Ki-44

[ONTOS]

+1 seems reasonable.

[Aspen]

+1  I want them all eventually. 

[EagleDNY]

The niche between the Ki-43 and the Ki-84 does not seem to me to be the best gap to fill in the japanese planeset.   
Truthfully I'd rather see the Judy or the J2M.

[Wmaker]

The niche between the Ki-43 and the Ki-84 does not seem to me to be the best gap to fill in the japanese planeset.   
Truthfully I'd rather see the Judy or the J2M.

I agree that Judy is the bigger gap in Japanese planeset but Ki-44 is far more important than J2M. It saw service in more units, larger numbers and longer than J2M.

[Arlo]

I agree that Judy is the bigger gap in Japanese planeset but Ki-44 is far more important than J2M. It saw service in more units, larger numbers and longer than J2M.

Attach a Sparviero rider to this bill and it gets my vote.

[Wmaker]

Attach a Sparviero rider to this bill and it gets my vote.

Why don't we let the threads to stay on topic instead of dropping "this is my own favorite -turd" to every topic?

[Arlo]

Why don't we let the threads to stay on topic instead of dropping "this is my own favorite -turd" to every topic?

Relax, Francis. This is how players collaborate. Its quite on topic.

[Nefarious]

+1

We should focus on the Japanese plane set for a few updates.

[Hetzer7]

+1

[bustr]

Wonder if Waffle will accidentally post some previews of rides that might be released with AH3. I really want a J3 with a bazooka under each wing.

I think the Ki-44 will have an ankle biter niche in the MA. I can imagine a few players who would take advantage of that. It looks like it might fly like the La7, just slower, except in a dive and maybe in a zoom. Four Ho-103 will not make it a snapshot wonder.

[Arlo]

Wonder if Waffle will accidentally post some previews of rides that might be released with AH3. I really want a J3 with a bazooka under each wing.

I think the Ki-44 will have an ankle biter niche in the MA. I can imagine a few players who would take advantage of that. It looks like it might fly like the La7, just slower, except in a dive and maybe in a zoom. Four Ho-103 will not make it a snapshot wonder.

I have on unofficial lack of authority that this will be Italy's finest hour with the Sparviero and Falco leading the charge.  

[pipz]

I endorse this wish 100%.    

[icepac]

Flew it last night.........and it's not the end all late war monster but it does all things reasonably well and it has advantages over other planes in very specific parts of the envelope and, conversely, it has disadvantages in other places.

Great plane and fun to learn how to exploit it's strengths.

RE: Maneuverability..........the only japanese pilots who slagged it's turning had just gotten out of A6M2s and you heard the same complaints about other fighters like the J2M and even the KI84.

[Karnak]

RE: Maneuverability..........the only japanese pilots who slagged it's turning had just gotten out of A6M2s

Pilots would not have gone from A6M2s (a Navy plane) to the Ki-44 (an Army plane), but rather from the Ki-27 or Ki-43 to the Ki-44.

[Wmaker]

At 184kg/sqm, Ki-44-II has roughly the same wing loading as a Bf109G-2. I'm sure the combat flaps effectively reduce its turn radius like they do for the two other Nakajima fighters in AH.