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Nath-BDP

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« Reply #15 on: June 14, 2000, 03:52:00 AM »
410 mph was the max airspeed you wanted to reach in an accelerated dive with the A6M5 basic, more than that you would most likely rip wings.  However, the A6M5a allowed up to 460 mph in a dive, which was developed because as the A6M5 basic made its combat debut around March 44 so did the F6F3, the F6F scored its first kill on September 1st '43 and proved to be superior to the A6M5, another reason why we should have the F6F...

are we getting the A6M5a or b?


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« Reply #16 on: June 14, 2000, 05:14:00 AM »
Hate to be a partycrasher, but this thread was about FW190A5  

Still haven't gottten any real answers there yet

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« Reply #17 on: June 14, 2000, 05:17:00 AM »
Umm... wrong topic.  This is about the Zero.

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« Reply #18 on: June 14, 2000, 06:47:00 AM »
ROFLMAO!!! StSanta, that deserves a prize!

 
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It had still heavier gauge wing skin which enable a further increase in diving speed to 460 mph, bringing it almost up to Western standards. This was to be the highest diving speed attained by any Reisen variant.
Oops! I missed the increased dive speed of the A6M5a model. We're getting the A6M5b iirc.

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« Reply #19 on: June 14, 2000, 06:57:00 AM »
What is a ZERO ?  


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« Reply #20 on: June 14, 2000, 07:00:00 AM »
Nath,

It's been said we are getting the A6M5-B.
Frankly any of the -5 series would have been fine with me. Also I'm looking for a couple of easy varients down the road.

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« Reply #21 on: June 14, 2000, 10:04:00 AM »
I looked it up in my books this morning and my information, while not as good as Juzz's, does agree about the 351 level speed on the A6M5 (A6M5c in the case of my book).

StSanta, don't we have enough threads about the Fw190A-5.  Lets let a single thread exist without trying to turn it into a "Our Fw190 is better at everything than your (insert aircraft being discussed)".  Don't you LWs ever get tired of bleating on and on obout the Nazi's aircraft?  

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« Reply #22 on: June 14, 2000, 02:57:00 PM »
No, but bleating on and on about Japanese militarist and anti-'western imperialist' aircraft is no different.

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« Reply #23 on: June 14, 2000, 03:16:00 PM »
Refer to the orignal post: I guess it was just me. Nevermind.

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« Reply #24 on: June 14, 2000, 03:37:00 PM »
Nath-BDP,
My point is that there are more threads devoted to German aircraft than any other nation's.  I didn't like StSanta's attempt, even if it were in jest, to switch this thread to a German aircraft.  There are many players here who are completely centered on German aircraft, and thats fine.  But though they may outnumber the rest of us, we should still be allowed to talk about other things.  My areas of interest happen to focus on British and Japanese aircraft, a minority subject here.

You are of course right about the Japanese of the time being anti-western and imperialist.  However, I was not saying that the German aircraft should not be discussed because they were the Nazi's aircraft, but rather because they are being discussed pretty much everywhere else.

Why don't you go do a thread count and see how many threads there are in which Japanese aircraft are main subject and then do the same for German aircraft.

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« Reply #25 on: June 14, 2000, 04:08:00 PM »
Psst, Karnak - the Zero has a radial engine...  

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« Reply #26 on: June 14, 2000, 04:13:00 PM »
<<<Would that be IAS? I assume so.>>>

TAS would make more sense.

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« Reply #27 on: June 14, 2000, 04:41:00 PM »
 
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Originally posted by lasse:
What is a ZERO ?  

Its slang for an Officer in the U.S.N.


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« Reply #28 on: June 14, 2000, 04:54:00 PM »
Lizard3, that I can believe  

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« Reply #29 on: June 14, 2000, 05:25:00 PM »
Karnak...
Well we have put a dent in that imbalance anyway...

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