Any ideas for jet powered P-38?

[Stratos 3,192]

I know we have several artists that like to design their own "what ifs", wondering If anyone ever designed a jet powered P-38 Lightning.

 

Will like to see your ideas guys!

[bucklehead101 29]

Whaaaaaaaaaatttt!?!?!?!?!??!?! This sounds completely off the wall insane. However, it does sound awesome! Cant wait to see some ideas lol

 

After doing a quick google search, I found out that Lockheed had done some things such as add the out wings of a P-38 to a different, jet powered body and came up with the L-133.

 

Edited November 16, 2013 by bucklehead101

[B52STRATO 215]

What if: to ensure greater survivability of its recon F-5G over Indochina, the French Air Force fitted them with two Turbomeca Palas under the wings.

[Wrench 9,850]

oh, for fraaks sake...

 

that prototype is what became the P-80

[macelena 1,070]

[Sheriff001 397]

The Saab 21R is the closest thing I know to a jet P-38

[+whiteknight06604 934]

I would say remove the engines but leave the tail boom. add a jet in the rear of the pilots pod with a nose inlet .kinda like a P-38 and a vampire merged into one.

[MAKO69 186]

Vampire

[B52STRATO 215]

Why not put two small turbojets at the wingtip, empty the engines housing and use them as fuel tanks or rocket launchers (like with the F-94 middle wings rocket pods ?)

[PraetorH 166]

Maybe not what you had in mind, but still the Porax 38 Magna Guard fighter from Star Wars is basically P-38...:

 

 

 

 

[dsawan 624]

http://www.ww2aircraft.net/forum/aviation/why-not-jet-driven-p-38-a-9076-2.html

 

pic down below-the saab jet

[Fubar512 1,350]

Let me see if I've got this right....you're proposing a jet-powered version of an aircraft that suffered from aerodynamic compressability at relatively low Mach levels?

[Wrench 9,850]

[Stratos 3,192]

Let me see if I've got this right....you're proposing a jet-powered version of an aircraft that suffered from aerodynamic compressability at relatively low Mach levels?

In late versions (and early variants got conversion kits too) solved the compressability and buffeting problems, what I can't imagine is a jet engine installed on the place of the prop engines.

[Toryu 156]

A jet-powered fighter with a critical Mach-number of 0.67 - doesn't sound that brilliant to me.

[+76.IAP-Blackbird 3,557]

They produced alot stuff that doesnt worked well, the P-38 as one example ;-)