Originally posted by FX1
Bat was using the 84 about as aggressive as you can get.
Great dance..
Actually, IMHO Bat was less aggressive than I thought he should have been. Combat Trim was on the whole time... At speeds above 350 mph, you can't pull enough G to match the 109, unless you trim out the elevator heaviness.
Bat, trim it manually and you can build speed in a dive and still pull to black out. Keep the motor wound up, don't sacrifice E simply to get the flaps out. The Ki-84 will out-turn the G-14 without flaps between corner speed and 200 mph. The 109 needs at least 3 notches of flaps out to get any edge, but by then, you can get out 1 notch and take the advantage back.
A 109G-2 or 109F-4 will be a hard fight. Frankly, I'd take the 109F over the Ki-84 any day. However, the G-14 is less of a threat if Co-E, Co-alt.
My regards,
Widewing