Don't make performances secret this time

[PE_Tihi]

Originally Posted by IceFire

You know I had started typing a big long message but its not worth it.

I undestand completely how you feel, IceFire, and you re probbably right- it isn't worth it.
I remember you from other discussions elsewhere, where you always kept a correct and polite tone. No offence has been meant with what I wrote, and I certainly called the plane performances grotesque, not you.

Originally Posted by IceFire

You know I had started typing a big long message but its not worth it.

Also where is this information about which versions of the I-16 are armed with cannons and which are not plus the weight information and whatever else you've got.

There is quite a lot to be found in the net about the I16. I am sending you a good link to a russian page:

http://i16fighter.narod.ru/mods/mods.htm

Only parts of the page have got an english version, regretably not the structural and flight data. In spite of the cyrilic alphabet, I am sure you are going to recognize the weight values, empty and takeoff, in the lines 9 and 10 of a table for the different I16 variants on this page, as well as climb to height numbers at the lines 17 and 18. The site is very comprehensive, going to such details as the armament weights, bullet weights , muzzle velocities, etc, etc. With ammunition and structural strenghtening, the weight difference of mg and gun armed versions is about 100 kg.
Cannon armed development of type 24 was type 28, with the same M63 engine, so you can compare these two.
Type 27 had the less powerful M62.
The weights given at the page are somewhat on the low side - other sources give an empty weight of up to 1490 and loaded one of 1915-1941 kg for the type 24.
In any case, Loaded weight of the game type 24 is about 1870 kg, if I remember well- check in the Il2 Compare , please.

Variant armament is given in the third line from below.

[ElAurens]

Originally Posted by PE_Tihi

What could be the reason for 'balancing' of the Japanese planes against US Navy types- beats me.

Sales of the game in Japan.

It's all about money.