Ki-84 and pilot wounds

[Gianlupo]

I have never read or seen anything that indicates the Ki-84 had any inherent weakness that would cause it to shed control surfaces at speeds significantly below other WWII aircraft.

I've always thought it was simply a matter of maximum design speed... every plane has one and the fact that the ASI in the 84 don't reach the 500 mph it's a pretty strong suggestion that maybe the plane wasn't meant to reach those speeds. Any idea of what is the Vne of Ki-84?

[Karnak]

I've always thought it was simply a matter of maximum design speed... every plane has one and the fact that the ASI in the 84 don't reach the 500 mph it's a pretty strong suggestion that maybe the plane wasn't meant to reach those speeds. Any idea of what is the Vne of Ki-84?

The A6M2, and to a lesser degree A6M5b, exceeds its maximum dive speed by a ridiculous margin.  The A6M2 should lose its wing skin somewhere between 400 and 450mph.

[bongaroo]

The A6M2, and to a lesser degree A6M5b, exceeds its maximum dive speed by a ridiculous margin.  The A6M2 should lose its wing skin somewhere between 400 and 450mph.

HeeHee, a A6M2 ripped its wing off after diving at my p38 last night in MW and gave me a good chuckle.

[BnZs]

The A6M2, and to a lesser degree A6M5b, exceeds its maximum dive speed by a ridiculous margin.  The A6M2 should lose its wing skin somewhere between 400 and 450mph.

Right-O. Everything seems to tolerate speed too well, but it is really apparent with the Zekes.

[AirFlyer]

Shh, don't let the secret out. Last time I tried it with my A6M5b I hit somewhere in the 600mph area(or was it 570... anyways!) before shedding parts(according to film). Not sure if this has changed since they fixed the bugs in the CT for the A6M. That and I haven't had the initiative to climb close to 30,000ft again. Also note even though I wasn't shedding parts till extremely high speeds I was far in the red as far as compressing goes.