War Thunder P-38K | High Altitude Fighting

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Some nice high altitude fighting with a plane that has poor handling but otherwise great performance. Meanwhile my team gets shredded, enjoy!
First video recorded on the new PC, pardon some of the stutters.
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[@AdamTheEnginerd]

P-38J model link (I get a commission if you use my link): airmodels.net/lockheed-martin/380-lockheed-p-38j-lightning.html?aff=98 Link to the store: airmodels.net/?aff=98 Follow me on Twitch! I'm streaming quite frequently these days, come watch if you're curious. www.twitch.tv/adamtheenginerd

[@adamsaffell2361]

Perfect! I’ll check it out!

[@doch.8039]

Gotta advertise your fan squadron too smh

[@adamsaffell2361]

Doc H. My profile is adam4reals. I think I’ve seen you and your friends in game doc. I was flying a Japanese corsair and I was talking smack in the chat and your whole squad ate me...

[@doch.8039]

Adam Saffell yes, I remember you. You told me to step on a Lego

[@shujainayat]

Make a video on camera control, keeping focus on enemy, and keybindings

[@BenjoKazooie64]

Adam taking a P-38 into the 109 swarm: "I'm not trapped up here with you, *you're trapped up here with me.* "

[@AdamTheEnginerd]

Haha!

[@zach7914]

Benjo Kazooie Like the doom slayer

[@BenjoKazooie64]

Fun fact: P-38 ace Robin Olds also scored a kill with his engines off.

[@AdamTheEnginerd]

Just like me.

[@raiyanabdurrajjaque3351]

Yeah m8 saw that on history channel's dogfight. He is the only one ever to kill in glide mode

[@Blitzcreeper239]

4:24, that background soundtrack could not be more appropriate. Exactly what would play in a protagonist outnumbered scene. EDIT: Physics video on flaps would be awesome. "Poor turn" and "good flaps" seem to be contradictory, although I can see the Spitfires easily having the opposite description so I think maybe "strong flaps"(durability and/or low speed lift boost(?)) or "quick flaps" may be better future descriptions.

[@AdamTheEnginerd]

Haha indeed! Flap video is on my list! When I talk about turn in the pros and cons, it's without flaps. And when I talk about flaps it's how much they increase turn and their speed limits.

[@dsdy1205]

@@AdamTheEnginerd so flaps are like duct tape on top of the wing's clean performance?

[@asiftalpur3758]

Overlay guy after being thanked: *happy overlay noises*

[@AdamTheEnginerd]

Haha!

[@air_preep]

Anyone know what overlay it is? I like it!

[@eliasa.5408]

That was crazy fight, when you ran out of fuel and still got him I went crazy 😂 really enjoyed this video, great work Adam 👍🏻

[@AdamTheEnginerd]

Indeed, thanks!

[@doch.8039]

Beautiful fighting as always, hope the new PC is working better for you than the fuel load did... o7

[@AdamTheEnginerd]

Thanks! Yeah it's working well.

[@Bearsone]

3:49 Lööping was a very nice choice in that situation, very nice indeed.

[@AdamTheEnginerd]

As always ;).

[@cattledog901]

I hate flying the P38s but that end was a damn great fight, you both flew well ,but you never cease to impress. Well done good sir.

[@AdamTheEnginerd]

I don't especially like flying them myself usually. Thanks!

[@liquid_snakexx590]

I love watching you do your thing in that twin engine beauty! I need to get on war thunder again soon. It’s been quite a while lol!!

[@AdamTheEnginerd]

It has been indeed!

[@AdamTheEnginerd]

@Derp Inshmurtz Yes!

[@icedwhitechocolatemochafra9851]

U shooting to slow down at the end scared me.

[@AdamTheEnginerd]

Good ;).

[@alienoftt4665]

I’d prefer to an assembly kit rather than a pre-made model. You are missing 90% of fun without building it by yourself.

[@AdamTheEnginerd]

Hmm different tastes. I'd prefer a pre-made model for myself.

[@mpk6664]

That's my issue. I have no problem with pre-mades, but I prefer actually building the plane. If they had construction models I'd definitely buy one.

[@nou-jn6uz]

I also prefer building my models, makes me feel accomplished

[@dasflieger3103]

Now that's a lot of hits!

[@AdamTheEnginerd]

I agree!

[@lilcommandergaming8573]

I was waiting for this. Saw you in game

[@AdamTheEnginerd]

Who were you?

[@lilcommandergaming8573]

AdamTheEnginerd it wasn’t this game but you were playing this plane

[@AdamTheEnginerd]

@@lilcommandergaming8573 Ahh I see.

[@Alpakinator]

Impressive fight, dealing with so many enemies at the same time. You've been flying at 105% throttle. Full WEP is 110% but a red "WEP" appears above 102% throttle so it can be misleading. Difference in actual horsepower with throttle between 102-110% is very very small though, so you probably had only ~1hp less than normal. Still, it's inefficient ;) Overlay made by "Overlay Guy" is pretty and I like it. However, i think WTRTI - War Thunder Real Time Information overlay is better. It can log data into .csv and has indicators such as "turn time" and WEP remaining" which are useful. It's also available for everyone. Overlay Guy has a competition :P

[@AdamTheEnginerd]

I've checked and I really don't see a difference. On planes with WEP, it's either on or off. Haha he does.

[@Alpakinator]

@@AdamTheEnginerd Yes, that's what i meant by saying that varying between 102-110% throttle changes the power by only 1hp or so. Basically no difference between 102% WEP and 110% WEP

[@lilac_witch]

the difference is pretty large with afterburning jets ive noticed, or at least with the f-4 last i tested it

[@MVMborzoi]

I am not good as like you, but P-38 showed me that "this is Boom & Zoom." It literally showed what BnZ is. Love this plane

[@AdamTheEnginerd]

Heavy fighters aren't my style.

[@MVMborzoi]

@@AdamTheEnginerd Yeah, maybe because of its role that supporting teammate in 1vs1 or getting bombers. Because of that role of heavy fighter, I think Axis heavy fighters are way useful than Allies heavy fighters. Recommend you to play J5N1, this guy solves dilemma of Japanese players by getting low-alt bombers and attackers easily

[@shashlik7959]

The last fight was like an anime Good video

[@AdamTheEnginerd]

Indeed! Thanks!

[@janespright]

What a nice match! Good job Adam

[@AdamTheEnginerd]

Thanks!

[@oliverpritchard866]

A bit late to the party on this one, still a great video I miss the Adam Warthunder days. Trying to become a P-38K god so this is a step in the right direction. Fantastic video, well done!

[@AdamTheEnginerd]

Haha thank you Oli!

[@sterlin_merlin1632]

Glad to see you back in the skies again Adam!

[@AdamTheEnginerd]

I've been here for 3 years?

[@sterlin_merlin1632]

AdamTheEnginerd I thought you took a brief couple weeks of break is all, I know you’ve been on KZbin for years 😂

[@AdamTheEnginerd]

@@sterlin_merlin1632 Nope, video every 2 weeks as usual.

[@philswift906]

Quite an amazing display of your skill. No wonder the p-38 isn't your style, there are objectively better fighters in the same BR range. Still, very enjoyable to watch you perform so well in it.

[@AdamTheEnginerd]

Thanks man!

[@Nnexxxx]

Man getting reversed then REVERSING THE G6 BACK was insane. Love your content

[@AdamTheEnginerd]

Thanks man!

[@bradys.7967]

The allied teams have hit rock bottom lately. I dont know what can save us. Enduring confrontation? JU288 rebalance? I'm desperate, I don't want this game to die.

[@AdamTheEnginerd]

If the teams were even, I think I'd be bored.

[@bruno01_]

Climb maybe?

[@StealthySparky]

Just balance the game and rework the game modes (let's start with that). Firstly, a lot of aircrafts, especially at low Tier and mostly Axe's ones, have weird low BR for their performances. Next, WT devs don't seem to know what to do with bombers and attackers in Air RB, so you either have them being useless or end the match in 5 minutes. Three or four years ago, they introduced late game groups of vehicles and give attackers/bombers who are still alive late in the match a chance to be a threat and finish it. And did a pretty good job at first. Then for no reason they nerfed this mechanic to the ground by making them appear so late they are now pretty irrelevant (because you often kill the enemy team before that) and you need to destroy a whole group to make the enemy team lose tickets. And on top of that they nerfed the amount of tickets bleed. In fact one of the only time a bomber won against my team (fair and square on Sicily) was back then, by rushing one of those group of vehicles and destroying 2 or 3 right under my nose. I saw him (a B-17 or B-24) too late and we lost because of my lack of vigilance. I really have no idea why they nerfed it when it was better than what we have now. Gaijin never really comment their decisions on those things which is another bad thing about them, lack of communication. EC also gave a place for bombers where they would be more welcome. Adam, there will always be newbies/mindless grinders and experimented players, the probability to always have balanced teams is therefore pretty low ;)

[@bradys.7967]

@@bruno01_ The big brains watching Adam's channel gets this. It's gen pop that's the problem. We need more creative solutions man.

[@dogeness]

Beautiful. I love this plane

[@AdamTheEnginerd]

Thanks! Can't say the same though haha.

[@shokobata]

0:18 what does MER stand for?

[@AdamTheEnginerd]

Maneuvering Energy Retention. Essentially it's a measure of how much energy (speed) an aircraft loses when maneuvering. Different aircraft will lose speed at different rates depending on their power, weight, wing, geometry, etc. I did some tests and made a video explaining it if you're interested: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rX2kaZappb2VmKc

[@shokobata]

@@AdamTheEnginerd tyvm

[@widepond28]

Well it's the EI that's keeping me flying atleast online... good video!

[@AdamTheEnginerd]

Haha! Thanks!

[@WigglyWings]

GG. Allied ground pounders uggh. Congrats on the new PC. Why only 30fps though?

[@AssassinAgent]

I haven't seen even one video on YT that benefits from 60fps...

[@AdamTheEnginerd]

To compensate a bit for the stutteryness of this particular recording.

[@brunoks6951]

Fun Fact: I'm the guy that always catch fire when the enemy long shot. I don't know if you will consider it funny, but I'm laughing to not cry...

[@AdamTheEnginerd]

I find it funny ;).

[@tonnyblake21]

Love this video. You showed outstanding performance while struggling with heavy plane that in rb is cool in low teer fun. Thought that only weak shooters like me take that many turns to damage one plane. But you proved that wearing enemies off with climbing sickness is working tactics))

[@AdamTheEnginerd]

Thanks for the praise!

[@АлексейТюльпанов-ц5о]

Cool fight! Lightning and Tatooine 😍

[@AdamTheEnginerd]

Thanks!

[@ottov5743]

thank u for ur high-alt lesson! awaiting for more vids!

[@AdamTheEnginerd]

My pleasure! Lots of helpful tips in my other videos too!

[@HochgeborenKlown]

You remained useful till the very end...GG

[@AdamTheEnginerd]

No fuel kill is always useful.

[@HochgeborenKlown]

@@AdamTheEnginerd Lolz, truth...

[@td9302]

This is the kind of fight I love

[@adamsaffell2361]

Lmao the kill feed at the beginning just shows the uselessness and stupidity of certain allied teams. There are good teems and really bad ones...

[@AdamTheEnginerd]

It was predictable, more than half the team were bombers or fighters with ordnance.

[@adamsaffell2361]

I once had a team that was entirely bombers/interceptors. 4 ju288 and all DO 335 with 1 HE51 which technically counts as a single engine fighter to go with my TA154.

[@martijn9568]

@@adamsaffell2361 Lemme guess, the Do 335s weren't that good and didn't work together. The Ju-288s compressed into the ground and the German team still won due to the allied team all trying to turnfight the He-51. All the while crashing and team killing each other because they were fighting over the kill. Meanwhile the He-51 kills 5 enemy planes??

[@adamsaffell2361]

Martijn lmao. We got clapped...

[@ambientlightofdarknesss4245]

I once had a amazing allied team. The fighters worked together almost all players were chatting and covering we all communicated well and i think we only lost one guy on our team and stomped the axis team.

[@sakthipriyadharshan242]

The very fact that you managed to dog fight with a bus is commendable. With 4 kills, that's a job well done..

[@AdamTheEnginerd]

Thanks!

[@dsdy1205]

I need to fight high-alt more, this is beautiful.

[@AdamTheEnginerd]

Most of my fights are at low alt.

[@dsdy1205]

@@AdamTheEnginerd at those low alts how do you engage in this thing?

[@greeniedi6287]

Really nice game, especially the moment after you ran out of fuel it was like you were just hovering and it made the final kill so majestic. Btw, we played together 3 month ago, I dunnno if you remember but I was in the Sturmvogel and you were in a A2D-1 and you killed me 2 times but I still managed to survive every time :D That was a great game.

[@AdamTheEnginerd]

Thanks! Yeah I remember!

[@BodilyFunction]

So from what it seems you need to be really hecking good at what you do to fly a p38

[@AdamTheEnginerd]

Thanks!

[@BodilyFunction]

@@AdamTheEnginerd quick question! Have you ever tried the F-89D? It’s a really bizarre plane that only has unguided missiles however the air versions explode near planes and I think that would be a weird one to try to figure out. What play style would you even use for it?

[@AdamTheEnginerd]

Used to be a great plane at 7.3, now it's 7.7 and fights significantly better enemies.

[@StealthySparky]

Oh un premium, c'est rare ! Le new overlay est cool aussi ! (même si un peu trop sombre je trouve, je ne pouvais pas le lire contre le bleu du ciel) Le son de la musique et des moteurs était plus fort que d’habitude, non ? 3:00 Ouais, pour comprendre la haine des joueurs chasseurs contre les avions d'attaque au sol/bombardiers il faut que ces mecs réalisent que comme ils sont inutiles car ils ne peuvent pas combattre en équipe avec les chasseurs, cela signifie que les joueurs en chasseurs vont surement être en sous-nombre. Génial pour ceux qui apprennent à jouer ! 4:40 J'adore voir ce genre de "lemming train". Les mecs sont 4, ont clairement l'intention d’attaquer la même cible mais reste groupé juste en dessous. Après, à cette altitude, même en s'organisant ils auraient eu du mal mais quand je vois le combat final avec le G-6 qui avait l'air d'être assez serré je me dis que c'est sans doute leur première erreur du match. Dispersez-vous un peu les gars (sans relâcher la pression). ^^ 10:57 ouais là j'aurais tout de suite commencé à flipper. J'ai cru qu'il allait t'avoir à la verticale. Magnifique combat à la fin, j'ai ris quand tu l'as fini alors qu'il ne te restait plus de carburant. :D Du coup, entre cet avion et un P-47D, tu conseillerais lequel ? Dernièrement j’essaie le « Fakefire » mk.16 pour débloquer le Spitfire mk.5c et j’ai vraiment du mal à l’utiliser. Il est spaded mais je tombe systématiquement sur des FW 190 Doras et Ta 152. En fait je me suis fait mouché en energy fighting contre un FW 190 A5/U2 en seulement 2 boucles à environ 380 km/h (meilleure rétention d’énergie on dirait). J’ai cru halluciné : je savais que ce FW 190 en 4,7 était pas mauvais mais qu’il gagne à la verticale contre le Fakefire ça je ne m’y attendais pas ^^

[@AdamTheEnginerd]

Tu regardais sur ton cell ou ton PC? Exact! Les P38 attirent l'attention de l'axe après tout haha. Ils se sont dispersés un peu, mais pas assez pour avoir l'avantage énergie sur le P38K à cette altitude. Haha ouais kill sans carburant! J'avais sûrement pas besoin de l'achever, il n'allait pas pouvoir retourner à sa base. Cette avion est un premium, donc P47D28. Ouais le MER du Fakefire est vraiment pas bon, si le Fakefire n'a pas le tir dans le court terme le Fw190 bien joué peut l'avoir.

[@StealthySparky]

@@AdamTheEnginerd Sur mon PC (je n'ai pas de smartphone). Ouais ce P-38 est premium mais je me demandais, niveau performances, est-ce que le P-47D-28 est similaire ? Finalement, pour débloquer le Spitfire j'ai essayé le 1er Typhoon et c'est bien plus agréable. Non seulement il a un côté nostalgique pour moi mais en plus il n'est pas trop mauvais pour du 2,7 ... après on fait face à des bf 109 F-1 et F-2 mais au moins j'ai l'impression qu'il y a moins de bombardier chez les Alliés en bas Tier (en tout cas sur mes dernières parties) ou du moins c'est plus équilibré entre Alliés et Axe à ce niveau (et pas trop de bombardiers super-rapides non plus). Et niveau grind, il n'y a pas de pénalité donc cool !

[@AdamTheEnginerd]

Non, P38K climb beaucoup mieux qu'un P47. Typhoon à 2é7 est très bon! Le monde l'aime pas à cause du roulis, mais c'est vraiment son seul défaut.

[@toomi195]

Yay im early Did you know you can have ias and tas at the same time now? And how did u get that overlay, pls tell :)

[@AdamTheEnginerd]

Yup I know, but I already had both. Overlay is a program that someone made for me.

[@toomi195]

AdamTheEnginerd i hope he shares the program :)

[@luckyluchs7779]

14:16 You just pulled off a robin olds!! In ww2, Robin Olds, a famous U.S. fighter pilot, killed a german Bf-109 after he accidentally shut off his engines. He managed to pull off the only glide kill in WW2. You've pretty much done the same except you ran out of fuel when you made the kill.

[@AdamTheEnginerd]

Haha indeed!

[@iAmGhostly313]

If you want, you should do another video on the F7F Tigercat. That plane has very quickly become one my my favorite planes. Second to the F8F Bearcat. Spaded, the Tigercat is nasty!

[@AdamTheEnginerd]

Eh perhaps.

[@eldarguardian6485]

Nice flying on your part as usual. The outcome of the team being annihilated in 7 minutes 80% of times is why I stopped playing this game, You are obviously showing that its possible to still squeeze impressive personal score but that is not why I que for team match in the first place, when You need to "work" for your slack every time it quickly becomes quite tedious, being as good as You are definitely slows down the boring factor by a lot ofc :P Also I love Your informative series, no more use of it for me if we speak of wt flight models but I still respect the amount of work You put into it.

[@AdamTheEnginerd]

Thanks! Personally I haven't gotten bored precisely because carrying Allied teams is a challenge.

[@michaelmatyash7443]

P-38 (especially the LO) is amazing in simulator battles. You should try it out! Great cockpit visibility + strong armament w/out convergence + 2 engines = boom'n'zoom annihilator

[@AdamTheEnginerd]

I don't play sim though.

[@content_101.]

Could you play the f84? I would like some tactics simce there are no vids about this plane

[@AdamTheEnginerd]

It's on my list!

[@content_101.]

@@AdamTheEnginerd thanks dude

[@moriartyholmes8172]

Great video! Would love to see some more mig 19s gameplay in the future.

[@AdamTheEnginerd]

Thanks! That probably won't happen.

[@bodek]

airspawn? since when does it get an airspawn? i havnt played ut in a long while

[@AdamTheEnginerd]

Since like a month ago. All P38s (heavy fighters in general) have airspawn now.

[@martijn9568]

@@AdamTheEnginerd And all tier 4 P-38s don't deserve it

[@aerohydra3849]

@@martijn9568 I'd say they deserve it more than the Ta 152s at least. P-38s aren't that great, very heavy on the controls and heavy compression so they definitely need the edge to complete.

[@martijn9568]

@@aerohydra3849 They climb on par or better than the P-47s and P-51 D-5 and you can turn with most 109s and the M.C. 205. It's just a plane you have get close in with and try to get into a lower speed dogfight. And the Ta-152s definitely don't deserve the air spawn and I'm starting to think that after having flown the FW 190 A-8, that it doesn't deserve it either.

[@hashteraksgage3281]

Adam, a7m2 when?

[@AdamTheEnginerd]

It's on my list!

[@HeyBigChriss]

Every time I use a high altitude fighter such as a P-47D/N, I always have that altitude advantage, but every time I dive on an enemy, they always loop downward, so I go back up to force them back up to my altitude, and then the cycle continues. What do you do in this situation? How do you properly utilize the “boom and zoom” tactic. It’s not working for me.

[@AdamTheEnginerd]

Yeah you're doing the right thing. Make sure you switch targets to the enemy with the highest enemy. If you're alone against multiple enemies, they can keep doing that while others climb away, and unless your aircraft significantly outperforms them it's very tough.

[@michbus7440]

That really didn't look like 150fps. Looked like my usual 40

[@AdamTheEnginerd]

It was a recording issue yeah.

[@phgoil]

Bröther, give me Lööps

[@icedwhitechocolatemochafra9851]

B0ss ill do anything for some bauxite b0ss

[@AdamTheEnginerd]

I agrëë!

[@thefunnyguyfromtheburgerki3334]

That glide to the airfield was so quiet tho.

[@AdamTheEnginerd]

And then I started blasting ;).

[@KentJ]

Thank you for the prequel memes sir

[@AdamTheEnginerd]

My pleasure!

[@petermeinholz6087]

I just got this plane, can't believe my insane luck that you made a vid on it same day I got it, man I should get a lottery ticket

[@AdamTheEnginerd]

I research what my subs want ;).

[@jakethesnake9621]

Two questions: 1. What is the Mec settings for the P-38s in general? 2. How often do you use mec when flying?

[@AdamTheEnginerd]

1. Description says the general MEC of the aircraft I'm flying in the video. 2. I use MEC on most planes.

[@jakethesnake9621]

@@AdamTheEnginerd Roger that, thank you!

[@Boa74]

That 2km shot from the bomber would have sniped my pilot. It happens all the time 😂

[@AdamTheEnginerd]

Nahh haha.

[@GeorgieSVK]

To start positive.... that dogfight was something else man. Great performance by YOU. But !!! Full downtier was so much in your favor. I think all of them were Trops and that G6. You can clearly see how stupidly OP and easy are german planes. You had almost non fuel vs G6 with unexperienced player (i checked his stats). The difference between him and you is so big but he does not have any trouble of keeping up with you in 4.7 plane. Germans are really weirdly OP. And he tanked shots exc.... Thanks for video.

[@AdamTheEnginerd]

Thanks! Indeed it was a full downtier, but it was also many against me as my team crumbled. I think half were G6. My pleasure!

[@GeorgieSVK]

Yeah, I didnt want to say that you had it easy because of downtier. I wanted to say how hard it is even in downtier. Almost every decision you made was great. Really tough to fight germans alone....

[@nando_br]

If u don't have a 144Hz monitor try to use Vsync to lock fps in 60 or 75 fps (depending of your monitor). This feature will make the graphics a lot smother and give less stress to your vga and processor. No point in get a lot of fps that you monitor can't show and this option avoid tearing in image frames.

[@AdamTheEnginerd]

Yup been playing with Vsync shortly after I recorded this match.

[@nando_br]

@@AdamTheEnginerd i was experiencing a problem related to Discord. My fps was dropping from 180 to 30! Resolution: disable in game overlay and everything get back to normal. This is a tip for who r facing the same issue.

[@AdamTheEnginerd]

Interesting, I did disable overlay at the same time as Vsync. I assumed it was Vsync that made the difference.

[@snoopgt_yt]

Could you maybe play the F86a5? I’ve been grinding to the phantom with it and I’m almost there!

[@AdamTheEnginerd]

It's on my list!

[@kurtdizon_1104]

Wow youre lucky you have the best p38 in the game. That plane is a huge threat in sim

[@AdamTheEnginerd]

Not lucky if I asked Gaijin for it ;).

[@kurtdizon_1104]

@@AdamTheEnginerd oh the benefits of war thunder partnership

[@adamsaffell2361]

I thought the 109 would pick up speed, come around, and shoot you after you basically had him!😂

[@AdamTheEnginerd]

When I ran out of fuel?

[@adamsaffell2361]

AdamTheEnginerd yes... thought he would pull up and away but I guess went down because he didn’t know about your fuel situation.

[@stefan.2833]

Damn dude, that was some rare footage of high altitude fight, nowdays i dont see mutch of it, looks like people dont climb anymore, especially if they got bad climb rate, or the fost of them instatly dive when an enemy is spoted low. Extremly intese fight tho, i bet it is rare even for you :)

[@AdamTheEnginerd]

Yeah it's rare, especially now with the 25 minute time limit.

[@breadmac2482]

Can this tactic is used same for lower P38? I tried sometime E trap about ~4000m to BF, FW and Yak. They always climb extremely well and catch me. I heard P38 has 2 allisons and enough power .

[@AdamTheEnginerd]

For sure, but you need to be at 6km+ ideally, or else your enemies will still have good climb and it'll be much harder to pull off.

[@gla7803]

Breathtaking fight! I love twin-engine planes so I really enjoyed this video. Hey Acedam, Do you have a plan that flying some Swedish planes?

[@AdamTheEnginerd]

Thanks! Hmm not really actually.

[@cheesebu]

@@AdamTheEnginerd You should check out the j21 A1. It's low rank (only 3.0) and has engine overheat problems, but boy is it looks of fun.

[@mutasci9317]

I prefer the other overlay tho :( Always magnificent vid Adam, im always impressed, im the guy u was talking about Italy with some time ago xd Anyways im struggling to use the K4 now that that A2D-1 got to 7.0, axis at 5.7 can finally breath, but its really a challenge, but its an headon monster with those 20mm pods, really great hunter, but not really performant maneuverability talking, so always a challenge against Spitfires and, as the video speaks, P-38K. Will u ever do a video about it, again? Or in case, can i ask u some advices abt it?..

[@AdamTheEnginerd]

This has much higher refresh rate and it's transparent! Yeah K4 is on my list.

[@aaroncabaniss2211]

I think a good solution to the ridiculous allied ground pound spam at 4.0-5.7 would be to remove the ability to configure ur plane in the first few minutes of a battle and only do it either in the hangar or after about 5 muinites. That way u could classify all ground pounders who set bombs on in hangars as attacker class aircraft and control their numbers without hurting the team as much. U might still get some people who just wait on the runway but anything right now is better that spawning in to see two people on ur team without bombs or rockets. Anyone else got problems with this theory?

[@AdamTheEnginerd]

Then smart pilots will load ordnance and drop after takeoff to reduce the number of attackers on their team.

[@leo-kb5yw]

I love playing the american bf 109 because my team always disappears and I can carry, while if i play on a german team it is way less tense even though i get a decent amount of kills

[@AdamTheEnginerd]

That is true.

[@bigbumrp671]

Adam what you think about grinding the f4 phantoms is it worth it?

[@AdamTheEnginerd]

Nope.

[@pedror598]

Having 4 bombers every match is not enough, there'll aways be 5 people flying P-47s and P-51s with bombs and rockets

[@AdamTheEnginerd]

Yup, gotta be as useless as possible.

[@fewyearsbehind9333]

How to look at those files at 0:19?

[@AdamTheEnginerd]

Follow these instructions: www.reddit.com/r/Warthunder/comments/8nq70p/tutorial_how_to_datamine_or_how_i_learned_to_stop/

[@homiewitagun]

Do you see that overlay in-game?

[@AdamTheEnginerd]

Yup! I play in fullscreen window now.

[@ethandehoff3517]

Does the P-38k get an airspawn now? It didn't last time I played.

[@AdamTheEnginerd]

Yeah all P38s get an airspawn now.

[@ethandehoff3517]

@@AdamTheEnginerd P-38K definitely didn't need it because it already climbed so well basically nothing could catch it. Particularly at higher altitudes where other initially good climbers like Spitfires and 109s have power drop off this thing just doesn't.

[@branchlineflyer7244]

Nice fighting as expected. Do you have any tips on conserving ammo?

[@AdamTheEnginerd]

Thanks! In P38s, I use only the 50 cals quite often like in this video to conserve the 20mm.

[@asiftalpur3758]

Holy shit the craziest lightning! How did you get it? Also what do you think about its odd rip speed?

[@AdamTheEnginerd]

I asked Gaijin for it ;). What do you mean odd rip speed?

[@rutyreal9585]

Be cool to see the MB 175t. pretty good aircraft for dogfighting despite the fact it's a bomber

[@AdamTheEnginerd]

I doubt I'll fly it haha.

[@craigveurr452]

btw you can also set both IAS+TAS to be shown if you want (I was just wondering because you used the overlay to see TAS)

[@AdamTheEnginerd]

Yeah but I prefer only having IAS shown in the HUD so that I'm not distracted by another number, and I'll check the overlay for TAS when necessary.

[@paullewis770]

To test your aim, i challenge you to fly the mb157, I think that with your laser aim it can be quite good

[@AdamTheEnginerd]

It's on my list!

[@paullewis770]

@@AdamTheEnginerd thank you! Just to ask, how long is that list?

[@AdamTheEnginerd]

@@paullewis770 Pretty much every fighter was requested haha.

[@KwamtumPshX]

Thanks for teaching me the proper way to fly one of my favorite planes! Question: Do you fly with joystick, or mouse?

[@AdamTheEnginerd]

My pleasure! I use mouse and keyboard.

[@rayra2772]

You laugh at the bomber trying to get you, but the other day a Ju288 ripped of my rudder doing so. His teammate was very injured already and I could sit on his tail and eventually deal the killing blow, and sure, it was probably a lucky shot, but it could have been very bad for me.

[@AdamTheEnginerd]

Yeah miracles happen. But if the Ju288 had been a fighter, he would have easily killed me.

[@florianbielawa2919]

It says on the website that P-38 J is out of stock xD great vid tho, as always

[@AdamTheEnginerd]

For now ;). Thanks!

[@wetzel1628]

Adam you should take out the seafire FR 47, I hear it’s very good at extreme altitudes, but nonetheless it’s a difficult plane to fly, would like to see you have a go at it

[@AdamTheEnginerd]

It's on my list!

[@wetzel1628]

AdamTheEnginerd looking forward to it, I outran a p51D-30 at 10k to kill a space climbing ju288, the plane turned into a different animal once I got up there

[@voidex136]

Hey! do you prefer jets or props? I see you fly props more often

[@AdamTheEnginerd]

Props for sure.

[@mafiasatmar2443]

Hey Adam I havd a reqest I just unloked the do 335 A 0 Can you make a video on it?

[@AdamTheEnginerd]

It's on my list!

[@denisu._8114]

Can you play the F100? (im currently researching that jet and i want to see how it performs in battles)

[@AdamTheEnginerd]

Did a video on it a while ago, I doubt I'll make a video on top tier jets anytime soon.

[@alphawolf1786]

Just skip the f100 and go for the f4c the f100 is in a bad spot at the moment

[@uisce_]

Could you do a video on the Chinese P-47D-28, ive gotten better at it, but im still struggling using against the Japanese

[@AdamTheEnginerd]

It's on my list!

[@BambooPill]

Maybe you should play the A7M2 reppu you also get more useful teammates when versing Merica or Russian

[@AdamTheEnginerd]

Carrying is what I find fun in WT.

[@BambooPill]

@@AdamTheEnginerd well yeah but I ain't as good as you so I need teammates to bait for me or I need to bait for teammates to win

[@JoeShmoe376]

Handling is stiffer than uncle eddy during basement games

[@AdamTheEnginerd]

Haha indeed!

[@aaroncronnelly]

hey just wondering if i could make a request for the german mig 21 I enjoy your videos and the style they are and I would love to see you flying the German mig 21, keep up the good work

[@AdamTheEnginerd]

Unfortunately I'm avoiding top tier, not very fun and there are invisible missiles. Thanks!

[@r-saint]

Why you only have 20-25 fps? Not very pleasant.

[@AdamTheEnginerd]

Says 100+FPS?

[@Gio90210.]

Hey Adam can you do a video on the BF109 K-4 again?

[@AdamTheEnginerd]

It's on my list!

[@swiss9809]

I would like to see an P38M in war thunder. For who doesn't what a p38m is, it's a biplace p38 with a radar

[@AdamTheEnginerd]

Like P61?

[@swiss9809]

@@AdamTheEnginerd yeah, but with the performances of a p38

[@horowitz8680]

hey Adam, I'd love to fly some matches with you if possible. Maybe even learn a thing or 2 in duels, if you're interested.

[@AdamTheEnginerd]

Best bet is to join the Discord.

[@BobSample40]

Question, where did you get Flight Data, Engine 1 and Engine 2 schedule?

[@AdamTheEnginerd]

I use this now: Overlay: forum.warthunder.com/index.php?/topic/483838-warthunder-real-time-information/

[@chrisx2953]

How do you get that overlay and where do you download it from? (The engine information near the default info)

[@AdamTheEnginerd]

Mine is still private. Alternatively, check out this one: forum.warthunder.ru/index.php?/topic/279736-wtrti-otobrazhenie-informatsii-o-samolete-cherez-rtss/

[@amanoelqaqos758]

I'm pretty sure all p38s have feathering control. Just a heads up.

[@AdamTheEnginerd]

I think so too.

[@cyan2925]

Hi Adam. Could you tell about japanese Ki-84 from 5.3 up to 6.3 performance? Idk why, but all battles are filled with 109K, they have excellent climb, competitive speed and vertical maneuvering. What to do with em?

[@AdamTheEnginerd]

Same performance, good turn and climb with average speed. Depends what you're in. A lot of Allied planes can beat a K4 in a maneuvering fight.

[@cyan2925]

Thanks, ill try P-59.

[@thevenomguy1215]

I'm thinking to study aerospace engineering do you recommend it? Also if you are working what kind of jobs I can work when I finish uni?

[@AdamTheEnginerd]

If you're interested in the topic yeah I recommend it. As an engineer there's a wide variety of jobs you can do. First and only job which I still currently have (contract ends on the 24th of April due to Coronavirus) is as an Engine Performance Analyst at Pratt & Whitney Canada where, as the job title implies, I analyse engine data and models.

[@thevenomguy1215]

@@AdamTheEnginerd wow that's cool. My dream job was becoming a pilot in air force but bcs of my eye problem I can't join the air force. So I thought I can build them. Thankfully I got the head and I love physics

[@AdamTheEnginerd]

@@thevenomguy1215 I'd definitely like to work on military projects myself haha.

[@thevenomguy1215]

@@AdamTheEnginerd yeah I would love to do those but first I need to be in 5000 out of 2.5milliyon people in nation wide exams. After that I plan the future

[@mpk6664]

@@thevenomguy1215 What kind of eye problems?

[@GreenituIjo]

do you get stuttering at high fps? i used to get 100+ fps. now 60 but really smooth, it's weird

[@AdamTheEnginerd]

Yeah, this is my first recorded game on new PC, was still tweaking settings.

[@GreenituIjo]

@@AdamTheEnginerd niceee man, im guessing AMD gpu?

[@zakr-g334]

Could you do a vid on the Ta 154?

[@AdamTheEnginerd]

It's on my list!

[@zakr-g334]

@@AdamTheEnginerd nice👍🏼

[@julianmorrisco]

What is it with the rapper accent in WT ‘enemy attacking our base, we must stop them (homies!)’. Is there a ref for the overlay? I still use Voidmei, which I can use as I have dual monitors, but I’d like something on my main screen.

[@smashletto]

You can check out WTRTI, it's not what Adam uses but similar. kzbin.info/www/bejne/mYbLdXmlepuciZo

[@AdamTheEnginerd]

WTRTI does look good indeed, but it's not what I used.