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How did the Ki-100 compare to allied fighters?
The KI-61 was based, to a large degree, on the Heinkel He100 which the Japanese had purchased 3 of, and had delivered in 1940. It's engine was based on the DB601 and some of the early models even had German supplied weapons installed.The Ki-61 was an interesting and somewhat underestimated Japanese fighter, lots of spitfire and 109 influence to create a whole different bird.
I sure wish I had some pics of the evaporative system, but it's based directly on Ernest Heinkel's design, so if you can find some technical drawings on the early He100's system, you'll have a good idea of what it looked like.Any pics or drawings of wing-cooled Ki-61 anywhere?
The Ki-84.
You review promises of various weapon designers and take your best guess as to which weapons are superior. My best guess is the Ki-43 salesman was more convincing then the Ki-61 salesman. So the Ki-43 program got the lion's share of development money. In this case the IJA guessed wrong.The Ki-43 prototype was produced in response to a December 1937 specification for a successor to the popular Nakajima Ki-27.
Thge KI-100 was a formidable fighter, it's track record proves that in the hands of an experianced pilot, it was able to outperform anything the Allies put up against it.
It's only shortcoming, was it's engines performance was geared for medium to higher altitudes. Your best bet of getting the upper hand against it, was to draw it down to lower altitudes.
It's armament was a little on the light side, but still very capable of downing a B-29 or anyone unlucky enough to get on it's business end.
vincenzo said:for true i'm more for the type 1 (Ki 43) the enemy of Ki 43 were not "top" fighters, the enemies of Frank are some of best fighter of war (P-47, P-51, Corsair)
But this is about the best fighter the Japanese produced, and the Ki-84 was above the rest, being able to outrun virtually any Allied fighter at low altitude and keep pace at high altitude.