5 Favourite Planes

[GermansRGeniuses]

Shiden is nothing like P-47 and Tiffy was an interceptor that failed so it shouldnt be on any "Best Fighters" list but the Fw-190 should be as it was one of the best fighters indeed. Another thing that should be noted about the P-47 and Shinden is that the Shinden was built to face the bombers over Japan as the Me-262 was used against B-24's and B-17's while the
P-47 was just an escort to said bombers and one more thing, this was said in another topic, but as im on the subject, ill post it anyway.
The Me-262's height deficiency was not much of a problem as it went as high and higher than the hordes of bombers, higher wasnt needed. And when and if the B-29 was to be used, the Germans had a remedy (two actually), the Ta-183 with a high-alt engine and guided missles plus Mk-108s, so obviously B-29's wouldnt be much of a prob other than their numbers.

 

[plan_D]

Yes, the Ta-183, stick a 'Nene' engine in it, move the tail plane down and you have a Mig-15 which just obliterated the B-29s in Korea.

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

germans, you're mistaking the SHIDEN for the SHINDEN, don't we said the shiden, which is a comply different plane...............

the Allies later Pacific fighters creamed anything they had

not true, the japs had some pretty good fighters towards the end of the war, just that they weren't in substantial numbers.........

 

[cheddar cheese]

like many of the great planes of the war, too late though 8)

 

[Crazy]

Kawanishi N1K1 Shiden

Allied Code Name: George
Design Bureau: Kawanishi Kokuki K.K.
Manufacturer: Kawanishi Kokuki K.K.
Type: land-based interceptor fighter
Crew: one
Engine: one Nakajima NK9H Homare 21 eighteen-cylinder air-cooled radial engine, rated at 1,990 hp
Max speed: 363 mph at 19,355 feet
Max range: 1,581 miles
Service Ceiling: 41,010 feet
Dimensions: wingspan 39 feet, 4.5 inches; length 29 feet, 2 inches; height 13 feet, 4 inches
Weight: empty 6,387 lbs; loaded 8,598 lbs; maximum 9,526 lbs
Armament: two 7.7-mm Type 97 machine-guns mounted in fuselage; two 20-mm Type 99 Model 2 cannons mounted in wings; two 20-mm Type 99 Model 2 cannons mounted in gondolas under wings; up to 264 lbs of bombs

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

you see what i mean when i say it looks like a P-47..........

 

[Crazy]

Thunderbolt

Shiden

Yeah, I suppose it kinda does

 

[GermansRGeniuses]

Kawanishi N1K1 Shiden

Allied Code Name: George
Design Bureau: Kawanishi Kokuki K.K.
Manufacturer: Kawanishi Kokuki K.K.
Type: land-based interceptor fighter
Crew: one
Engine: one Nakajima NK9H Homare 21 eighteen-cylinder air-cooled radial engine, rated at 1,990 hp
Max speed: 363 mph at 19,355 feet
Max range: 1,581 miles
Service Ceiling: 41,010 feet
Dimensions: wingspan 39 feet, 4.5 inches; length 29 feet, 2 inches; height 13 feet, 4 inches
Weight: empty 6,387 lbs; loaded 8,598 lbs; maximum 9,526 lbs
Armament: two 7.7-mm Type 97 machine-guns mounted in fuselage; two 20-mm Type 99 Model 2 cannons mounted in wings; two 20-mm Type 99 Model 2 cannons mounted in gondolas under wings; up to 264 lbs of bombs

i know its manoverable as all Jap fighters are, but me on steroids can hold more weight!!!! 264lb??? WEAK/BOLLOCKS (and not the dog's )/SHITE!!! i know it aint a JaBo (Jagerbomber) but c'mon!!!! and it aint too fast either! anyways, shouldnt we compare the P-47N to the N1K2 Shiden as those were the best versions?

 

[GermansRGeniuses]

Yes, the Ta-183, stick a 'Nene' engine in it, move the tail plane down and you have a Mig-15 which just obliterated the B-29s in Korea.

Mig-15:copy of the "Huckebein" which was made via captured blue prints. Some weird Argentinan fighter made post-war by the Argentinan airforce (which itself was started by Galland post-war) of which the name i cant remember:THE Ta-183 with some minor changes and ( ) no X-4's or anything like that...

anyway, the Superfortress didn't do that bad for a sitting duck, its tail gunners were the highest scoring aerial planes/guns/men of the war after the F-86 Sabre

 

[plan_D]

The B-29 was still made obselete, but the Mig-15 would have been nothing if it didn't have the 'Nene' engine in it. Good 'ole British engines. Kurt Tank designed the Argentinian one, it was called the 'Argentine I.Ae 33 Pulqui II'.

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

i know its manoverable as all Jap fighters are, but me on steroids can hold more weight!!!! 264lb??? WEAK/BOLLOCKS (and not the dog's )/SHITE!!! i know it aint a JaBo (Jagerbomber) but c'mon!!!! and it aint too fast either!

it didn't need to carry bombs, what's in gonna bomb? and it was faster than any allied fighter in the pacific.................

 

[GermansRGeniuses]

i know its manoverable as all Jap fighters are, but me on steroids can hold more weight!!!! 264lb??? WEAK/BOLLOCKS (and not the dog's )/SHITE!!! i know it aint a JaBo (Jagerbomber) but c'mon!!!! and it aint too fast either!

it didn't need to carry bombs, what's in gonna bomb? and it was faster than any allied fighter in the pacific.................

lanc, please get your facts straight and think logically. if the yanks were closing in, theyre gonna have positions and other things to bomb!!! and about it being faster, thats bull pure and simple. the Hellcat and its immenseness went 376mph v 361mph. All P-47's, 400+mph v 361mph corsair 400+ mph for all models v 361mph P-61B (!!!!!) Black Widow, 369mph v 361mph B-29 ( ) with light bomb load, 370mph!!!!!!!! the list goes on and on....

 

[cheddar cheese]

planes of the p-61's shape and size were actually quite manoeverable for what they were 8)

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

they were only manouverable with the flaps down (that was one advantage of these planes, they could extend their flaps at high speeds), and then they were only just respectible, i would never say they were that manouverable.....................

 

[brad]

i like frank
the plane its jappnese can you worke it out

 

[Anonymous]

My favourites are (in any order)

Martin B-26G Marauder
Fokker G-1
Kawasaki Ki-61 Hien
Macchi MC-202 Folgore
NA P-51C malcolm hood/P-51D

 

[Crazy]

The Black Widow was the first to employ spoilerons, I believe. Spoilerons were used as such:

When the elevators were moved up, both ailerons would move up also, creating the effect of flaps without making it neccesary to
deploy the regular flaps

 

[Gemhorse]

You forgot the P-38, whose firepower was formidable and it was particuarly better at high-altitude, their service in the Pacific, [once they got their tactics worked-out], most successful - they did in fact have a whistling-sound, different again from the Beaufighters.- I always thought the Kawasaki Hien [Tony] was probably the most effective Jap fighter, but if they had all these 'great' aircraft, they must have squandered them, as the remnants were used for Kamikazi attacks, on anything from B-29's to boatloads of marines...That's how they ended-up ...in desperation...

 

[GermansRGeniuses]

My favourites are (in any order)

Martin B-26G Marauder
Fokker G-1
Kawasaki Ki-61 Hien
Macchi MC-202 Folgore
NA P-51C malcolm hood/P-51D

Go Holland!!! G-1 ROCKS!!! (I'm Hollandisch too, but i dont speak it yet, I'm gonna learn it when im done with Deutsch)

 

[Lightning Guy]

I'll list a favorite aircraft from 5 major combatants.

1) P-38 Lightning

2) Spitfire

3) Fw-190

4) Ki-84 Frank

5) La-7