RE: What to do with IJN CVEs? (Full Version)

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huggarn -> RE: What to do with IJN CVEs? (1/3/2007 5:07:24 PM)

Are you sure? I think I saw that the Jack had "Carrier Capable" under its name.



ChezDaJez -> RE: What to do with IJN CVEs? (1/3/2007 7:04:33 PM)

Tanjman is correct. The Jack was not a carrier capable fighter. It had no arresting hook and its fuselage was not desiged to withstand the rigors of carrier landings. The letter "J" in J2M indicates it was designed and built as a land-based naval fighter. It was, by all accounts a successful design but production quality and engine problems prevented it from realizing its full potential. It was the first Japanese fighter to use a laminar flow wing and it traded maneuverability for speed and climbing ability. It could reach 16000 feet in less than 6 minutes from the time it began its takeoff roll.

And by the time the Jack became available, most of Japan's carrier fleet lay rusting on the bottom so there was little need for a carrier capable aircraft. By mid-1944, Japan needed air defence fighters and the Jack proved capable of destroying heavy bombers. In fact, it was potentially Japan's best heavy bomber destroyer but its limited numbers, production issues and poor pilot quality ensured that it would never achieve its potential.

Chez



huggarn -> RE: What to do with IJN CVEs? (1/10/2007 10:37:31 AM)

I just checked and the Jack is carrier capable (not trained) in the out of the box version. 



PetrOs -> RE: What to do with IJN CVEs? (1/20/2007 2:25:11 PM)

I load all my jap CVEs with each 9 Zero, Val and Kate (Split 3 groups of 27 aircraft each), and stash them together with all my CVLs to form a "slow" carrier group, mainly for amphibious cover. For now (June 42), I have Ryujo, Shoho, Zuiho, Hosho, Taiyo and Unyo, as well as CS Mizuho loaded with a squad of Rufes. This group less Taiyo sunk Saratoga and 2 older battleships a month ago, when those tried to prevent my landing at Wallis Island. I received only one minor bomb hit on Zuiho in reply, causing something like just 4 percent damage on it.



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