I count 2 or 3 J7W1 Shinden's, and its a pusher, not a push-pull thing.
A7M Reppu was not a souped up Zero any more than the P-51 was a souped up P-40. I was an entirely new aircraft. Mitsubishi could have delivered the A7M in late '43 or early '44 if the IJN had followed Mitsubishi's advice and let them use the 2000+ horsepower Mitsubishi engine to begin with. Instead they ordered them to use a less powerful engine from another company. When that didn't deliver the expected performance, the IJN orded them to redesign it with the Mitsubishi engine. By the time that version was done, tested and in production, there were only two months left and Japan was being bombed heavily. After only a few production A7Ms USAAF B-29s flattened the A7M factory. We didn't know that it was producing a fighter, that our own post war testing showed to be superior to the P-51 in all respects, until after the war. We just knew that it was a Japanese factory.
One thing, why are people suggesting standard aircraft? This thread was to request non-standard, not seen in sims aircraft. I see people suggesting the P-47D, Fw190D-9, F6F Hellcat, Kate, Val, Me-262, B-25, Lancaster (They are doing this one, why request it here?), He-111, Ju-88, B-24, J2M3 Raiden, Hurricane, Tempest, P-40, F4F Wildcat, Dauntless, Devastator, Avenger and Mosquito. While these are all great aircraft beyond any doubt, they are all standards of the industry and should not be included in this thread. All of these should be ignore when the votes are tallied.
Please stop using this thread to request your standard, desired aircraft.
Sisu
[This message has been edited by Karnak (edited 05-08-2000).]
