim. I have always been an Xbox player and started on playstation. You are at a massive disadvantage if you don't. It never gets easier to aim. If you do insist turn up no linearity on pitch yaw and roll(if you don't have an Xbox elite.v2 controller where you can adjust stick curve and smooth it out. ) Learn simulator mode only for a more fair battle. Use a bumper for a shift. Key for alternative commands etc

[@kingghidorah8106]

this thing is amazing but my aim is horrible overall now imagine with P38 on boosters

[@willsimpson3783]

So the plane is great and your issue with it comes down to your ability. Nice.

[@haven621]

What gun convergence do you use?

[@CalebStirling91]

Can you please make a seafury video?

[@CashCutri]

READ THIS COMMENT IT HAS A GOOD TIP!!!! If you are in a plane that does not have a very powerful gun, going into the merge head on with another plane (like the p38 for example) with better guns than you is not a good idea to stay head on in the merge to hopefully shoot the other plane out before you even start the merge. instead, use maneuvers to make sure that the other plane does not hit you in the merge. Most of the time, when doing maneuvers, the plane will not hit you and you will be able to get in the merge. Usually, the way war thunder works is that planes either trade gun power for turn time or turn time for gun power. This means that when entering the merge, your turn time will be greater than the opponents plane and you can get the kill. If you are going into a merge with a plane that has the same gun power as you, the choice is yours to either maneuver or go head on. If you are in a plane that trades turn time for gun power, (like the p38) it is best to stay directly head on with other planes as the P 38 Canon can destroy planes quickly. Although, like I said earlier, this means your turn time is not as good as the opponents, this means that you have to make sure you destroy the opponents plane before having the merge. This is usually pretty easy to do unless the player knows how to maneuver, but not many people know how to so yeah. considering the immense fire power of the P 38, it's pretty likely you will get the kill before the merge begins. If you have any questions, let me know in the comments and I can gladly answer for you.

[@jacobdonnely2608]

Never been a fan of any of the P-38's for many reasons shown here, good video, only way it could have been better would be if it was actually a video on the Yak-9P instead of the P-38L-5-LO.

[@Hazey652]

2:00 /speechbubble

[@MrChipcho]

Do the P400 and P40, you are too good at the rest! Show us master!

[@rifwann]

Hate playing a japanese plane and against it, 1 side it took forever to chase target, the other side it took so long kill.

[@m.nuzronalhaqqi5796]

how do you pronounce it? Pyoremerski?

[@AlexVanChezlaw]

I never learned how to fly P-38s, i simply don't like them in any aspect

[@BF-109]

Ki-83 pls Overheating Monster

[@interfleet522]

Defyn it is time to revisit F104A/C, with 9.3 BR basically no one is catching you. Watching 3 mig15 on your 6 and can do nothing against you it a out of the world feeling.

[@ghostwinter3351]

Does Gaijin have changed something in the chat? I haven't seen any enemy's message since a while.

[@willsimpson3783]

Check your settings, may be set to team chat only.

[@ghostwinter3351]

@@willsimpson3783 Yep, I had it at only team and squadron, odd, I didn't changed anything.

[@LSmoney215]

Only go thing is the Cannon but I play on xbox

[@derkaiser9881]

F-104A/C video soon? It's a bit disgusting at 9.3. AIM-9Bs never felt so good. Vulcan kept netting me hits and crits though--maybe that's just me.

[@Zenafyen]

:moyai:

[@zy0_]

I beg, could you fly some spitfires, if you want to (:

[@uvoviqa]

Давай обзор на YP-38

[@Olympicmarine]

Please don't die mate hahahaha

[@penclaw]

Pure Murrskay that's how you pronounce it i believe

[@aleski6506]

Pyörremyrsky

[@penclaw]

@@aleski6506 politically correct pig

[@pablogallardo8259]

Use gunpods= x2 fire power

[@rainsilent]

And notably gimped performance throwing away every performance advantage you could have used.