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General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: 1K3 on March 23, 2007, 04:08:38 PM
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There's sporadic fans of Japanese planes. Gather here and show some love!:aok
Army Fighter
Ki-43-II-ko
- Early war version, armed with 2x 12.7mm guns, maximum speed of 330mph.
Ki-43-III-ko
- Late war version (december '44). It had Individual exhaust stacks to provide a certain amount of exhaust thrust augmentation. Armed with 2x Ho-5 cannons, maximum speed of 360mph.. Think of this as a mini Ki-84:)
Ki-44-II-ko
- This plane has the looks of P-47s with Bf 109F performance!
Navy Fighter
J2M3
Sleeker aerodynamics than the Fw 190. Armed with 4x 20mm cannons (2x Type 99 1 and 2x Type 99 2). The fastest IJN fighter in service.
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Personally, I'm surprised the Ki46 Dinah wasn't on the list Pyro gave. That one's been requested often, as well.
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if i had to vote for any it would be the J2M3, it would be nice to have a another Japanese fighter to choose from on the carrier.
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Originally posted by whiteman
if i had to vote for any it would be the J2M3, it would be nice to have a another Japanese fighter to choose from on the carrier.
J2M3 wasn't carrier capable. The "J" designation on an IJN aircraft means "land based interceptor".
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Ki-44 "Tojo"
(http://web.quick.cz/iModeller/shoki/1.jpg)
(http://www.xs4all.nl/~fbonne/warbirds/ww2pics/ww2nakaki44-0.jpg)
(http://kitbox.free.fr/reportages/IPMSBelgium04_P/img45.jpg)
http://www.xs4all.nl/~fbonne/warbirds/ww2htmls/nakaki44.html
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I'll be happy with an Oscar.
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Every time I get the urge to ask for an Oscar, I remember how useless it was in WarBirds 2.77...
Fun to fly, but absolutely useless to try and kill anything. Could barely knock a Ju-52 down with it, but the Ju could get you quite easily.
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Originally posted by Treize69
Every time I get the urge to ask for an Oscar, I remember how useless it was in WarBirds 2.77...
Fun to fly, but absolutely useless to try and kill anything. Could barely knock a Ju-52 down with it, but the Ju could get you quite easily.
I dunno how they modelled it there but the machine guns in Ki 43 should be as powerful as the late war 109's machine guns. ki 43 and late war 109's nose machine guns almost have same ammount of rounds (~500-600)
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Originally posted by Karnak
J2M3 wasn't carrier capable. The "J" designation on an IJN aircraft means "land based interceptor".
well then the part where he has it listed under navy fooled me. :o
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We dont need another 1945 IJ bird, we need a 1943-44 one.
Ki-43-II
Ki-45
If you want a "mini Ki-84" why not just up the real thing instead? Or a N1K2?
Why do we keep asking for planes that do nothing but do what we already have?
G55 thread, ya, its a 205 in all but name.
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Ik3, why do you keep opening new threads??? Can't you use only 1? it would be better...
Squire, G.55 is different from C.205... external similarities mean nothing... it was better... and better than LW planes, so better that the Germans want to produce it....
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Originally posted by whiteman
well then the part where he has it listed under navy fooled me. :o
IJN = Navy. It was a Navy fighter, but land based and not carrier capable.
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Originally posted by Squire
We dont need another 1945 IJ bird, we need a 1943-44 one.
Ki-43-II
Ki-45
If you want a "mini Ki-84" why not just up the real thing instead? Or a N1K2?
Why do we keep asking for planes that do nothing but do what we already have?
G55 thread, ya, its a 205 in all but name.
The Ki-44 and J2M3 are both 1943 birds, late '43 granted.
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Ki-44 would get my vote, because it was widely used. The J2M3 is a bomber interceptor only, used in 1945. We dont need it, and it would be a hangar queen. We have the N1K2 already for a IJN 1945 ride, and its much better.
...or we could get a Kikka Jet with a n00k!!! wohoo!!! :(
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J2M3 saw first combat in 1943. It was subsequently canceled due to unpopularity and then put back into production in 1945 because it could actually fight at the altitudes that the Japanese were being attacked from.
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Originally posted by Gianlupo
Ik3, why do you keep opening new threads??? Can't you use only 1? it would be better...
The voice of the silent majority would go unheard. Do you want me to post "ADD A BEE29 WITH n00000ks" on that G.55 thread?;)
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IMO, the only result you'll get in this way is annoying people spamming the forum with multiple threads on the same topic... 1 is sufficient, you just have to keep posting in it.. and, no thanks. :D
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I think that Ki44 is a good fighter.
However, Ki44 is not used widely.
Many of Ki44 described by the battle report of USAF were misconception.
They have a high possibility that it was Ki84.
We think that the reason of high evaluation of Ki44 in USA is taken for Ki84.
J of J2M is translated as Land base Interceptor.
But it is not so right.
For example, ZeroMk1 (A6M2 a&b, Model 11&21) were "J" and "A."
And ZeroMk1Mod2 (A6M2b) was "A" (Kanjyou Sentouki).
ZeroMk1Mod1 (A6M2a) was "J" (Kyokuti Sentouki).
Although "A" was translated as the aircraft carrier fighter, in fact, it was the fleet defender.
And "J" was the Naval base defender.
The plan name of A6M was a high-speed fleet defender@with@20mm@cannons.
According to the classification of the fighter of IJNAF, "A" and "J" do not almost have a difference.
"A" can apply by aircraft carrier.
The main duty of J2 was Bomber Interceptor.
And the main duty of A6 was also Bomber Interceptor.
So, IJNAF was due to change all Land base Fighter into J2M.
Therefore, the production plan of A6 in the Mitsubishi aviation was reduced.
(The Mitsubishi aviation tended to convert J2 into the aircraft carrier fighter as of 1941.)
But J2 had the problem on which a propeller and engine sympathetic vibration.
For the reason, the number of production has not been increased.
It is the reason which continued producing ZeroMk1 (A6M2b) by the Nakajima aviation till 1944.
The Mitsubishi aviation wanted to reduce production of ZeroMk2.
The Nakajima aviation wanted to exchange production for ZeroMk2.
IJNAF wanted to supply ZeroMk2 of the Mitsubishi aviation to the land base first.
IJNAF wanted to exchange a land base fighter for J2M of the Mitsubishi aviation after that.
And IJNAF wanted to supply ZeroMk2 of the Nakajima aviation to aircraft carriers.
But the Mitsubishi aviation has not mass-produced J2M.
All ZeroMk2 of the Mitsubishi aviation was supplied to Solomon of grueling battlefield.
Still more, since the fighter was lacking, ZeroMk1 of the Nakajima aviation was supplied to Solomon.
Fighters will become short supply supposing the Nakajima aviation converts production into ZeroMk2.
Therefore, the Nakajima aviation continued producing ZeroMk1.
Incidentally Major Aramaki, japanese army most famous test pilot, compared Ki44 with J2 as follows.
J2 is excellent in controllability, dogfight, and the maximum speed.
And J2 is easy to land.
The climb performance of Ki44 is better than J2.
How do you consider that the test pilot of IJAAF said that J2 was better?
Digression.
Are A6M a high-speed fighter?
Of course, IJNAF considered that A6M did not become a high-speed fighter.
Therefore, IJNAF asked Germany the performance designed by this specification.
By airplane of this specification, Germany(Heinkel Avi?) said that 310 miles/h were possible.
For the reason, IJNAF judged the plan of the Mitsubishi aviation to be appropriate.
IJNAF wanted to increase the maximum speed as much as possible.
For the reason, it became such a plan name.
Thank you for reading my poor English.