Planes With Best Low Alt Acceleration

[WarTooth]

Hi All,

Which planes have the best acceleration (say 250mph to top speed in level flight) at altitudes below 5k?


Thanks,

WT

[BaldEagl]

http://gonzoville.com/ahcharts/index.php

[PFactorDave]

Not certain where it falls in the acceleration "rankings", but the Ki-84 accelerates very nicely.

[Cthulhu]

Dora, Spixteen, & LA-7.

[Stang]

I could be off my rocker, but the P39Q seems to have better acceleration down low than most anything in the 200-250 range.

[CAP1]

I could be off my rocker, but the P39Q seems to have better acceleration down low than most anything in the 200-250 range.

actually, i flew the p39 a couple sorties last month. never got above 5k alt....and she handles suprisingly nicely.

[RTHolmes]

typh is surprisingly good over 250 at those kind of alts.






dam did I say that out loud? 

[WarTooth]

Guys,

Thanks for the info.

BaldEagl the posted link is great stuff (http://gonzoville.com/ahcharts/index.php).  Is it up-to-date?


Thanks again,

WT

[Krusty]

It is mostly up to date. It doesn't reflect recent changes/additions (you'll note no P-39s, for example)

[Spikes]

Gunna kill myself for saying it, but the LA has the best acceleration from 0 to whatever at no alt.

[BaldEagl]

Guys,

Thanks for the info.

BaldEagl the posted link is great stuff (http://gonzoville.com/ahcharts/index.php).  Is it up-to-date?


Thanks again,

WT

Like Krusty said, it's pretty up to date.  The comparisons all still apply.

[Rich46yo]

The 109-K4, Spit-16, KI-84, are what I call "sneaky fast". You can be in an airplane thats as fast, or faster, and stretching one out to come back at em, and instead of pulling away "they" are getting closer. The kicker is you are sure you were at equal, or a slightly better, E-state. Most of all the K-4 and spit-16 are especially sneaky fast.

[Becinhu]

I agree that the Ki-84 is faster than most think it is. It has one major drawback to me though. It likes to jettison its wings at speeds of about 425 and above. So I can only manage maybe a 2k dive before I'm reaching critical speed for the wings. And yes, I know I'm flying a paper airplane. I do love it's cannons though. They have an extremely high ROF. I burn through 300 rounds really fast if I'm not careful.

[splitatom]

ki 84 is not paper it is i think the least likely jap plane to burn it just cant dive

[PFactorDave]

ki 84 is not paper it is i think the least likely jap plane to burn it just cant dive

This is very true.  The Ki-84 almost never catches fire and seems to take some hits before cracking up. 

As for diving, I like to enter the combat area only a couple thousand feet above the action at the most.  Being 8k above your target really isn't much of an advantage with the Ki-84.  Coming into a fight with just a little extra altitude has the added advantage of not "appearing" quite as threatening as that Typhie 6k over head.  Keep the Ki-84 around 250mph, where it likes to turn.  Use the vertical.  Rely on its good acceleration to rebuild E after shedding it.