User blog comment:Kuras/Summer Event 2016/@comment-36.78.56.93-20160821034621

E3H Seaplane Fighter experiment report:

After 5 successful runs to the boss, I can conclude that having a seaplane fighter in one of the CAVs, in addition to the CVLs' fighters, is enough to secure Air Superiority at prefinal boss node quite consistently (5 AS out of 5 runs). For information, my fighter distribution is as follows: Zero Type 53 in Chiyoda's 11 plane slot; Reppu Kai and Reppu (601st AG) in Chitose's 16 and 8 plane slots, respectively, and Type 2 Seaplane Fighter in Mogami's 11 plane slot - all are max rank. This renders the CAV unable to perform daytime arty spotting DA, (should you choose to keep a type 3 and 2 guns with her) but gives a chance for other girls to do it.

However, I also submit to the fact that CVLs are near impotent when faced with the enemies beyond node C. Therefore, I think it is much better, in this case of E3H, to put more fighters in the CVLs should one desire more fighter power, and maintain the ability to do daytime DA for everyone who can do it. My next planned runs will have only one torpedo bombers in each my CVLs.

Regardless, I think this is an interesting experiment. One should not downplay that extra fighter power from max rank seaplane fighters. :)