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Good points....I guess the Zero was a good idea at the time. I think the Designers did not realize that what was comming on the horizon. Far faster,better armored,better manuverable fighters...they were over whelmed at the advancements made by the allies who were really pissed at them.. but...

Thankyou for the clarification, I still believe that given the opportunity to improve the A6M IE. Giving the plane power assist on control surfaces , a beefier motor ,and even the minimum of armor would have improved the Zero emensly, but of course it was never done and therefore faired...

To both FlyboyJ and AdlerIstgalandet I stand humbly corrected!.......HUGE LOL!

Again I submit if the the Jap designers would have kept up with the latest and greatest in aircraft design the inferior Zero would have been formidable against the fighters you had mentioned. X Oh by the way the fastest single engine fighter of the ETO was the Yak 9U it was SCARY FAST flat...

Hey there FlyboyJ, Firstly I thought I was very clear in my post, I was NOT trying to compare the flight sim (IL2 Forgotten Battles) to real world flight characteristics. Secondly although Ive been told by some reliable sources that the flight simm does its best to "simulate" the real world...

Well if you fly IL2 with all its myriad of patches,and if the flight models are correct, and if you realize that there is a definite favoritism towards a certain Russian LA series of aircraft, and your pretty much an F.N.G. ,and all you can fly is a certain LA series of fighter,and you realize...

Although I fly with the 361vFG andLove to fly my Jug " Hoo Haa" and my Pony "Whole9Yards"I am finding that i really enjoy flying the YakP3and the 9U it would seem that they are more nimble and stable when in a furball. I can pretty much take out anything that comes against me,except for maybe...

Interesting that you say the IL2 was a piece of scrap metal, yet in the history books ,and by the way an old Tiger Tank driver that that happens to be the Grand father of the lady Im dating ...Every time the Sturmoviks came in to straff most of the time the poor bastards in the tanks would...