Slightly OT: Kawasaki "Hien" in flight

[Olham 164]

Never saw a "Hien" in flight; I always thought, there weren't any left.

So, although this is a very short video - they look phantastic.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOnHKO_Y_n0&feature=grec

[Olham 164]

Wow - and here's a Bf 109 E in flight - the "Battle of Britain" one, how it

should have looked in the film (instead of the Hispano-Suiza).

Also never seen one before, flying.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RdRVIm8VHQ&feature=related

[Slartibartfast 153]

Good find I have been spending the last few weeks playing IL-2 1946 and I am normally chasing these things round the sky...

[Barkhorn1x 14]

The Hien was often mistaken for a Bf-109 by American pilots in the Pacific who were "certain" that the Japanese were using "superior" German equipment.

[Hasse Wind 46]

The Japanese produced some excellent fighters in WW2. Too bad there aren't any decent modern sims around that let you fly them and their American counterparts of the Pacific War. I had a lot of fun back in the 1990s with Dynamix's Aces of the Pacific.

[Barkhorn1x 14]

The Japanese produced some excellent fighters in WW2. Too bad there aren't any decent modern sims around that let you fly them and their American counterparts of the Pacific War. I had a lot of fun back in the 1990s with Dynamix's Aces of the Pacific.

 

 

You don't like Il-2 1946? Don't let the name fool you - the Pacific Fighters expansion added many (not all) of the most important US and Japanese Pacific theatre planes and I believe the modders added a few more.

[+whiteknight06604 935]

those are excellent CGI movies,I've had a few on my HD for years.

[Hasse Wind 46]

For some reason I never liked the Pacific Fighters add-on to Il-2. It just didn't feel so immersive as I had hoped, and the campaign play was nowhere near as fun as it was in the ancient Aces of the Pacific. Maybe Pacific Fighters has been modded for improvements though, I haven't played it for a long time.

[Olham 164]

Barkhorn: The Hien was often mistaken for a Bf-109 by American pilots in the Pacific

 

No wonder - it had the same Daimler Benz engine, maybe a license-built one.

[UK_Widowmaker 571]

My favourite Pacific Flight Sim was 1942 - Pacific Air War...god, I loved that game!

[Red-Dog 3]

The Japanese produced some excellent fighters in WW2. Too bad there aren't any decent modern sims around that let you fly them and their American counterparts of the Pacific War. I had a lot of fun back in the 1990s with Dynamix's Aces of the Pacific.

 

 

Hi Hasse wind, have you tried the PTO addon for CFS3, it's like OFF in the Pacific......

[Flyby PC 23]

It's that man Tochy again. Absolutely superb.

 

http://www.k4.dion.ne.jp/~suppon/

[Hasse Wind 46]

Widowmaker:

 

I had forgotten all about 1942 - and I agree, it was a great sim.

 

Red-Dog:

 

No, I haven't tried PTO. But I really must, if it's that good. Thanks for the tip.

[Olham 164]

Widow, you speak my heart:

Microprose "1942 Pacific Air War" - even the Microprose logo at the start was a great show!

[hood 2]

The Hien was often mistaken for a Bf-109 by American pilots in the Pacific who were "certain" that the Japanese were using "superior" German equipment.

Yes Barkhorn. I and my unit were strafed by a couple of Hien in the Markham Valley in New Guinea in 1943 and they were in fact reported in the daily sitrep as Me109s.They went over at about 300ft and were gone in a flash

[Bullethead 12]

The Japanese produced some excellent fighters in WW2. Too bad there aren't any decent modern sims around that let you fly them and their American counterparts of the Pacific War.

 

Try Aces High. It's an MMOFS with a fair selection of Japanese planes, including this here Tony and also the George and Frank. "Curious George" is, or at least was when I was flying, one the most popular planes.

[Olham 164]

Did you try IL-2's Pacific Fighters (don't know the exact name)? I found that was very good.

I loved the "Frank" - best fighter to tango with Hellcats, Lightnings and Corsairs.

The George is devastating like a Focke-Wulf with cannons - but has very limited amount of ammo.

 

Thanks for the tip, Bullethead - don't know "Aces High" at all yet.

[Barkhorn1x 14]

Yes Barkhorn. I and my unit were strafed by a couple of Hien in the Markham Valley in New Guinea in 1943 and they were in fact reported in the daily sitrep as Me109s.They went over at about 300ft and were gone in a flash

 

Thank you for that information Hood.