Comments by "John Fisher" (@johnfisher9692) on "The A6M Naval Carrier Fighter - Zero or Hero?" video.

Another massive video. Has anyone actually just how long 5 minutes is supposed to be? :) The Zero was an excellent aircraft for the environment it operated in with both great strengths and weaknesses. A weakness was that it required a highly experienced pilot to use its strengths to their best advantage and by early to mid 1943 Japan started to run out of pilots with that skill. I think it's greatest flaw was that it lacked a capacity of growth. Once newer and faster Allied fighters started to appear it got overwhelmed by fighters using zoom/strafe tactics and refusing to engage in a dogfight and at higher speeds the Zero lost much of it's superior maneuverability. An excellent book is Duels in the Sky by Captain Eric M. Brown RN who compared Allied and Axis aircraft against each other. And the man actually flew most of the aircraft he reviews.
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