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Offline Ardy123

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Kawasaki Ki-45
« on: April 05, 2011, 02:33:39 PM »
I would love to see this  Japanese twin engine fighter.



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    * Maximum speed: 540 km/h (292 kn, 336 mph)
    * Range: 2,000 km (1,081 nmi, 1,243 mi)
    * Service ceiling: 10,000 m (32,800 ft)
    * Rate of climb: 11.7 m/s (2,300 ft/min)
    * Wing loading: 171.9 kg/m² (35 lb/ft²)
    * Power/mass: 0.26 kW/kg (0.16 hp/lb)
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Offline StokesAk

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Re: Kawasaki Ki-45
« Reply #1 on: April 05, 2011, 02:34:51 PM »
Twin engined...yes please!
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Re: Kawasaki Ki-45
« Reply #2 on: April 05, 2011, 02:36:34 PM »
Big +1.
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Re: Kawasaki Ki-45
« Reply #3 on: April 05, 2011, 04:12:14 PM »
It would be a very fun plane to shoot down in a P-38.

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Offline Debrody

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Re: Kawasaki Ki-45
« Reply #4 on: April 05, 2011, 04:21:13 PM »
Looks like a fun ride... Ack-ack, youre so ironic  ;)
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Re: Kawasaki Ki-45
« Reply #5 on: April 05, 2011, 04:25:44 PM »
Quote from: Debrody on April 05, 2011, 04:21:13 PM
Looks like a fun ride... Ack-ack, youre so ironic  ;)

What's ironic about using the P-38 to shoot down a plane that was as maneuverable as a brick and totally outclassed by fighters?

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Re: Kawasaki Ki-45
« Reply #6 on: April 05, 2011, 04:29:20 PM »
Quote from: Ack-Ack on April 05, 2011, 04:25:44 PM
What's ironic about using the P-38 to shoot down a plane that was as maneuverable as a brick and totally outclassed by fighters?

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  Ack,what was the 38's record against the Ki45?  I'm sure there must have been some encounters.



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Re: Kawasaki Ki-45
« Reply #7 on: April 05, 2011, 04:31:28 PM »
+1

I love Ack-Ack's logic.
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Re: Kawasaki Ki-45
« Reply #8 on: April 05, 2011, 05:18:48 PM »
Quote from: morfiend on April 05, 2011, 04:29:20 PM


  Ack,what was the 38's record against the Ki45?  I'm sure there must have been some encounters.



     :salute

don't have specific numbers but from McGuire's comments in his analysis report, "Combat Tactics in the Southwest Pacific Area", the Ki-45 didn't fair very well against the P-38 or any other USAAF/USN fighter.

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Nick - There haven't been many of these twin-engine fighters in this area and with their poor performance they are becoming scarcer as P-38 pilots and others prove that this is one Japanese fighter they can out-turn, out-run, and out-climb. The NICK is structurally strong and there will be some difficulty in diving away, but then it won't be necessary unless he gets close on your tail.

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Offline gyrene81

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Re: Kawasaki Ki-45
« Reply #9 on: April 05, 2011, 05:22:27 PM »
Quote from: Ack-Ack on April 05, 2011, 05:18:48 PM
don't have specific numbers but from McGuire's comments in his analysis report, "Combat Tactics in the Southwest Pacific Area", the Ki-45 didn't fair very well against the P-38 or any other USAAF/USN fighter.

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same could be said about pretty much anything japan had flying at the time couldn't it? following much of your logic, nothing but late war monsters belong in ah...  :rolleyes:
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Re: Kawasaki Ki-45
« Reply #10 on: April 05, 2011, 05:25:01 PM »
Quote from: Ack-Ack on April 05, 2011, 05:18:48 PM
don't have specific numbers but from McGuire's comments in his analysis report, "Combat Tactics in the Southwest Pacific Area", the Ki-45 didn't fair very well against the P-38 or any other USAAF/USN fighter.

ack-ack

Is it that it didn't fare well generally or that it didn't fare well against McGuire and cronies (how many could say that)?

It's a little slow and the climb rate isn't the greatest. OTOH, the wingloading is fairly low and I bet it burns reeel purty.

I say bring it.
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Re: Kawasaki Ki-45
« Reply #11 on: April 05, 2011, 05:29:59 PM »
Quote from: gyrene81 on April 05, 2011, 05:22:27 PM
same could be said about pretty much anything japan had flying at the time couldn't it? following much of your logic, nothing but late war monsters belong in ah...  :rolleyes:
That. I fly a pretty much outclassed ride, and i have some success with it. Its the best fun beating them in an inferior ride, isnt it?
Anyway, Ack-Ack, what can you do when you meet a spitfire? Use your skills to beat his superior plane. Same with the ki-45.
Little ugly plane. I would fly it ;)
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Re: Kawasaki Ki-45
« Reply #12 on: April 05, 2011, 05:30:54 PM »
It was lightly armed, and the later faster variants only hit 330mph at altitude. It was shot to pieces by even P-40Es and that is why in mid 1942 it was withdrawn from use as a fighter. It was relegated to ground attack, anti shipping, and later in a desperate ploy, pushed up against B-29s (but then, all Japanese planes were at that late a stage in the war).

It was a flop, a never-was-been. It has limited use and you would be severely disappointed with its performance if you got it.

Fly a 110C and you'll have a more manuverable plane with better guns that was in service more than 2 years before the Ki-45 and is still 20+mph faster than it.
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Re: Kawasaki Ki-45
« Reply #13 on: April 05, 2011, 05:56:18 PM »
Quote from: gyrene81 on April 05, 2011, 05:22:27 PM
same could be said about pretty much anything japan had flying at the time couldn't it? following much of your logic, nothing but late war monsters belong in ah...  :rolleyes:

Wow...someone needs to take some reading comprehension classes.


And no, it cannot be said about anything Japan was flying at the time since the Ki-45 was introduced into service in 1942 and when the majority of USAAF/USN planes that encountered the Ki-45 was in '42-43 in the SWPA (New Guinea / Solomons area).  

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Re: Kawasaki Ki-45
« Reply #14 on: April 05, 2011, 05:58:24 PM »
Quote from: Debrody on April 05, 2011, 05:29:59 PM
That. I fly a pretty much outclassed ride, and i have some success with it. Its the best fun beating them in an inferior ride, isnt it?
Anyway, Ack-Ack, what can you do when you meet a spitfire? Use your skills to beat his superior plane. Same with the ki-45.
Little ugly plane. I would fly it ;)

There are some planes that were just crappy, no matter how skilled the pilot thinks he may be.

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