Variants of existing planes

[alpini13]

ki-61 mid and late variant....early .plane already in game would have more performance with the 4 50cal gun package.....and the late would have bossted performance with better reward vision

[Karnak]

ki-61 mid and late variant....early .plane already in game would have more performance with the 4 50cal gun package.....and the late would have bossted performance with better reward vision

Ki-61 in game is a very late Ki-61-I.

[Krusty]

I suspect he's talking about the basically nonexistent Ki-61-II, which had some canopy revisions leading into the Ki-100 style of canopy. His comment about visibility makes me think that's the intent.

 

[BuckShot]

Ki-100

We already have about 2/3 of it

[Karnak]

I suspect he's talking about the basically nonexistent Ki-61-II, which had some canopy revisions leading into the Ki-100 style of canopy. His comment about visibility makes me think that's the intent.

 

Correct.  But he also references the existing Ki-61 as a "early .plane already in game", which it most certainly is not.

[Krusty]

True, but I suppose if he was thinking Ki-61-II and Ki-100 were "mid and late" then maybe he thinks the Ki-61-I is "early" (lol)

But I won't second guess him. I'll let him chime in on his own. Whatever.


I have expressed interest in 3 other versions of the Ki-61, with different weights, armors, and loadouts. I think at least we need one other (4x 12.7mm variant) but would also love the MG151/20 version as well, with a much lighter configuration but with the 20mm in the wings instead of the nose. I think it's different enough to be included in the game and yet still useful. Truth be told, as much as the early, lighter, MG-only versions interest me, I think I would mostly use the MG151-armed version more (if we had all 4 to pick from). But, that's just me.