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Im thinking put them in the wings and i dont know the term i need to use but just keep it as agile as it wasAdd a cannon to where, and what turning rate do you mean. Sorry, just want to make sure I can answer your question in the best way,
The KI-43 had a wingspan of 35 feet 7 inches and was 29 feet 3 inches long.I always thought the Oscar was the larger plane. Live and learn.
Why would the naval plane have to be bigger ?The KI-43 had a wingspan of 35 feet 7 inches and was 29 feet 3 inches long.
The A6M had a wingspan of 39 feet 4 inches and was 29 feet 9 inches long.
Im thinking put them in the wings and i dont know the term i need to use but just keep it as agile as it was
It's a matter of the designer's meeting the government's request for certain requirements.Why would the naval plane have to be bigger ?
Can you make a light 20mm cannonAnytime you start adding weight you are going to affect performance.
It had to be a trick of the eye. The Oscar looks a little finer to me and the Zero a bit more compact from the pics I've seen. I never compared their stats. It is imperative to keep separate IJAAF and IJNAF equipment.The KI-43 had a wingspan of 35 feet 7 inches and was 29 feet 3 inches long.
The A6M had a wingspan of 39 feet 4 inches and was 29 feet 9 inches long.
Wouldnt long range make the plane biggerIt's a matter of the designer's meeting the government's request for certain requirements.
The KI-43 just so happened to be a bit smaller because the Army wanted a long-range fighter and that happened to be Nakajima's solution.
You can tell i perfer cannonBut other planes were already doing that.
The Ki-44 started with 12.7mm guns in the wings, 7.7mm guns in the nose. The next model moved the 12.7s to the nose and crammed a pair of 40mm guns in the wings for taking down bombers. The 40s didn't work so well due to their low muzzle velocity, so the final version replaced them with 12.7s again.
The Ki-43's successor, the Ki-84, had cannons.
The Ki-61 started with two 7.7s and two 12.7s, then replaced the 7.7s with 12.7s, then replaced the wing guns with 20mm guns. Another variant put the cannon in the nose. There were even a few with 30mm guns in the wings.
Can you make a light 20mm cannon
Probably because of the wing sweep and the fact that the Oscar's wing is further forward than the Zeke's.It had to be a trick of the eye. The Oscar looks a little finer to me and the Zero a bit more compact from the pics I've seen. I never compared their stats. It is imperative to keep separate IJAAF and IJNAF equipment.
High speed API and tracers in a mixed beltI'm no expert on armament design, but I would think the more critical part is the ammunition.
I do sneer at it i perfer to have cannon at least you have better chance of one burstingYou may sneer at the Oscar's armament, but Army pilots were taking down everything the Allies flew at them, including 4-engined heavies.
Good observation, as that's usually that's the case. Realize planes are built to some specification, and are a series of concessions (all designed to meet the requirement). The nose wheels are easier planes today to fly, but back then they would have gone where the motor was sitting. The P-38 has a yoke (steering wheel looking control) that comes up out of the right floorboard, then bends towards the middle where the "wheel" is finally located. At the time conventional design had the "stick" coming up out of the middle of the floor between the pilots legs. However, on the P-38 the nose wheel / gear was occupying that space.Wouldnt long range make the plane bigger
High speed API and tracers in a mixed belt
The Japanese also had another unique situation. The two military branches almost loathed each other (my words, but they did not cooperate well or much). As such they didn't make an engine like the PW R2800 that was continuously developed and shared by multiple branches. Or the R1820 or 1830. Or R2600 (all of those are radial engines). Or aircraft. It was a further drain on their resources as there was no overlap and should have been quite a bit.I do sneer at it i perfer to have cannon at least you have better chance of one bursting