Japan's secret WWII Intercontinental bomber.
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From what I remember, they managed to capture some B29s intact or easily repairable, so it's likely they did copy some of it, but just like the Space Shuttle clones, done by Russia and China, it's all in the "Physics" issues, forcing certain design features.
The J20 Stealth Fighter from China looks very similar to the F35 for the same reason.
If you go onto the internet, there are extensive reports on the Japanese bomber. It had superior engines/propellers, and much longer range.
The WWII Japanese six engine bomber was called
Nakajima G10N - Wikipedia
They had some wicked aviation going on at the end of the war didn't they? Some of their fighters were as good as anything the US had in the sky, at least. If not better in some ways. But held back by poor manufacturing and maintenance personnel (think of all the experienced crew chiefs and staff they lost on all those islands etc) and poor fuel quality. Oh and flown by poor pilots with sh*tty training and like 10 hours in type lol.
Good thing for us.
The B29 layout reminds me of their M1 Garand copy, but I believe you on it being superior in plenty of ways.
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By 1944 they had nothing flying that could compete with the Corsair, P-51D, Lightning or the Northrop Black Widow. They had to copy stuff, but had no time, and increasingly no resources.
The Sovs had a problem with copying US designs too. They copied the B29 right down to a spurious and accidental pinhole in the fuselage. Their problem in 1946 was the inability to roll aluminum, duraluminum and sheet steel thin enough. So it never flew.
If I remember correctly, towards the end of the war, Japan had fallen farb behind the US in aviationm technology, not just in terms of people and supplies.
By 1944 they had nothing flying that could compete with the Corsair, P-51D, Lightning or the Northrop Black Widow. They had to copy stuff, but had no time, and increasingly no resources.
The Sovs had a problem with copying US designs too. They copied the B29 right down to a spurious and accidental pinhole in the fuselage. Their problem in 1946 was the inability to roll aluminum, duraluminum and sheet steel thin enough. So it never flew.
Diamondback Six
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G10N1 Fugaku's closer direct comparison is B-36 Peacemaker. Now imagine one of those nightmares loaded with nuclear Baka Bombs...
The Sovietized B-29 did fly, it was the Tu-4 Bull. There is a certain irony that both the B-52 and the Tu-95 Bear started with their design concept being "upscaled, sweptwing, turboprop B-29"...
The Sovietized B-29 did fly, it was the Tu-4 Bull. There is a certain irony that both the B-52 and the Tu-95 Bear started with their design concept being "upscaled, sweptwing, turboprop B-29"...
Ki-84 seems to be every bit their equal on the IJA side. N1K2 on the IJN side of things.
A match for whatever the allies had in the air against it, IF it was maintained properly, had properly refined gas, and a pilot who wasn't a kid with a few hours training.
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And we wiped out almost all their really good elite pilots, at least IJNAF, between the 1942 carrier clashes and the Solomons meatgrinder.
For my buddy who wants a B-36 for his Wings of War gaming table, I'm thinking about writing him a scenario where Japan gets as lucky as Conair would have with "Operation Fast Forward" on the YB-36, and it's basically a Clash of Prototype Superbombers where the YB is the only thing that can intercept the G10N1 before it gets in range to launch "Atomic Blossoms" against West Coast targets. (We're assuming an armament fit of removed-from-Superfortresses quad-.50s to sidestep the cascade-failure problems that plagued the historical B-36's 20mm installs.)
For my buddy who wants a B-36 for his Wings of War gaming table, I'm thinking about writing him a scenario where Japan gets as lucky as Conair would have with "Operation Fast Forward" on the YB-36, and it's basically a Clash of Prototype Superbombers where the YB is the only thing that can intercept the G10N1 before it gets in range to launch "Atomic Blossoms" against West Coast targets. (We're assuming an armament fit of removed-from-Superfortresses quad-.50s to sidestep the cascade-failure problems that plagued the historical B-36's 20mm installs.)
