On Friday, March 8, 2013 7:28:36 AM UTC-7, wrote:
P38 cockpit is very narrow. The yoke deconflicts the pilots legs.

More likely it was due to the large size of the P-38 compared to other contemporary fighters. It was designed before WW2, remember! Until the late J and L models got hydraulic aileron boost, it had a relatively slow initial roll rate.

The late Js and Ls fixed that. In all performance measures (except for cost) they were superior to any other US fighter.

Only US fighter in continuous production for the entire time the US was at war.

Kirk
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