New Ki-43

[Wagger]

 Well it is not fast.  But my first kill was a Spit XVI who went into the fish manuver and met a tree he could not resist.  My second was a Brewster.  It is unusual to see a Brewster panic and realize it can not out manuver his opponent.  Has its good points and it bad points.  But is fun to fly.

[killnu]

I am a fan.  That is all.

~S~

[icepac]

Got lucky on my first ki43 mission and got two He111.

I took it up to 38,000 feet and found no exploitable bugs at super high altitudes.

[Mitsu]

I just love it. 

[Torquila]

Such a god-send.

The thing is so fun with flaps, does some epic manouvres.

[Hajo]

The Ki43 is great fun.

[captain1ma]

flew it last night in the AVA almost exclusively. it was a very fun plane. while I'm not the best pilot, i found it easy to fly, and very forgiving. I'm glad to see it in the stable of japanese planes, it will be a fun new addition! i even got kills with it, so that alone is a bonus!

[Mitsu]

I can't wait Ki-43 skins.  

[Grendel]

Ki-43.
The plane that taught me the skill of shooting true and deadly in WarBirds.
One of my all-time favourites, right after my trusty Dora.

Oh yes, oh yes....

[HighTone]

I have waited a long time for this plane.


Thank you very much HTC 

[Greebo]

I can't wait Ki-43 skins.  

I've done one extra Ki-43 skin, a 50th Sentai aircraft with the lightning bolt running down the rear fuselage. I'll post some screenshots of it in the skins forum in the next day or two.

[mbailey]

Upped in it with a couple of squadies last night....was a hoot!!   

[Vinkman]

Mixed it up with the Ki-43 about 15 times last night. Very dificult to hit, They turn like kites in a tornado. I do not think I shot a single one down. One the flip side I think every single one of them ended up on my six at distances between 200 and 400 yards. I do not believe any shot me down. A kill may have been recorded after I extended and got killed by a plane with effective guns. Worst damage I took was a radiator leak. The firepower is very weak. I just went full throttle and walked away from them swaying very gently. After a minute they drappoed far behind and turned off. I don't see them being the threat Brewesters are. 

[xxIENAxx]

Mixed it up with the Ki-43 about 15 times last night. Very dificult to hit, They turn like kites in a tornado. I do not think I shot a single one down. One the flip side I think every single one of them ended up on my six at distances between 200 and 400 yards. I do not believe any shot me down. A kill may have been recorded after I extended and got killed by a plane with effective guns. Worst damage I took was a radiator leak. The firepower is very weak. I just went full throttle and walked away from them swaying very gently. After a minute they drappoed far behind and turned off. I don't see them being the threat Brewesters are. 

True. I took a wing off a Jug , after i used all my ammo. To all the other planes i had in sight, nothing or as you said, minimal damage. Thou, it's a fun plane to fly.


IENA

[Karnak]

Dunno.

Years ago I had a P-47N try to walk away from my D3A and his tail came off before he got away.  The Ki-43 has about three times the firepower of the D3A and better acceleration.  I've also shot a fair number of planes down with the same two 12.7mm guns on the Ki-84 and they aren't that bad.

Certainly it has weak firepower, but I wouldn't pretend it can be ignored.