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Title: Name This...(466)
Post by: brady on March 23, 2003, 02:26:14 PM

???

Title: Name This...(466)
Post by: pugg666 on March 23, 2003, 05:59:54 PM

I'd say KI-84, but I don't know very much about japanesse aircraft.

Title: Name This...(466)
Post by: Gulbert on March 23, 2003, 06:04:16 PM

Nakajima Ki-115 "Tsurugi"

Title: Name This...(466)
Post by: Bonden on March 23, 2003, 06:41:30 PM

Looks kinda hogged to me

Title: Name This...(466)
Post by: pugg666 on March 23, 2003, 11:29:27 PM

maybe it is a KI-115

The Nakajima Ki-115 Tsurugi (Sabre) was an attempt at a simple, easy to build, suicide attack aircraft to help defend the Japanese homeland from invasion in 1945. Designed to be powered by any radial engine in the 800-1,300 horsepower range, its maximum speed was expected to be about 320 mph. This speed was only achieved after the fixed landing gear had been jettisoned, as landing was not required on combat missions. When flight testing began in March 1945, the landing gear gave problems, and ground handling and visibility were very poor. After modifications to the gear, about 100 were produced but the war ended before any saw operational use. In the hands of Japanese pilots with very little training and facing experienced Hellcat and Corsair pilots, the handful of Ki-115s would have had little chance.
Image Source: George E. Miltz, Jr. from WWII Pacific War Eagles: China/Pacific Aerial Conflict in Original Color by Jeff Ethell and Warren M. Bodie, used with permission.

Title: Name This...(466)
Post by: brady on March 24, 2003, 02:16:58 PM

Ki-115, it is:)

Title: Name This...(466)
Post by: hazed- on March 25, 2003, 02:19:18 AM

i think its a Ki-84 but its been left out in the sun too long and its melted :D