I assume machine guns was a translator error?. Interesting though this video is a beauty but a crappy plane in wt. But to know there is footage of her flying makes me tear.
Yes there are slight translation errors but the difference between cannon and machine gun wasn't that big in Japanese terminology. I'm glad you enjoyed it.
Is 25:40 correctly translated? Is it meant to be in miles per hour? I know it was a bit heavier and mire sluggish then first envisioned, but that speed sounds super low...
@@ZYNKYOKU oh... i didn't know that, i recalled there was a test to see its climb speed and that it was quite a bit lower than expected but idk how true that info is
@@arpadpinter6050 Apologies for my late reply. The Shinden never had any formal flight test done outside of 3 flights with gear legs deployed the entire time. He did some circles around the airfield but never did rapid climbs or any other tests outside of takeoff and landings.
@@ZYNKYOKU thank you very much for this clarification! I always find out something new about this plane since sources about it are scattered all across the internet!
At the beginning of this video, some strong fighters failed to climb and intercept the B-29s? Weird I thought they could climb at 10k m altitude like N1K, J2M and Ki-84.
Many general fighter aircraft didn't have the armament or the climbrate and speed to reach the B-29s fast enough. Another issue specifically with Ki-84 was that there just wasn't enough of them ready due to reliability issues even though it was a great aircraft when properly running.