Japans ww2 jets and other intresting planes.., page 2
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reply posted on 6-8-2003 @ 09:22 PM by groingrinder
I am sorry that you can only get a hard on for jets.


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reply posted on 7-8-2003 @ 10:20 AM by Uninen
Originally posted by groingrinder
I am sorry that you can only get a hard on for jets.


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Ok.. we can allso talk about other than jet planes..

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"In the spring of 1945, a most unpleasant surprise happened to the Americans attacking Japan’s home islands. A new enemy fighter, previously unknown, was being encountered by their Army and Navy flyers. Superior in nearly every way to the Grumman Hellcat and equal in most respects to the P-51 Mustang, the new Japanese warbird’s existence was almost as unsettling as the discovery of the Mitsubishi Zero had been about four years previously. But the “new” fighter, the Kawasaki Ki-100, was actually not a new aircraft at all, but an improvisation forced upon the Japanese by circumstances beyond their control. For all that, it was a sheer stroke of genius, and despite its relative obscurity today, it deserves a place among the great fighter aircraft of the Second World War."

I think that this Ki-100 is one fine piece of art.. resembles FW-190 in my eyes.. but of couse it is a different plane..


reply posted on 8-8-2003 @ 02:33 PM by Uninen
groingrinder.. The Shinden allthough quite impressive desing.. well.. i think or i have feeling that it has no "balls"

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This however gots what it takes:

"It compared quite favorably with its best antagonists; a captured example, undergoing tests at Middletown Air Depot in Pennsylvania after the war, proved faster, swifter-climbing, and more maneuverable than either the P-51D Mustang or the P-47D Thunderbolt."


reply posted on 8-8-2003 @ 02:53 PM by groingrinder
Originally posted by Uninen
groingrinder.. The Shinden allthough quite impressive desing.. well.. i think or i have feeling that it has no "balls"

www.wwiitech.net...

This however gots what it takes:

"It compared quite favorably with its best antagonists; a captured example, undergoing tests at Middletown Air Depot in Pennsylvania after the war, proved faster, swifter-climbing, and more maneuverable than either the P-51D Mustang or the P-47D Thunderbolt."


There were two very different design philosophies at work in the way US planes were designed vs. the way that Japanese planes were designed. Japanese designers did away with "frivolous" features such as self sealing fuel tanks and pilot protecting armor. They also mastered the art of making their wing and fuselage skins paper thin to conserve weight. US planes on the other hand had lots of armor for the pilot's protection and fuselage and wing skins that were substantially thicker. I am not going to argue that one way was better than the other though as both ways produced some fine fighter planes. If Japan had the materials and time I am sure they would have produced aircraft that would make your jaw drop even to this day. As a child I lived on Okinawa in the mid sixties and was always impressed by the ingenuity,imagination,stamina, and work ethic of the Japanese people. If anyone has never read a Japanese comic book, then get some because they are a real treat.


reply posted on 8-8-2003 @ 05:54 PM by Uninen
Hayates actually had self sealing fuel tanks and good armor..

"But, best of all, the new fighter was to have armor protection for its pilot and self-sealing fuel tanks from the outset."

Quote from: www.wwiitech.net...

And what comes to the Oscar.. it was like Zero very AGILE.. but unlike Zero the Oscar had crappy arment.. No CANNONS.. heaviest gun was 12,7mm only two Ki-43-IIIb prototypes were armed with 2x20mm CANNON.. also the bomb load (for a fighter bomber..) was bad.. and speed was also lacking.. but looks fine and it did have much success.. despite the short commings..

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[Edited on 8-8-2003 by Uninen]


reply posted on 9-8-2003 @ 09:18 AM by Uninen


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Japanese special weapon "Fu-Go" balloon bomb.. these bombed US..



[Edited on 9-8-2003 by Uninen]


reply posted on 9-8-2003 @ 09:48 AM by Uninen
Originally posted by RogueTrooper
Were the japanese jet developed with tech aid from Nazi Germany? I read some were that they exchanged material by the way of Giant Subs


"By a stroke of luck, Engineer Eichi Iwaya of the Navy had obtained detailed photographs of the BMW 003 axial-flow turbojets used in the Me 262, and from those photos the Japanese were able to create a similar engine, designated Ne-20, with a theoretical power output of 1,047 pounds of static thrust. Everyone concerned felt the Ne-20 was perfect for the Kikka, and so the project’s pace was speeded up during the summer of 1945."

They did indeed trade together (Germany and Japan..) and they used subs to carry the goods.. but the jet had nothing to do with german jets.. only that its engine was reverse-engineered from a photo of a BMW jet engine..

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reply posted on 9-8-2003 @ 10:00 AM by RogueTrooper





Well they did a good job reverse engeneering all that from a few engine photos .... they could have almost come from the same factory

[Edited on 9-8-2003 by RogueTrooper]

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