Barashiki

Slow and steady wins the race? As long as it's a race to fill pirate hulls with holes!

Fighting the Barashiki
Attacking from the rear is generally preferred method, as this is the widest gap without guns. However, the Barashiki turns extremely tightly due to it's low speed and very high maneuver, so getting close unharmed can be difficult for some fast, slow maneuvering and/or wide planes. Planes with side or diagonal arcs may be able to more easily damage the Barashiki from the side, as long as you turn with the Barashiki. Additionally, due to the tight turning and large size of the plane, the visible arcs can actually skew nearly 100% out of their actual effective area (they will still light up if a target is in the effective range), so one might use the "Logical Arcs" function using the Y key to see the effective area clearly.On a related note, it's size in combat appears to at least partly be a bug, as the nose and tail of the craft (all edges) are not targetable; your arc will only light up a bit past the visible edge of the plane. The gun placement appears to be at the edge of the visible plane.