IJN TBs are awesome, how could you say they suck :p they are just kinda slow. And
made of paper. But ive seen them kill a BB4 with just 10 and he had like 130 bulge.

I am going for 5 Fters, 6 bombers. :) Just for fun :). But I am thinking about dropping
few bombers. Torpers suk.

4 fighters a minimum, i currently have 6 fp's and 4 dp's for uk, with that you are able to
many different set ups, but over all never go on a cv without 4 fp minimum (excluding cv's
with less than 6 supports (4-2 is a good set up for 6 supports), and cv6 can only have 8
pilots on it

Just to clarify for you, the CV6 can only hold 8 pilots due to a bug that causes it to
crash when you leave harbor. Atleast that is where I think the crash is. Either way, the
game crashes when you have 9 pilots on the CV6 at some point. They were unable to find the
fix for this, so they made it a rule that only 8 pilots could be aboard a CV6.

As to how many you should run, I would say 6 ftrs and 2 bmb of your choice. But that is
just me personally. I like to have the option of bombing if i have time in a game to do
so. Either way rotating 6 ftrs in and out should keep you busy enough in GB/GB2. As for
HA, well thats different. I would go full ftr whore and run the whole 8.

As for CV6 support I also suggest running a Medic to reduce your crew death, It's
important to keep your crews full with your ftrs.

"IJN CV, How many fighters?"

8 fighters.

You can also pick up some bomber pilots, but having 8 gives you the option to FW
during HA and fleet wars if you want to while still having bombers as well.

The best thing to do, if you plan on being a serious CV player is to train 8 fighter
pilots and 6 TB or DB (best to stay with one or the other, whichever is better for your
nation).

This allows maximum bomber whoring, maximum fighter whoring and everything in between. If
you plan on using your CV for fleet events, you will need 8 fighter pilots period.

The bare minimum I can recommend is 6 fighter pilots and 4 bomber pilots of your choice.
You will also eventually want a minimum of one restorer and one medic/seaman/restorer of
your choice for support crew. For CV6, train an extra medic/seaman or restorer (note:
will not need more than 2 restorers).

There is a CV guide stickied, look into that.

for my IJN cv6, proven in over 10 Harbor Assualts

8 FP

i also have a rep, engineer and seaman

i still run outof FP to loadout with my loading pattern of 4x4x4 4x4x4 6x6 over and over.

I have 6 FP on my IJN CV6 and i really want to have 8.

4 Fighters should be the barest minimum, which 5-6 being preferable for variability.