As the title implies, between a Fw 190A-8, a Ki-84 Hayate and the LaG-7, which fighter has the blend of characteristics that give it the best combat effectiveness against the other two in this comparison ???
Since we are talking about late war time, for both the Fw190 and the Ki-84, assume their construction is as designed (factory workers are adequately skilled and properly fed/rested, no 'guest' workers intent on sabotage in the factory, metals and their heat treatment are up to world class peacetime standards, etc.), that fuel is both available and up to the intended octane rating, and finally that pilots have adequate flight school training as well as enough flying time in the machine they will fly in combat.
Evaluating the Ki-84 is maybe the hardest because the raw data is so skewed by manufacturing quality issues, inadequate pilot training, fuel shortages, lack of surviving original documents, etc. I think the Ki-84 is the best of the group, but I would be interested in your opinions.
Since we are talking about late war time, for both the Fw190 and the Ki-84, assume their construction is as designed (factory workers are adequately skilled and properly fed/rested, no 'guest' workers intent on sabotage in the factory, metals and their heat treatment are up to world class peacetime standards, etc.), that fuel is both available and up to the intended octane rating, and finally that pilots have adequate flight school training as well as enough flying time in the machine they will fly in combat.
Evaluating the Ki-84 is maybe the hardest because the raw data is so skewed by manufacturing quality issues, inadequate pilot training, fuel shortages, lack of surviving original documents, etc. I think the Ki-84 is the best of the group, but I would be interested in your opinions.