Nakajima Ki-43 Hayabusa ("Oscar")

[HighTone]

I know it didn't do very well in the last election, but it is still at the top of my wishlist. 

                                                   

[Slade]

but it is still at the top of my wishlist.

Ditto  +1

[matt]

+1

[HighTone]

                                                           

[Tank-Ace]

Lots of other stuff thats higher on the priority list. Just saying.

[HighTone]

Lots of other stuff thats higher on the priority list. Just saying.

Then Axis fighter planes....particularly early war ones? Really, like the Me410 we needed so bad....LOL


Maybe it isn't on your priority list, which is why I'm very thankfull HTC runs the game  


Ingame ID: Jager   Status: inactive N do you even play?

[Tyrannis]

Early war should hold the highest priority right now. But sadly the majority controls. And the majority resides in LW.

[Tank-Ace]

I wouldn't have put the Me-410 on the vote if it had been upto me. IMO, it should have been a vote between

some more italian fighters (EW probably, maybe the G.55.... maybe)
some british EW/MW tanks such as the Matilda or Crusader
the BT-7
Panzer III encompasing several models
a french fighter
and the He 111, encompasing several models

[Tyrannis]

I wouldn't have put the Me-410 on the vote if it had been upto me. IMO, it should have been a vote between

some more italian fighters (EW probably, maybe the G.55.... maybe)
some british EW/MW tanks such as the Matilda or Crusader
the BT-7
Panzer III encompasing several models
a french fighter
and the He 111, encompasing several models

Dont forget the M3 Lee.

M3 Lee, Pnzer III, and the 2 british tanks are the 4 major missing pieces from the EW lineup. Especially for desert AvA and scenarios.

[Tank-Ace]

I figured that we have enough US stuff, and to keep the pole simple, I wanted to keep the options to a minimum of 6 potential additions.

I would have had 3 rounds of voting. Remove the 2 least popular after the first vote. Remove the 1 least popular, and then have the final round of voting determine the addition.

[USBP1969]

I once again voted for the Ki-43, but it disappeared after the first round of voting. 

Seems strange that a WW-II aircraft used by Japan in such great numbers, and throughout WW-II would not just automatically be available in the hanger.

USBP1969

[HighTone]

                                                                     Ki-43 in 2012

[nrshida]

Denied. Because you keep bumping with similar pictures from an apparently very thick book 

[Butcher]

I once again voted for the Ki-43, but it disappeared after the first round of voting. 

Seems strange that a WW-II aircraft used by Japan in such great numbers, and throughout WW-II would not just automatically be available in the hanger.

USBP1969

It comes down to voting, while HTC does add planes from time to time, the community voted and it didn't make it past the first round. I was more keen to voting on the IAR-80, Me-410, Yak-3, or D.520 myself, when it came down to attributes, the Ki-43 is great respectably except for the gun package of a pair of 12.7's, which is where it lost my vote, however I don't think the gun package had much to do with the lack of interest, perhaps because the B239 (Brewster) was just added, people may not of wanted another turny bird?

[USBP1969]

Too bad.  It's a great plane that can carry 2 x 250kg bombs as well as turn inside an A6M2 with the first notch (combat notch) of flaps. (That is' if the A6M2 is clean.)

Problem with voting is that the big numbers, as someone already stated, are in the Late War Arena, where folks seem to like to go fast and have lots of guns.

Perhaps the voting should be "weighted" with an A/C that will be flown in EW & MW (mostly) being given a multiplier, based on the usual populations of the arena(s) in which the A/C will be used most.

Last time the B-29 was chosen, an A/C I will never fly since I do not fly bombers and frequent only EW and MW.  I kinda suspect that I am not alone in that.

Butcher: You mentioned the B-239.  I love the plane, but it was used in WW-II in far fewer numbers than the Ki-43.  Guess the focus is not so much on representation of actual numbers flown as it is on the game aspect.

I don't know what won, but the Yak-3 would have been a good choice since it out performed the Yak-9.

Respectfully,
USBP1969