Solomons II Plane Comparison Charts


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:

Stage 1:

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

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