Talk:Kyūshū J7W
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[edit] Do 335 is not similar
I see that the Do 335 was previously added under "similar aircraft", then removed (with an explanatory note), then added back.
The Kyushu J7W, XP-55 Ascender, and Henschel P.75 all have a canard design and only a pusher propeller. Either of those by itself is uncommon, and the combination is very rare. The Do 335 has a conventional wing layout and push-pull propellers. It's not similiar. I'm removing it again. -- Paul Richter 09:09, 14 November 2005 (UTC)
The article plane was apparently INSPIRED by it -max rspct 10:40, 14 November 2005 (UTC) From the Dornier article - In Japan the Japanese navy ordered the development of a very fast heavy interceptor before the end of the Pacific war. The result was the Kyushu J7W1 Shinden(震電, "Magnificent Lightning") which is very similar to the Do 335.
max rspct 16:10, 14 November 2005 (UTC)
- Do you have anything other than the Dornier Do 335 article indicating that they are similar? Because I don't find that at all convincing, and I haven't seen any other support for the claim of "inspiration". Besides, similarity means simply do they look alike?, (primarily, wing and engine configuration, size, purpose, crew) or could they be confused?. And the answer for the J7W and Do335 is unequivocally no.
- I've removed the text from the Do335 article as well, solely with the intent of correcting that article itself, not with any intent to invalidate your argument above; the article indeed said what you claim.
- However, if you look at the history of the Do335 article, you'll see that there was initially an anonymous entry claiming that the J7W was "the equivalent", which is entirely different from saying it was similar. Following this is an edit that rewords it as "very similar", and that's entirely incorrect and unsupported. --Paul Richter 00:00, 20 November 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Judge for yourself
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