Ki-61's

[Masherbrum]

Overall, performance-wise, it would be better than the Ki-61 currently in game.

Agreed

[Mitsu]

Performance wise, it was not.  Reliability is what it had going for it.

The Ki-100 was turner. That's why IJAAF pilots liked it. (Yohei Hinoki...and more)
They said it was like Ki-43-III.

[Zacherof]

Did the 100 have 20's?

[GScholz]

They couldn't produce the Homare engines to the exacting Japanese standards either.... 

(Drafting your skilled factory workers to act as cannon fodder is not a good idea, but the Japanese did it.)

True, but even in 1942 they had real problems producing the DB601. The same engine that had been in serial production in Germany since 1937.

[Perrine]

Did the 100 have 20's?

20's (Ho-5) on the cowl with 200 rpg
12.7's (Ho-103) wing mounted with 250 rpg

The Ki-100 was turner. That's why IJAAF pilots liked it. (Yohei Hinoki...and more)
They said it was like Ki-43-III.

so it's basically a Hayabusa without the extreme low speed maneuverability (due to "butterfly" flaps) that can dive without shedding parts like Ki-84 in this game?


btw, is Ki-84 shedding elevators at @ 450 IAS dive really a built-in-feature in that plane in real life?
... I mean, even 109G-14 with wooden tail in this game can still do extreme dives without shedding its tail off.

[Zacherof]

+1 for super turner

[Mitsu]

20's (Ho-5) on the cowl with 200 rpg
12.7's (Ho-103) wing mounted with 250 rpg

so it's basically a Hayabusa without the extreme low speed maneuverability (due to "butterfly" flaps) that can dive without shedding parts like Ki-84 in this game?

Yep, It was highly rated in vertical maneuverability too.
Also Navy pilots tested the Ki-100, and they had good feeling to it.

But some Army pilots reported it had a sensitive pitch moment at slow speed by shorted nose.
and reported the control surface was too light.

Anyway it would be excellent fighter for furball addicts...

Oh, it's me.

[Zacherof]

Yep, It was highly rated in vertical maneuverability too.
Also Navy pilots tested the Ki-100, and they had good feeling to it.

But some Army pilots reported it had a sensitive pitch moment at slow speed by shorted nose.
and reported the control surface was too light.

Anyway it would be excellent fighter for furball addicts...

Oh, it's me.

if so I want!!!

[mthrockmor]

From what I understand the Ki-100 is simply an improved Ki-61 with a better engine and visibility. The Ki-61 currently outturns most planes and with a better engine would do well in the verticle game. With self sealing fuel tanks and a radial engine it should be more durable and higher speeds and turbo charged better at altitude. All around a great addition to the MA and should be somewhere in the top-10 of next additions. Actually, considering how many Allied birds we have, maybe it is top-5 for next additions.

...but that is just my two cents.

Boo

[GScholz]

The Ki-100 was an emergency measure after the USAAF destroyed the factory producing the Ha-140 (DB605) in early 1945. The ~270 Ki-61-II-KAI, now without engines, were converted to use the Ha-112 radial engine, creating the Ki-100. The Ki-100 had worse performance than the Ki-61-II-KAI, with a top speed similar to the earlier Ki-61-I-KAI (DB601).