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Connfire -> RE: AXIS AIRCRAFT ART (6/10/2012 2:47:04 AM)
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NICE!
Now if only some day Japan had a fighter that could hold its own against the USA in 1928! Observe -
Curtiss A-3 Falcon
Max Speed - 139
Climb rate - 948
Max Altitude - 14100
Manuever - 32
Durability - 25
Endurance - 340
Armor - 0
Four (4) .30 Browning machine guns and twin .303 Lewis maching guns (!)
Curtiss P-1B Hawk
Max Speed - 160
Climb Rate - 1923
Max Altitude - 21400
Manuever - 28
Durability - 26
Endurance - 260
Armor - 1
One .30 Browning and one .50 Browning machine gun
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Mitsubishi 1MF5
Max Speed - 137
Climb Rate - 900
Max Altitude - 14000
Manuever - 28
Durability - 22
Endurance - 160
Armor - 0
Twin 7.7 Vickers Machine guns
The Japanese do get some relief in mid 1929 with the Nakijima A1N1, but why such a long delay? The first prototype flew in 1927, and it went into production in 1929. But that was during peacetime, don't we think maybe they'd have sped up development during wartime? And even then, the A1N1 was a licensed copy of the British Gloster Gambet!
Here's another intriguing question - the Japanese were just starting to come up with their own aircraft designs in the 1920s. But many of their aircraft, notably the Felixstowe's, Gloster Sparrowhawks, and Sopwich Pups obviously came from Great Britain. The German Heinkel HD25 floatplane is also depicted in the game. These were all built in or shipped to Japan under license. But obviously that would have gone out the window in wartime conditions. Lately I have been wondering what a Japan with access to British, German, and its own designs would have come up with several years into a 1920s war.
Anyway, just thinking and typing out loud, mostly. I've been looking into this topic more closely after some bad air-to-air run ins with the USA in 1928 (in the stock 1926 campaign). Sorry if I'm getting off track.
Great work, Kirk! [;)]
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