Twin Engined A6M??

• Jul 1, 2014

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Shinpachi

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I'm glad you are fine, Lewis

As I was already an adult in the 1980s when the Raba Ku was popular with the teenagers, I did not know it at all.
I belong to the generation of "Shiden-kai no taka (They were called hawks)" or "Zero-sen Hayato (Hayato of Zero Fighter)"in the 1960s.
What I learnt from them was "We lost the war but fought well".

 

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• Jul 2, 2014

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nuuumannn

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That's awesome! Great info, Shinpachi. If I were to hazard a guess at the closest aircraft to a twin engined Zero, it'd probably be a Ki-46; one of the prettiest aeroplanes around, anyway.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsu...hi_Ki-46_Dinah_JAF_CHIV_07.08.71_edited-2.jpg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsubishi_Ki-46

 

• Jul 2, 2014

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GrauGeist

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I thought the "twin Zero" sort of looked like the Kawasaki Ki-96...which isn't a bad looking aircraft, either.

 

• Jul 3, 2014

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nuuumannn

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Nelson

I thought the "twin Zero" sort of looked like the Kawasaki Ki-96...which isn't a bad looking aircraft, either.

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It sure is, Dave, although with the Ki-46 being built by the same over all company, if not by the same design team, I guess it bears marginally closer resemblance to the Zero.