Recent content by JoblinTheGoblin

Really, the question is, how manoeuvrable can you make a superprop (or similar, given that I mentioned jets as well)?

"Superprop" in this case means any aircraft with maximum level flight speeds over 730 km/h (454 mph) at altitudes above 3000 m (~10000ft), though that is, in my humble opinion, a rather generous definition. I am thinking of aircraft that can easily exceed 750 km/h (466 mph) in level flight. The...

According to this thread, the Ki-43 was dong somewhat well against otherwise faster aircraft like the P-51A and P-38, could shoot down medium-heavy bombers even with its relatively light guns, and, especially in the hands of capable pilots, could still shoot down or damage other more advanced...

I meant the Ki-12. Silly mistake.

It does appear to be the case, for the most part, that Japanese aircraft have larger wing areas that would incur more drag. I've seen this and other similar design choices attributed to a sort of 'manoeuvrability mafia', at least in the IJA, that overruled more technically advanced designs like...

Actually, looking over some data over at wwiiaircraftperformance.org, it looks like figures for some Western aircraft, RAF aircraft like the Hornet in particular, can vary considerably. Still, manoeuvrable and speedy aircraft like the P-51H (>760kph, 6500m / 472mph (410kt), 21200ft) and the...

It seems that the thread is approaching a general consensus on Japanese engines, that they were complex and powerful enough, and were held back by primarily external factors, largely Japanese shortage in key resources like avgas and the latest industrial equipment. I'll agree that the Japanese...

I am mostly in agreement. I guess so. I mean, Germany managed to get rather dramatic performance gains with their fuel injection systems in aircraft like the Ta 152, though I've heard that German engines also suffered from problems with reliability similar to, if not greater than, those of...

I guess my question is, if another country faced a situation similar to Japan's, similar to what you've laid out, particularly a European or American country, how would it fare? Could the factors that influenced Japan's preference for certain aspects of performance like turn-times have occurred...

You'll have to step further into the world of Japanese animation for such things... https://youtu.be/X5vIGnk3XJ8

My point is, that from everything I've read online, in forum discussions and online encyclopaedias, the Ki-100 was, in essence, a slow P-51. Basically, Japanese aircraft were, in a sense, like uniquely slower variants of aircraft of other nations, which were not as slow. I maybe should have...

I was inspired to make this post, having heard of the exemplary record of the Ki-43, and claims that the Ki-100 had similar characteristics to more advanced aircraft like the Merlin-powered P-51 in nearly all aspects of manoeuvrability except, oddly enough, level flight speed, and maybe some...

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I agree. I'm thinking a wide range of scenarios, some ridiculous, like swapping Allied aircraft and pilots for Japanese equivalents, and such a hypothetical has been mentioned in a past topic I created, and other slightly more logical scenarios such as yours, or perhaps, Germans over China, to...

Inclusive of aircraft designs, both operational and prototype examples, from September 1931 with the Mukden Incident to the official Japanese surrender in September 1945 (funny coincidence there), how did the Japanese aerospace industry truly compare to its fellow Axis counterpart, and if it's...