The first post mentioned the Zero.
It was apparently quite a formidable foe, it was light and very nimble and could out manoeuvre most of the American fighers in the Pacific arena, but there was one way many Allied pilots brought the Zero to it's doom and that was to dive away from the Zero and pull quickly out of the dive, the ensuing "G" forces were too much for the engine mount, or the structure it was attached to, on the Zero and the engine would "drop out".
In the end the Zero's light structure, while being a big advantage performance wise, was it's archilles heel.
Last edited by 27/09; 27th February 2011 at 07:11.