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Offline x0847Marine

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KI84 = balloon
« on: March 07, 2005, 05:43:10 PM »
After a steep climb use of full flaps and the KI84 will literally fly like a kite or balloon, it hangs in the air at 30-60 MPH with the cockpit speed'o reading zero.

This cant be realistic.
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Offline frank3

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KI84 = balloon
« Reply #1 on: March 07, 2005, 07:08:41 PM »
Haha try the B5N with 25% fuel, no bombs from a CV :)
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Offline Overlag

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KI84 = balloon
« Reply #2 on: March 11, 2005, 06:29:02 PM »
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Originally posted by frank3
Haha try the B5N with 25% fuel, no bombs from a CV :)
yup the stall speed on that thing is like 45mph......;)
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Offline wetrat

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KI84 = balloon
« Reply #3 on: March 13, 2005, 03:33:52 PM »
The 84 is a rice-paper plane with an engine that's too powerful for the frame (controls stiffen up at its top cruising speed... lol :p). As such, the hovering more or less makes sense to me.
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