Rising Sun warbirds

[syscom3]

Thats an easy fix to do. The main issue is if the flight sims closely match the flight charachteristics of the real aircraft. In most cases, they do.

[evangilder]

But you can't simulate the feel of the aircraft. Some things are more subtle than others.

[syscom3]

well i guess you couldnt be satisfied no matter what.

If you dont think the simulators are 100% effective, dont bother with them.

Bye the way, how would you know what an Me-110 in a stall feels like? you ever experienced it?

[The Jug Rules!]

Of course it could stall, I was just exaggerating the fact that I could turn tightly at high speed without the aircraft showing any tendency to stall.

[FLYBOYJ]

Originally Posted by syscom3

Bye the way, how would you know what an Me-110 in a stall feels like? you ever experienced it?

No, but I could tell you what one feels like a Cub or a Cessna 150 - a lot more violent than 110......

[evangilder]

Originally Posted by syscom3

well i guess you couldnt be satisfied no matter what.

If you dont think the simulators are 100% effective, dont bother with them.

Bye the way, how would you know what an Me-110 in a stall feels like? you ever experienced it?

Don't get me wrong, there are some that are great. BUt the point is that there are some things that can not be simulated. Some of the aircraft in the simulators are a best guess based on who knows what, especially with aircraft that were one of a kind.

What I am saying is that you cannot completely base how an aircraft performs solely on what you experience in a flight simulator on a computer.

[cheddar cheese]

Im looking for a Grob Tutor to download for FS2004 so that when I go up in one ill have a better idea than most of its layout. I should also do the tutorials on how to fly with the instruments...

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Originally Posted by syscom3

4 to 1 in favor of the F4F
- from Dec 1941 through Dec 1942, things were still 1-1
8 to 1 in favor of the P-38
- Only a couple of planes were lost to the P38. Most P38 squadrons werent into the thick of things untill early 1943
3 to 1 in favor of the P-40 (excluding the AVG)
- from Dec 1941 through Dec 1942, things were still 1-1
10 to 1 in favor of the F4U
- Irrelevant cause the F4U wasnt in combat untill summer 1943
19 to 1 in favor of the F6F
- Irrelevant cause the F6F wasnt in combat untill early 1943

"If the Zero was so good then why did they lose all there good pilots in it then by 1942 since you say they had no good pilots and why did they lose them all to "inferior aircraft"? I just dont buy this. "
Every AF has attrition rates. The Japanese were even worse than the Germans in a pilot training program, and eventually as the pilots were shot down or incapacitated from the tropical diseases, they lost most of their experienced pilots. If you read my posts, I said for the first year of the airwar, the Zero was a great fighter.

Jan 1943 was the tipping point for the airwar. The Zero had a good run against the first generation of allied aircraft (just like the Germans had a good run against the Russians in 1941). But after the fall of Guadalcanal, the Japanese were running low on experienced pilots and were soon to go up against hordes of superior American planes.

Hello the only reason the Zero was good at first is because it was unknown by the allies. They did not know how to counter it. As you said after 1942 the rate was higher for the allies and you know why because the Zero was not very good!

Originally Posted by syscom3

well i guess you couldnt be satisfied no matter what.

If you dont think the simulators are 100% effective, dont bother with them.

Bye the way, how would you know what an Me-110 in a stall feels like? you ever experienced it?

No matter how well a flight simulater models an aircraft flight characteristics you will never get the full effect of an aircraft. There are just too many variables that a home bought computer simulator for you home PC can not simulate. Flying the real deal is totally different.

[FLYBOYJ]

Originally Posted by cheddar cheese

Im looking for a Grob Tutor to download for FS2004 so that when I go up in one ill have a better idea than most of its layout. I should also do the tutorials on how to fly with the instruments...

CC - Great Idea! PM me when if you find a download, i could give you some info!

[R Leonard]

syscom3 wrote:
4 to 1 in favor of the F4F
- from Dec 1941 through Dec 1942, things were still 1-1
8 to 1 in favor of the P-38
- Only a couple of planes were lost to the P38. Most P38 squadrons werent into the thick of things untill early 1943
3 to 1 in favor of the P-40 (excluding the AVG)
- from Dec 1941 through Dec 1942, things were still 1-1
10 to 1 in favor of the F4U
- Irrelevant cause the F4U wasnt in combat untill summer 1943
19 to 1 in favor of the F6F
- Irrelevant cause the F6F wasnt in combat untill early 1943

"If the Zero was so good then why did they lose all there good pilots in it then by 1942 since you say they had no good pilots and why did they lose them all to "inferior aircraft"? I just dont buy this. "
Every AF has attrition rates. The Japanese were even worse than the Germans in a pilot training program, and eventually as the pilots were shot down or incapacitated from the tropical diseases, they lost most of their experienced pilots. If you read my posts, I said for the first year of the airwar, the Zero was a great fighter.

Jan 1943 was the tipping point for the airwar. The Zero had a good run against the first generation of allied aircraft (just like the Germans had a good run against the Russians in 1941). But after the fall of Guadalcanal, the Japanese were running low on experienced pilots and were soon to go up against hordes of superior American planes.

The obvious question is that if the Zero was so good how come the best it could do against such purported inferiors such as the F4F was one to one?

I'd also note that for the first six months of the war, through the Battle of Midway, the score was more like 14 Zeros shot down by F4Fs in exchange for 12 F4Fs shot down by Zeros (actually that's 9 F4Fs for sure and 3 probably - no separate US confirmation, just missing F4Fs and corresponding Japanese claims). So giving full credit, that's 1.167 in favor of the F4F before the widspread adoption of the Thach Beam Defense. Hardly what I'd call an overwhelming performance by the Zero and its supposed commonly acknowledged super pilots.

To put forward that the Zero was such a great fighter plane when the best it could do was not quite 1:1 during the period that was supposedly its heyday is somewhat illogical, i.e., the proof belies the theory.

Regards,

Rich

[plan_D]

Really, only that many F4Fs were lost? The impression I get from histories (not aviation histories just general Pacific histories) is there were massive air battles between the USN and IJN during the first 6 months.

I know this is asking a lot but how many aircraft did the USN lose against the Japanese in the first six months up to Midway?

[R Leonard]

USN aircraft lost in combat from 7 December 1941 through 6 June 1942:

Carrier aircraft:
To enemy aircraft: 68
To enemy AA fire: 28

Land-based aircraft:
To enemy aircraft: 33
To enemy AA fire: 5

and

Land-based aircraft (USMC):
To enemy aircraft: 22
To enemy AA fire: 4


Rich

[plan_D]

Not really a lot, is it? Especially since most of those lost would be bombers, I assume. Since the mainstay fighter was the Wildcat...

[syscom3]

There were only two big carrier battles in the first 6 months.... Coral Sea and Midway.

Once the Guadalcanal campaign started, there were two more big sea battles between the carriers (Santa Cruz and Eastern Solomons), plus numerous times in which the carrier groups had to deploy and fight from Guadalcanal itself. The whole campaign was a meat grinder for both the Japanese and American air forces

[FLYBOYJ]

Originally Posted by R Leonard

USN aircraft lost in combat from 7 December 1941 through 6 June 1942:

Carrier aircraft:
To enemy aircraft: 68
To enemy AA fire: 28

Land-based aircraft:
To enemy aircraft: 33
To enemy AA fire: 5

and

Land-based aircraft (USMC):
To enemy aircraft: 22
To enemy AA fire: 4


Rich

Boy - that "Great Zero Fighter" really scored a lot of kills against the US Navy!