Originally posted by Pyro
While you're at, can you translate this for me? I'm really wondering what this is about.
I can't stop my chuckles...hehehe
You guys know we men got balls right? It has to be cooled!
Anyway, the cartoon is describing the relationship with the Ki-61 and the Ki-100. To give a brief background on what these planes are and how they were developed, Ki-61 has the liquid cooled engine Ha-40, I believe it was the licensed version of the DB601 engine used on the Bf109E. Ki-61 was also known as the Army Type 3 Fighter. When the war progressed, the Japanese mainland bombed, infrastructure was destroyed, and the production of engine parts for the Ki-61 was minimized. The production of the fuselage of the Ki-61 was progressing and the army, soon, found many Ki-61s with no engine! The army then found some supply of air-cooled engine Ha-112, and decided to adapt this engine into the fuselage of the Ki-61, thereby producing the Ki-100 or the Army Type 5 Fighter.
sooo, the translation...
"By placing the air-cooled engine onto the Ki-61, the Ki-100 became 330 kg lighter. This number can be considered as the weight cooling device or the thing that's hanging. The Ki-61 was a "poor" plane." "When running, it may bounce, but turning tight is difficult."
