A6M Zero

[Chalenge]

If what he says is true about the Zero's fuel system it might be acceptable to rethink the Zero in AH, because it sounds like it should behave like early Hurricanes and Spitfires.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0Mu4jJ0S0s

[bustr]

Best I could find is the A6m2 had the carb problems. Testing of the A6m3 - 5 all aerobatics were performed with no issues of carb cutout.

Check page 8 of this report: http://www.wwiiaircraftperformance.org/japan/p5016.pdf

On another site a Japanese historian remarked that the allies either attached the carburetor wrong or forgot to clean the negative G bypass tube before reattaching it.

[perdue3]

On another site a Japanese historian remarked that the allies either attached the carburetor wrong or forgot to clean the negative G bypass tube before reattaching it.

This sounds more likely, the carburetor had an orifice for limitation unlike the Spit 1 and Hurri 1.

[Karnak]

If what he says is true about the Zero's fuel system it might be acceptable to rethink the Zero in AH, because it sounds like it should behave like early Hurricanes and Spitfires.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0Mu4jJ0S0s

IIRC the issue with the A6M2 we found crashed in the Aleutians and rebuilt was due to an improper rebuild and the A6M, of all stripes, in IJN service did not have fuel starvation issues.