Ok, here’s what I got testing the Ki-84 this morning:
Speed on deck, no WEP: 327 mph
Speed on deck with WEP: 348 mph
Speed at 22,500 ft without WEP: 382 mph
Speed at 22,500 ft with WEP: 388 mph
Climb: 25% gas; from a standing start on runway to 5,000 ft: 87 seconds. For comparison, I did the same test with an La-7 with 50% gas in its tanks (about equal duration to Ki84 with 25% gas). The La-7 took 86 seconds to reach 5,000 feet. A virtual dead heat.
WEP duration: About 90 seconds
Cool down to normal temperature: About 30 seconds
So, you have a WEP duty cycle of 90 seconds on, 30 seconds off, 90 seconds on and so on.
Elevators seem lighter than before patch, but that may just be my own perception.
Conclusions: The Ki-84 is even deadlier than before. It can run away from any of the other turn fighters with ease. Especially when we factor in acceleration.
Yup, the revised Ki-84 accelerates much faster than the previous edition.
I did my standard acceleration test: level at 200 feet, power adjusted to speed is stable at 200 mph. Go to full power and engage WEP, record time required to reach 300 mph.
You may remember that the previous Ki-84 accelerated dead even with the Spitfire Mk.V. Well, that's changed dramatically.
Times from 200 mph to 300 mph:
La-7: 28 seconds
Ki-84: 29 seconds
Spit V: 51 seconds
With these numbers, the Ki-84 just moved higher up the uber scale.
My regards,
Widewing