Talk:Shinden Kai/@comment-26824536-20160103092512/@comment-26919041-20160121011843

First off, you're talking out of your ass. The prototype for this plane only flew once (certainly not more than few times), and even that flight revealed significant problems.

Secondly, American fighter pilots in 1944-45 were vastly more trained and skilled than their Japanese counterparts, barring the scant few aces Japan still had left by that point (which were pitifully few).

Thirdly, they wouldn't really be contending much with Mustangs; they'd face Hellcats and Corsairs.

Fourthly, Japan's production capabilities, raw material reserves, and manufacturing quality were pretty abysmal late in the war. Even if the Shinden's design had been refined and completed before the war ended, very few of them would have been made, and the ones that WERE made would have been made with poor-quality materials and rushed workmanship.

Fifthly, Japan's fighter aircraft were unarmored and lacked self-sealing fuel tanks. Meaning, they were fragile and tended to burst into flames (or explode) when under fire (even briefly). Meaning, they'd have a tough time even taking on formations of B-17's, let alone flights of Hellcats and P-51's.

Lastly, if the war somehow had gone on long enough for the Shinden to come into production and somehow matter, they'd then have to contend with American P-80 Shooting Stars--jet fighters.