Author Topic: German-Japanese fighter look alike?! (Read 1279 times)

EagleEyes · « **on:** January 23, 2007, 02:03:50 AM »

Ok, these planes look similar. Been searching the net, but cant find anything. Is it just me, or does the Ki-61 and the heinkel 113 look alike?

Heinkel 113

Ki-61

CPW · « **Reply #1 on:** January 23, 2007, 03:05:16 AM »

Japanese ever purchase Bf109E,Fw190A5,He112 and He100D/113.

In some resources, Ki61 was really be described in relationship with He100.

Another interesting thing is to install radiator engine in Ki61-II's fuselage.

The install way is from Fw190A5. Then,that is Ki100.

Squire · « **Reply #2 on:** January 23, 2007, 08:33:06 AM »

Yup, the Ki-61 was reported as a Bf109 by a few allied pilots in 1943 before intel quashed it.

titanic3 · « **Reply #3 on:** January 23, 2007, 09:33:29 AM »

also, the me163's blueprints was delivered to the jap in a U-boat from germany but it 1 of the boat was sank,but the jap got it anyway. they called it the shuishi or sumthing like that

gripen · « **Reply #4 on:** January 23, 2007, 09:40:26 AM »

IIRC the Ki-61 was also reported as Macchi M.C.202 by allies.

gripen

Debonair · « **Reply #5 on:** January 23, 2007, 10:26:26 AM »

He113:noid

Karnak · « **Reply #6 on:** January 23, 2007, 02:02:20 PM »

The Ki-61 was designed by a Japanese engineer who was a proponent of liquid cooled engines. It used a license built DB601, but the rest was all Japanese.

VooWho · « **Reply #7 on:** January 23, 2007, 04:06:17 PM »

Karnak is right.

AceGec3D · « **Reply #8 on:** January 23, 2007, 04:27:01 PM »

the germans lend the japs some disigns through WWII...

...Wat they really need is better tanks...

Apeking · « **Reply #9 on:** January 23, 2007, 05:23:00 PM »

"Is it just me, or do the Ki-61 and the heinkel 113 look alike?"

No, it's not just you. They look alike. The easy way to tell them apart is that the Ki-61 in that photograph is only a few inches long, whereas the He-100 in the drawing was about 27 feet from nose to tail. The Japanese theorised that their new miniature aeroplanes would be hard to see, but they had to scrap the idea because it was, in all other respects, a silly idea.

The standard online reference for the Ki-61 from which most everything else is copied is this webpage here:
http://www.vectorsite.net/avhien.html

The standard online reference for the Heinkel He 100 used to be here, although it has gone down in the last month or so:
http://www.csd.uwo.ca/~pettypi/elevon/baugher_other/he100.html

It is still available in Google's cache. Wikipedia's article has lengthy verbatim quotes from this page. Read them both.

Serenity · « **Reply #10 on:** January 23, 2007, 08:51:36 PM »

Quote

Originally posted by Apeking
"Is it just me, or do the Ki-61 and the heinkel 113 look alike?"

No, it's not just you. They look alike. The easy way to tell them apart is that the Ki-61 in that photograph is only a few inches long, whereas the He-100 in the drawing was about 27 feet from nose to tail. The Japanese theorised that their new miniature aeroplanes would be hard to see, but they had to scrap the idea because it was, in all other respects, a silly idea.

LOL!!!:rofl

FDutchmn · « **Reply #11 on:** January 24, 2007, 08:15:53 AM »

I think if you want to know about some of the history into the development of the Ki-61 and the Ki-100, refer here...

Kawasaki Ki-61 Hien

Kawasaki Ki-100

Mace2004 · « **Reply #12 on:** January 24, 2007, 10:55:47 PM »

Quote

Originally posted by Apeking
"Is it just me, or do the Ki-61 and the heinkel 113 look alike?"

No, it's not just you. They look alike. The easy way to tell them apart is that the Ki-61 in that photograph is only a few inches long, whereas the He-100 in the drawing was about 27 feet from nose to tail. The Japanese theorised that their new miniature aeroplanes would be hard to see, but they had to scrap the idea because it was, in all other respects, a silly idea.

I heard the problem was finding pilots.

Mace

hubsonfire · « **Reply #13 on:** January 24, 2007, 11:05:38 PM »

You're both misinformed. The real problem was making them fly more than a few feet at a time.

Pick up a book some time, you might learn something.

Krusty · « **Reply #14 on:** January 25, 2007, 02:06:57 AM »

Those DBs guzzled gas, and the tank was 1/5th a thimble. Hub's right on this one

EDIT: JD the He100D looks very little like ki61. Check it out from other angles. Distinctively has the German angles and slopes.