Kitakami
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Joined: 5/3/2002 From: The bridge of the DNTK Kitakami Status: offline
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Perhaps this would work: N1K1-J (9/43) -> N1K2-J (8/44) -> N1K4-A (4/45) -> N1K5-J (7/45) If number crunching with 8x 30-size research factories shows the N1K2 would arrive too early, then change it back to: N1K1-J (12/43) -> N1K2-J (11/44) -> N1K4-A (7/45) -> N1K5-J (10/45) I am not entirely comfortable with splitting the research effort in two, but that is only me, and you are the experts. Yet, I also think things should not be accelerated to the point where the US planes need to be brought forward. That could lead to too many unintended consequences. I think the focus should be on "what would have been the consequences of ending the A6M program with the A6M5?", nothing more, and nothing game-breaking. The simpler the solution, the better, but I think it should include more advances for the J2M than for the N1K (if any at all for the N1K). After all, the J2M was also a Mitsubishi plane. To put it in perspective, I think the N1K2-J should arrive AFTER the F4U-1A, which debuts in October of '43, even after acceleration. Just my 2 cents.
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