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Offline Unit791

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J2M Raiden
« on: February 10, 2009, 04:29:20 PM »
I think this would be a great new addidtion, i personally think it looks quite interesting, and apparently it had a better kill/death ratio than the Zeke, Frank, George.

MODEL J2M3
 CREW 1
 ENGINE 1 x Mitsubishi "Kasei-23a", 1350kW
 WEIGHTS
    Take-off weight 3435 kg 7573 lb
    Empty weight 2460 kg 5423 lb
 DIMENSIONS
    Wingspan 10.8 m 35 ft 5 in
    Length 9.95 m 32 ft 8 in
    Height 3.95 m 12 ft 12 in
    Wing area 20.05 m2 215.82 sq ft
 PERFORMANCE
    Max. speed 580 km/h 360 mph
    Ceiling 11700 m 38400 ft
    Range 1900 km 1181 miles
 ARMAMENT 4 x 20mm cannons, 120kg of bombs






For more info on it, http://www.aviastar.org/air/japan/mitsubishi_j2m.php
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Offline Saxman

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Re: J2M Raiden
« Reply #1 on: February 10, 2009, 04:42:14 PM »
I wouldn't mind seeing her added, but she'd have a VERY limited utility in the mains.

Anyway, the early-war Japanese plane set is in DESPERATE need of additions. We only have one EW IJN/IJAAF fighter, (Zero) which is inappropriate for a large number of early-war scenarios (Zeros did NOT see action against the AVG in China). We don't have an appropriate EW level-bomber, either.

The Ki-43, Ki-45, A5M and Ki-27 are much more badly needed, as are the G3M, G4M and Ki-21.
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Offline Unit791

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Re: J2M Raiden
« Reply #2 on: February 10, 2009, 04:50:19 PM »
I agree with you on all of them, except for KI-27 , its like  an RV-8 with MG's
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Offline B4Buster

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Re: J2M Raiden
« Reply #3 on: February 10, 2009, 05:05:05 PM »
Don't need another cannon bird for a while. I agree with Saxman, need more EW japanese planes
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Re: J2M Raiden
« Reply #4 on: February 10, 2009, 05:10:50 PM »
Quote from: Unit791 on February 10, 2009, 04:50:19 PM
I agree with you on all of them, except for KI-27 , its like  an RV-8 with MG's

The A5M is very similar to the Ki-27 in performance as well.

I hope someday to see a full Japanese planeset like Saxman has posted.
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Offline 1pLUs44

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Re: J2M Raiden
« Reply #5 on: February 10, 2009, 05:17:44 PM »
Wasn't the J2M2 a failure? Or was that the J2M3? One had a huge problem with stalls right?
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Offline Unit791

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Re: J2M Raiden
« Reply #6 on: February 10, 2009, 05:54:58 PM »
hmmm i dont recall reading that in the J2Ms description
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Offline humble

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Re: J2M Raiden
« Reply #7 on: February 10, 2009, 05:58:13 PM »
From what I've been able to find the Jack had a much better "survival" (hard to call neg numbers kill to death) % then any other fighter averaging a 1/3 ratio vs the F4U and 3.5/1 vs the F6F (these from another forum so accuracy is not certain)....
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Offline Karnak

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Re: J2M Raiden
« Reply #8 on: February 10, 2009, 07:43:56 PM »
I'd love to see the J2M added.  At this point, any Japanese aircraft is a good addition.
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Re: J2M Raiden
« Reply #9 on: February 10, 2009, 08:17:32 PM »
yes, I think the japanese planeset needs a big boost
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Re: J2M Raiden
« Reply #10 on: February 10, 2009, 09:45:52 PM »
We need something like that so we don't always have to take the A6M2 in the EW FSO's.
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Offline Saxman

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Re: J2M Raiden
« Reply #11 on: February 10, 2009, 09:58:41 PM »
Quote from: HighTone on February 10, 2009, 09:45:52 PM
We need something like that so we don't always have to take the A6M2 in the EW FSO's.

J2M was a later bird and doesn't belong in EW to begin with. That's why the A5M, Ki-27, Ki-45 and Ki-47 are needed.
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Re: J2M Raiden
« Reply #12 on: February 11, 2009, 09:11:18 AM »
I know there are others needed first but another Japanese plane missing from
from the set that should be added is the A6M3 IMO.
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Re: J2M Raiden
« Reply #13 on: February 11, 2009, 09:14:11 AM »
Ki-43 should be the next Japanese fighter.  I know it won't have much main arena use, but it's a big one for early war scenarios.
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Re: J2M Raiden
« Reply #14 on: February 11, 2009, 10:19:39 AM »
Oscar will be a deadly little sucker in the MA. Exceptionally quick acceleration from 150 to 250 and uber low speed handling will make it a spit/hurricane/nikki killer of the 1st order. I'd assume the late war 20mm option wont be modeled but if it is then it will be a well used plane for base defense.
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