Originally posted by BenDover
unfortunatly, i don't have the figures, but i know someone has them, wish i could remember the thread, but i don't.
But what i do remember is that about half of n1k2j's destroyed fell out of the sky due to mechanical problems.
Listen dude, Pongo already mentioned manufacturing defects are not modelled on AH. Furthermore if you want something like that modelled on AH you better go with number of hours logged by each plane before it fell apart, because we are talking about a life span of a plane.
And most importantly, I remember the thread you are talking about. Some of us were curious as to whether what he posted was true and asked for the source. Guess what? He didn't come up with it. That number is not a reliable source.
Don't tell me that you are going to believe that thread and say N1K2-Js had highly unreliable land gears, because I already showed it on my thread (
N1K2-J and its gears) that this is a misunderstanding and rather incorrect.
If you are going into this direction, go research into the FW190D which also suffered from manufacturing defects and see if you can come up with numbers which are reliable.
Honestly, I would rather have HTC spend their efforts in modelling more planes than doing something that cannot even be qualified or quantified.
