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I stumbled on this twitter thread by Justin Pyke, I discovered him on some Youtube videos by Drachinifel about the Zero. In his twitter thread He quotes one of his contacts that states the carburetor was not well maintained on the captured Zeros, hence the engine cuts. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApOfbxpL4Dg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1sn-1ZCmDg https://twitter.com/CBI_PTO_History/status/1161126022521036800 https://twitter.com/CBI_PTO_History/status/1161263927788892160 https://twitter.com/qaz1300 He seems to have a lot of information about japanese planes from primary sources, as he can translate them. https://ww2aircraft.net/forum/threads/the-a6m-could-not-do-negative-g-maneuvers.48892/ This forum has a lot of information about WW2 planes also.

Good to read that, the Hien is so rare, glad that some are in a restoration process. 🙂

Some planes have been built as replicas in Japan in the recent years, a B5N1, a N1K2 and more recently a Ki-61. Again I can't find good sources about those, who built them, for which prupose, where can we see them. The B5N1 and the N1K2 are in a small museum. For the Ki-61 I have found the maker, Doremi Collection but again I can't find english sources/websites about those replicas so if anyone has some feel free to share 🙂 some information about others museum/planes in Japan are welcome too 😉 https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&q=九七式艦上攻撃機+レプリカ https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&q=紫電改+レプリカ https://www.sorakasai.jp/ https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&q=飛燕+レプリカ https://www.doremi-co.com/ki61-1-hien

I have found some articles (in japanese unfortunately) about the only surviving Ki-84 and apparently the plane is in good conditions and some maintenance/restoration work has been underway recently. There are some photos and videos about some work/checks being done on the cowling flaps and the flaps. Maybe someone knows some other sources (in english or in japanese) about warbirds in Japan? https://trafficnews.jp/post/120572 https://trafficnews.jp/post/131833

I went to this museum twice before the covid outbreak. Since then I always wondered how did they get the Zero inside, fully assembled, wings removed, maybe the glass doors in front of the Zero are moveable or maybe they lifted it with a crane? Same questions go to this train, the artillery guns, the kaiten, the tank, the Suisei, Yamato shells etc. I don't exactly remember how the floors of the museum look like, it always intrigued me. I also went to the Yamato museum in Kure, the 1/10 scale replica of the Yamato is really impressive. They also have an A6M7. I hope to go there again some day.

As a fan of this beautiful plane and even if I find the angle of the wings is a little too steep it's a really good looking model, can't wait to see it with some paint and markings.

Hello from France everyone. Just discovered this new sim via the artworks from the artist's website, and a new modern PTO flightsim is quite an exciting thing to see. My first sim was CFS2 when it came out (I still play it nowadays) and then the first IL-2. I didn't keep in touch with all the new games like BoX, DCS and all because of all those high specs requirements (PC, controllers/joysticks/etc and internet connection) but will keep an eye on CP, a Zero in a modern flightsim? Do want.