Brazos:
"N1 is an expert's plane. Compresses quickly, so B&Z work is tricky. Doesn't turn or climb well, so escape from a bad pass is tuff."
Where do you get this information? From another video game?
The (real life) combat accounts I've read say that the George could out turn and outclimb anything the US had, and at low levels it was damn fast. There are several stories of Hellcats being absolutely smoked by Georges.
Wingloading (35 lb/ft^2) and powerloading (4.4 lb/hp) are better than anything but an F8F Bearcat. Hellcat, Corsair, Mustang aren't even close.
And the automatic maneuver flaps should allow it to turn better than the clean wingloading suggests.
This is not a plane that P-51D, F4U, or F6F should succeed against in a knife fight.
It's a great good choice as an opponent to the Spit 9, P-51D, La-5FN, Me 109G-10, Fw 190A-8. Not one of these planes will be at a serious disadvantage.
Ki-61 or A6M would be useful only in the hands of an expert against the above competition.
Note: The George has the same Homare engine as the Ki-84, which was notoriously unreliable. There were a lot of breakdowns, and the rated 1990 hp wasn't usually attainable. I've heard a couple of reports that in service these planes weren't that fast.
A better choice might be the Ki-44. It used a more reliable Nakajima Ha-109, and in the field was probably the fastest Japanese figher. It was a better climber than the George, and had great high-speed maneuverability.
[This message has been edited by funked (edited 10-17-1999).]
