Editing Lockheed P-38 Lightning (section)

==Specifications (P-38L)==
[[File:Lockheed P-38 Lightning 3-view.svg|thumb|A three-view drawing of a P-38 Lightning]]
[[File:Lockheed P-38L in Dayton.jpg|thumb|Lockheed P-38L Lightning at the [[National Museum of the United States Air Force]], marked as a P-38J of the 55th Fighter Squadron, based in England<ref>''United States Air Force Museum Guidebook'' 1987, p. 54.</ref>]]
[[File:P-38 gun detail.jpg|thumb|M2 machine gun armament in the nose of the P-38]]
[[File:P-38 carrying belly tank and 1,000 lb bomb.jpg|thumb|A P-38 with a {{convert|1,000|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} bomb and a drop tank]]

{{Aircraft specs
|ref=Lockheed P-38H/J/L Pilot's Flight Operating Instructions,<ref name="P-38opmanual">{{cite book |title=Lockheed P-38H/J/L Pilot's Flight Operating Instructions |date=1944 |publisher=USAAF |isbn=9781411690134 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qhEkkjp1bnMC |access-date=9 January 2020}}</ref> P-38H/J/L Pilot's Flight Operating Instructions<ref name="P-38opmanual2">{{cite book |title=Lockheed P-38H/J/L Pilot's Flight Operating Instructions |date=1944 |publisher=United States Army Air Force |url=http://1.airwar.z8.ru/bibl/p-38pilot.pdf |access-date=9 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120723101140/http://1.airwar.z8.ru/bibl/p-38pilot.pdf |archive-date=23 July 2012 }}</ref>
|prime units?=imp
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        General characteristics
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|crew=1
|length ft=37
|length in=10
|length note=
|span ft=52
|span in=0
|span note=
|height ft=12
|height in=10
|height note=
|wing area sqft=327.5
|wing area note=
|aspect ratio=8.26<ref name="NASA. Quest, Appendix A, Table III"/>
|airfoil='''root:''' [[NACA airfoil|NACA 23016]]; '''tip:''' NACA 4412<ref name="Selig">{{cite web |last1=Lednicer |first1=David |title=The Incomplete Guide to Airfoil Usage |url=https://m-selig.ae.illinois.edu/ads/aircraft.html |website=m-selig.ae.illinois.edu |access-date=16 April 2019}}</ref>
|empty weight lb=12800
|empty weight note=<ref name="NASA. Quest, Appendix A, Table III"/>
|gross weight lb=17500
|gross weight note=<ref name="NASA. Quest, Appendix A, Table III"/>
|max takeoff weight lb=21600
|max takeoff weight note=
|fuel capacity=
|more general=
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        Powerplant
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|eng1 number=2
|eng1 name=[[Allison V-1710]] (-111 left hand rotation and -113 right hand rotation)
|eng1 type=V-12 liquid-cooled turbo-supercharged piston engine
|eng1 hp=1600
|eng1 note=[[War emergency power|WEP]] at {{cvt|60|inHg|bar|3}} and 3,000&nbsp;rpm

|prop blade number=3
|prop name=[[Curtiss]] electric constant-speed propellers (LH and RH rotation)
|prop dia ft=<!-- propeller aircraft -->
|prop dia in=<!-- propeller aircraft -->
|prop dia note=
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        Performance
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|max speed mph=414
|max speed note=on Military Power: {{cvt|1425|hp|0}} at {{cvt|54|inHg|bar|3}}, 3,000&nbsp;rpm and {{cvt|25000|ft|0}}{{sfn|Crosby|2003|p=96}}
|cruise speed mph=275
|cruise speed note=
|stall speed mph=105
|stall speed note=
|never exceed speed mph=
|never exceed speed note=
|minimum control speed mph=
|minimum control speed note=
|range miles=
|range note=
|combat range miles=1300
|combat range note=
|ferry range miles=3300
|ferry range note=
|endurance=<!-- if range unknown -->
|ceiling ft=44000
|ceiling note=
|g limits=<!-- aerobatic -->
|roll rate=<!-- aerobatic -->
|glide ratio=<!-- sailplanes -->
|climb rate ftmin=4750
|climb rate note=
|time to altitude=
|sink rate ftmin=<!-- sailplanes -->
|sink rate note=
|lift to drag=13.5
|wing loading lb/sqft=53.4
|wing loading note=<ref name="NASA. Quest, Appendix A, Table III"/>
|fuel consumption lb/mi=
|power/mass={{cvt|0.16|hp/lb}}

|more performance=<br />
* '''[[zero-lift drag coefficient|Drag area:]]''' {{cvt|8.78|sqft|2}}<ref name="NASA. Quest, Appendix A, Table III"/>
*'''[[Zero-lift drag coefficient]]:''' 0.0268<ref name="NASA. Quest, Appendix A, Table III">[http://www.hq.nasa.gov/pao/History/SP-468/app-a2.htm  "Appendix A (continued), Table III"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090312005518/http://www.hq.nasa.gov/pao/History/SP-468/app-a2.htm |date=12 March 2009 }}. ''Characteristics of Illustrative Aircraft, 1939–80, Quest for Performance: The Evolution of Modern Aircraft''. NASA.</ref><!--<br />
*'''Take-off run:''' {{cvt||ft|0}}
*'''Take-off distance to {{cvt|50|ft|0}}:''' {{cvt||ft|0}}
*'''Landing run:''' {{cvt||ft|0}}
*'''Landing distance from {{cvt|50|ft|0}}:''' {{cvt||ft|0}}-->
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        Armament
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|guns=<br />
** 1× [[Hispano-Suiza HS.404|Hispano M2(C) 20 mm]] cannon with 150 rounds
** 4× [[M2 Browning machine gun]] [[.50 BMG|0.50 in (12.7 mm)]] machine guns with 500 rpg.
|rockets=4× M10 three-tube 4.5 in (112 mm) [[M8 (rocket)|M8 rocket]] launchers; '''or''':
|bombs=<br />
** Inner hardpoints:
*** 2× {{convert|2000|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} bombs or drop tanks; '''or'''
*** 2× {{convert|1000|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} bombs or drop tanks, plus either
**** 4× {{convert|500|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} bombs or
**** 4× {{convert|250|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} bombs; '''or'''
*** 6× {{convert|500|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} bombs; '''or'''
*** 6× {{convert|250|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} bombs
** Outer hardpoints:
*** 10× 5 in (127 mm) [[HVAR]]s (High Velocity Aircraft Rockets); '''or'''
*** 2× {{convert|500|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} bombs; '''or'''
*** 2× {{convert|250|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} bombs

|avionics=
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