I agree that the spoilers/boosters are very effective in increasing your turn rate, especially in snap turns. You can in fact outturn a veteran AI A6M5 even in slow speeds with them+combat flaps, but I don't like to use them much when skilled humans are around. Turning just doesn't fit the image of the P-38. You wouldn't of course even need to do that against Zippos, but those damn Lolwaffle rides...
The elevator lock-up is a bad thing indeed, especially because it kicks in in MUCH slower speeds in IL2 vs. real life. Hence "teh P-38 is porked". I'm aware of one mod that supposedly fixes this, but I haven't been able to download it yet. It's an FM mod so you won't see it at AAA. In the meantime I'll also be using the elevator trim on a wheel. It's quite useful in preventing "the fork-tailed lawndart"-phenomenom
