the entire sequence of praise..
at best he manages to squeeze out it was possible to fly the AC without it falling apart on you..
.. and it was still of limited military value
people still have a number of confusions:
1) Hayabusa was more maneouverable than the Reisen (wrong)
why is it wrong? in the historical config Hayabusa I had a lower wing loading than the Reisen II.. 93 versus 107
if you add fuel and the wing guns,the Hayabusa would be even slower (less than 300mph)
Point being made: Reisen was to the Hayabusa as the Spitfire was to the Hurricane (in terms of airframe itself)
due to much superior aerodynamics.. remove the wing cannons and the fuel from a Reisen
and it has the same wing loading but 40mph more speed.
2) Hayabusa was what the pilots wanted, a light maneouverable dogfighter (wrong)
why is it wrong? Pilots wanted to preserve dogfighting ability BUT also increase speed and gunpower, etc
instead of adding more fuel... pilots demanded a super dogfighter for short range air superiorty
. no european fighters carried so much fuel for long range in those days.. because it dropped performance...
..remember a Fw-190 long range variant only flew at 380mph
Hayabusa was slow, pilots thought they were used as cannon fodder to protect bmr planes..
... nothing ridiculous like the Hayabusa existed in the RAF/Lwaffe/VVS.. Europe was flying 400+ mph while Hayabusa was only 300+mph...
Do not praise the Hayabusa, it was junk
praise the pilots who were a few levels above the allies
remember a french foreign legion with an 1896 bolt action rifle will beat a conscript with M1garands