It will climb better than most other bombers because it was very light. However, being a bit stubby and being an early war plane it was underpowered (part of the effort for super long range was to reduce weight, another was to put range over speed) and would make 260mph give or take top speed.
Chock the entire debacle that the G4M was up to the IJN.
Agreed. A lot of the Japanese high command's decisions and requirements for planes and other things were based on the belief that they wouldn't be fighting a prolonged general war. The Betty was a result of such mentality as were some other aircraft.ack-ack
the original betty (Image removed from quote.) comes armed with 2 30lb bombs
It also depends what version of Betty we get. Type 22 Otsu is supposed to have Type 99-2 dorsal cannon which has a heavier punch than type 99-1.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G4Mhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_99_cannon-C+
It's my understanding that Bettys tended to ignite pretty quickly. I suppose we can look forward to a lot of pyrotechnics from now on.
wow.....my pic shows up on a plane thread??? thats just crazy! lol