Ki84

[dedalos]

It seems to have one of the shortest takeoffs.  With wep and flaps its like 3 feet

Soooo, how come it is/was not available on CVs?  Not that I like the plane and I would ever use it from a CV, but someone else maybe would

[Furball]

because it was made in taiwan and taiwan dont have cv's stupid.

[B@tfinkV]

you can roll almost anything off the CV, shall we enable all of them?



wait thats not a bad idea

[Ack-Ack]

Originally posted by dedalos
It seems to have one of the shortest takeoffs.  With wep and flaps its like 3 feet

Soooo, how come it is/was not available on CVs?  Not that I like the plane and I would ever use it from a CV, but someone else maybe would

It wasn't an IJN plane.

P-38 with with a 1 or 2 notches of flaps also has a short take off.  Nice when taking off fully loaded from one of those bases with a mountain at the end of the runway.


ack-ack

[Murdr]

Heh, 38 jumps right off the CV deck with 100% Fuel, 2k of bombs, plus rockets.

[Grits]

Ki84 pwns.

[Hoarach]

Originally posted by Grits
Ki84 pwns.

Maybe after it gets turned into a roman candle by the hands of a 38.

[Guppy35]

Originally posted by Murdr
Heh, 38 jumps right off the CV deck with 100% Fuel, 2k of bombs, plus rockets.

light on fuel and full flaps the old 38G leaps up quick in the midst of the vulchers over a field.  I imagine it would do the same off a carrier deck.

[Grits]

Originally posted by Hoarach
Maybe after it gets turned into a roman candle by the hands of a 38.

The Ki84 will eat a 38's lunch, take its milk money, kick its dog and french kiss its sister all at the same time.

[Morpheus]

nah.

[RAIDER14]

anything can take off from a CV a Lanc can ...

[Grits]

Originally posted by Morpheus
nah.

WTF do you know BVR missile firing, radar guided, swingwing jetdweeb?!?

[eilif]

Ki84 is slow, and if its a turn fight a decent p38 stick can kick a decent ki84 stick if he uses the p38s high speed flaps.

[Grits]

Ki84 has dead even speed with the P-38L on the deck with WEP, how is that slow?

The problem is very few people know how to get the most out of the Ki84, so the vast majority of them are poorly flown.

[Morpheus]

nah.