As the Solomons II Scenario is going on for the next few weeks, I though I'd do a few comparison charts for the planes involved in each stage of the Scenario. I plan to include B25 data once I have tested the B25J.
Bomber Travel Times:
Plane | Fuel Time | Time to Alt | Distance Travelled | Sector Time Low | Sector Time High |
Val | 63s/% | 9:30 | 1.3 sectors | 5:30 | 4:40 |
Kate | 65s/% | 12:30 | 1.6 sectors | 5:50 (torp) | 5:30 (bomb) |
SBD | 58s/% | 20:30 | 2.6 sectors | 5:40 | 5:15 |
B25J | 44s/% | 19:30 | 2.6 sectors | 5:00 | 4:30 |
Note: Fuel Time is number of seconds to burn 1% of gas at full throttle. WB seems to be linear with it's throttle/gas consumption, therefore 50% throttle will result in twice the burn time per percent of fuel.
Time to Alt is the time it takes from .fly, to roll onto the runway, take off, and climb to altitude, then level off and accelerate to cruise speed, all at 90% throttle. Distance travelled is the number of sectors travelled doing this.
Sector times are times to cross one sector at 100ft and 75% gas, or 11,000ft (14,000ft for US).
Note, all times are for full bombload (1 1,000lb bomb for Kate (torp if low level run), 1 500lb bomb for Val, 1 1,000lb bomb for SBD, 3 1,000lb bombs for B25J)
Fuel times for fighters:
Plane | Fuel Time |
F6F | 37s/% |
F4U | 30s/% |
P39D | 30s/% |
P40E | 42s/% |
F4F | 28s/% |
FM2 | 28s/% |
P38F | 43s/% |
Ki43 | 40s/% |
A6M2 | 56s/% |
A6M3 | 38s/% |
A6M5 | 48s/% |
Performance Charts:
Acceleration, 200-250mph:
1,000ft | 5,000ft | 10,000ft | 15,000ft | |
#1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 #9 #10 #11 #12 #13 #14 #15 |
11.8 F6F 13.8 F4U 15.8 A6M5 15.9 P39D 16.9 A6M3 17.1 Ki43 18.0 FM2 19.9 P38F 24.6 A6M2 24.9 P40E 30.3 F4F 42.2 B25J ---- D3A2 ---- B5N2 ---- SBD-5 |
14.2 F4U 16.8 F6F 17.2 A6M5 17.4 A6M3 17.4 Ki43 17.7 P39D 23.0 P38F 24.8 FM2 27.9 A6M2 30.4 P40E 38.1 F4F 63.0 B25J ---- D3A2 ---- B5N2 ---- SBD-5 |
18.0 F4U 19.7 F6F 20.5 Ki43 22.1 P39D 22.3 A6M5 23.3 A6M3 29.0 P38F 34.5 P40E 26.6 A6M2 38.5 FM2 ---- F4F ---- B25J ---- D3A2 ---- B5N2 ---- SBD-5 |
24.0 F4U 26.2 F6F 35.0 A6M3 35.5 A6M5 37.5 P38F 41.3 P39D 46.3 P40E 48.0 Ki43 48.5 A6M2 ---- FM2 ---- F4F ---- B25J ---- D3A2 ---- B5N2 ---- SBD-5 |
Climb (sorted by 5,000ft to 10,000ft range):
Plane | 1,000ft to 5,000ft | 5,000ft to 10,000ft | 10,000ft to 15,000ft | |
#1 | Ki43 | 52s 4,620ft/min | 71s 4,230ft/min | 80s 3,750ft/min |
#2 | F6F | 46s 5,220ft/min | 73s 4,120ft/min | 77s 3,900ft/min |
#3 | A6M3 | 52s 4,620ft/min | 75s 4,000ft/min | 86s 3,490ft/min |
#4 | F4U | 47s 5,110ft/min | 76s 3,950ft/min | 74s 4,050ft/min |
#5 | A6M5 | 53s 4,530ft/min | 79s 3,780ft/min | 90s 3,330ft/min |
#6 | D3A2 | 65s 3,690ft/min | 85s 3,450ft/min | 92s 3,260ft/min |
#7 | A6M2 | 62s 3,870ft/min | 92s 3,260ft/min | 98s 3,060ft/min |
#8 | FM2 | 57s 4,210ft/min | 97s 3,090ft/min | 114s 2,630ft/min |
#9 | P39D | 64s 3,750ft/min | 101s 2,970ft/min | 108s 2,780ft/min |
#10 | P38F | 62s 3,870ft/min | 103s 2,910ft/min | 107s 2,800ft/min |
#11 | P40E | 70s 3,430ft/min | 106s 2,830ft/min | 119s 2,520ft/min |
#12 | F4F | 81s 2,960ft/min | 122s 2,460ft/min | 136s 2,210ft/min |
#13 | B5N2 | 92s 2,610ft/min | 128s 2,340ft/min | 150s 2,000ft/min |
#14 | B25J | 90s 2,670ft/min | 141s 2,130ft/min | 161s 1,860ft/min |
#15 | SBD-5 | 99s 2,420ft/min | 149s 2,010ft/min | 163s 1,840ft/min |
Dive (10,000ft to 5,000ft), sorted by "After 60s" time
Plane | Max Speed | After 30s | After 60s | |
#1 | F4U | 405mph | 355mph | 350mph |
#2 | P39D | 410mph | 350mph | 340mph |
#3 | F6F | 400mph | 345mph | 335mph |
#4 | P38F | 400mph | 345mph | 325mph |
#5 | P40E | 395mph | 335mph | 315mph |
#6 | FM2 | 395mph | 315mph | 300mph |
#7 | A6M5 | 395mph | 310mph | 300mph |
#8 | A6M3 | 395mph | 310mph | 295mph |
#9 | Ki43 | 380mph | 305mph | 295mph |
#10 | F4F | 360mph | 300mph | 280mph |
#11 | A6M2 | 360mph | 295mph | 280mph |
#12 | B25J | 380mph | 275mph | 270mph |
#13 | D3A2 | 360mph | 260mph | 250mph |
#14 | SBD-5 | 350mph | 255mph | 235mph |
#15 | B5N2 | 345mph | 235mph | 210mph |
Sustained Turn Rates:
1,000ft | 5,000ft | 10,000ft | 15,000ft | |
#1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 #9 #10 #11 #12 #13 #14 #15 |
12.3 Ki43 13.2 A6M2 13.7 D3A2 13.8 A6M3 13.9 B5N2 15.1 A6M5 15.9 FM2 15.9 P38F 16.1 F4F 16.3 F6F 18.3 P40E 20.0 F4U 20.0 SBD-5 24.6 B25J 30.7 P39D |
13.6 Ki43 14.2 A6M2 14.9 A6M3 15.1 D3A2 15.1 B5N2 15.4 A6M5 16.9 F4F 17.6 FM2 17.9 P38F 18.1 F6F 19.6 P40E 21.0 F4U 22.0 SBD-5 26.6 B25J 33.8 P39D |
15.0 Ki43 16.5 B5N2 16.6 D3A2 16.7 A6M2 16.7 A6M3 18.4 A6M5 19.6 F4F 20.4 F6F 20.5 P38F 21.2 FM2 22.4 P40E 24.2 F4U 24.4 SBD-5 33.1 B25J 35.9 P39D |
18.0 Ki43 18.5 A6M2 19.3 A6M3 19.7 D3A2 20.3 B5N2 21.4 A6M5 21.8 F4F 23.1 FM2 24.0 F6F 24.3 P38F 26.8 P40E 28.0 F4U 29.6 SBD-5 38.4 B25J 44.0 P39D |
Roll Rates:
150mph | 200mph | 250mph | 300mph | 350mph | 400mph | |
#1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 #9 #10 #11 #12 #13 #14 #15 |
3.3 F4U 3.4 A6M3 3.7 A6M5 4.9 A6M2 5.5 P39D 5.7 P38F 5.9 F4F 6.1 Ki43 6.1 P40E 6.4 FM2 6.6 F6F 6.8 SBD-5 7.0 D3A2 7.7 B5N2 13.4 B25J |
2.9 F4U 4.3 A6M3 4.3 A6M5 4.5 P38F 4.6 P40E 4.7 FM2 4.9 P39D 5.1 SBD-5 5.4 F4F 5.5 F6F 5.7 Ki43 5.9 A6M2 7.6 D3A2 8.5 B5N2 11.3 B25J |
2.5 F4U 3.6 P40E 4.0 FM2 4.3 P38F 4.7 A6M3 4.8 F6F 5.0 F4F 5.0 SBD-5 5.1 P39D 5.3 A6M5 6.5 Ki43 6.9 A6M2 10.1 B25J 11.2 D3A2 11.3 B5N2 |
2.4 F4U 3.1 P40E 3.8 FM2 4.9 F6F 5.4 SBD-5 5.6 F4F 6.0 P39D 7.4 P38F 8.1 Ki43 9.7 A6M3 10.1 A6M5 12.1 B25J 14.8 A6M2 17.4 D3A2 19.8 B5N2 |
2.5 F4U 2.7 P40E 3.8 FM2 4.9 F6F 6.9 P39D 7.3 F4F 8.1 SBD-5 13.7 P38F 17.5 Ki43 19.2 A6M3 21.0 B25J 21.6 A6M2 22.4 A6M5 ---- D3A2 ---- B5N2 |
3.5 F4U 4.8 P40E 5.1 F6F 7.8 P39D 15.9 SBD-5 27.0 P38F ---- F4F ---- FM2 ---- A6M2 ---- B25J ---- A6M3 ---- A6M5 ---- Ki43 ---- D3A2 ---- B5N2 |