So many Japanese fighters doing 360'ish mph?

[BPHILLIPS]

So many Japanese fighters doing 360'ish mph?
all different sizes, weights & engines, seems a bit wrong.

N1K1 363mph
N1K2 369mph
J2M3 365mph
KI43IV 364mph
KI61a-d 360-367mph
KI100 360-367mph
KI102b 360mph
KI119 360mph
KI44 360mph

[herwin]

ORIGINAL: BPHILLIPS

So many Japanese fighters doing 360'ish mph?
all different sizes, weights & engines, seems a bit wrong.

N1K1 363mph
N1K2 369mph
J2M3 365mph
KI43IV 364mph
KI61a-d 360-367mph
KI100 360-367mph
KI102b 360mph
KI119 360mph
KI44 360mph

It was a design point (600 kph). So were 300 mph and 500 kph.

[JWE]

ORIGINAL: herwin

ORIGINAL: BPHILLIPS

So many Japanese fighters doing 360'ish mph?
all different sizes, weights & engines, seems a bit wrong.

N1K1 363mph
N1K2 369mph
J2M3 365mph
KI43IV 364mph
KI61a-d 360-367mph
KI100 360-367mph
KI102b 360mph
KI119 360mph
KI44 360mph

It was a design point (600 kph). So were 300 mph and 500 kph.

Horse crap. If you don't know what you are talking about, it might be wise to just not not talk at all.

The game, which is what this is, does not have design points.

[witpqs]

Maybe I understood him wrong, but I took it to mean it was and aircraft design point at that point in time... [&:]

[Mike Scholl]

That's what I thought he said as well. I think JWE owes Herwin an appology...

[P.Hausser]

I think he is talking about a Design Point defined by the Jap Airforce... not by Matrix..

[Q-Ball]

I think so too, in fact I understand the Japanese would often send out a "wish list" of specs, and companies would compete to meet it.

"I want a plane that flies 600kph, up to 30K ft, with a range of 1000KM, carrying 4 30mm cannon, etc.)" Companies wanted to win, so they just built to the speed minimum in order to max the other qualifications

[Hokum]

That's pretty much how every countries operated though.

Twin engined fighters could go quite fast and remember that all thoses planes were late war

[herwin]

ORIGINAL: JWE

ORIGINAL: herwin

ORIGINAL: BPHILLIPS

So many Japanese fighters doing 360'ish mph?
all different sizes, weights & engines, seems a bit wrong.

N1K1 363mph
N1K2 369mph
J2M3 365mph
KI43IV 364mph
KI61a-d 360-367mph
KI100 360-367mph
KI102b 360mph
KI119 360mph
KI44 360mph

It was a design point (600 kph). So were 300 mph and 500 kph.

Horse crap. If you don't know what you are talking about, it might be wise to just not not talk at all.

The game, which is what this is, does not have design points.

Tetchy. All I was suggesting was that it was a round number in some set of units that the design committee (or committees) inserted in all the specs it issued during the period. You know how specs are written...