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Title: Ki44 and Ki84
Post by: DYGCaps on January 12, 2004, 10:03:30 PM

Hey guys, I was searching for information on the Ki-84 Hayate and a Ki-44 Shoki picture came up...these planes look nearly identical, anyone know the difference ?

Title: Ki44 and Ki84
Post by: MiloMorai on January 12, 2004, 10:16:37 PM

differences: physical size, weight, engine, speed, armament, range

both made by Nakajumi

Title: Ki44 and Ki84
Post by: brady on January 12, 2004, 11:00:14 PM

Lot's of differances, a quick search on the net can generate a ton of stuff on them.

Title: Re: Ki44 and Ki84
Post by: HoHun on January 12, 2004, 11:37:45 PM

Hi DYGCaps,

>Hey guys, I was searching for information on the Ki-84 Hayate and a Ki-44 Shoki picture came up...these planes look nearly identical, anyone know the difference ?

The Nakajima Ki-84 was a completely different plane with a yet more powerful engine. The Ki-84 was more in the tradition of the Ki-43 and had about the same size and proportions, while the Ki-44 was quite a bit smaller.

There are some very high performance figures around for the Ki-84 that are a bit suspicious.

The Ki-84 was much better suited for mass production than both the Ki-43 and the Ki-44.

Regards,

Henning (HoHun)

Title: Ki44 and Ki84
Post by: DYGCaps on January 13, 2004, 11:47:48 AM

The pictures I saw made them look exactly alike, but I just went and looked at more and can see the differences now :)