ORIGINAL: hellcat56
Hellcat ate Zero's for breakfast
Hellcat stats
Maximum speed: 330 kn 610 km/ 380 mph,)
Zero Stats
Maximum speed:287 kn 533 km 331 mph
Cosair
Maximum speed: 369 kn, 684 km 425 mph
''But The HellCat wasn't fast enough to catch the kamakaze planes. That was one of the major factors that got the Corsairs on the carriers, as the Navy considered them not safe for carrier operations. ''
Japan used many differenct types of kamakaze planes-i can find no stats to say that Anything was as fast as a Hellcat
Let me rephrase my statement. The Kamakaze plane doesn't have to be as fast. But if someone has a head start on you, you need to catch them as fast as you can. Therefore the Corsair could CATCH THEM FASTER than the HellCat could. That is why they needed them (corsairs) on the carriers. If not for this, the Corsair would have probubly have spent its entire time on land bases.
I didn't make this up guys. sorry but it is historical facts.
In a war or a race every second counts.
Build on Pete!!