Ki-43 Topic, cuz reasons.

[6./ZG26_Klaus_Mann]

I went on the Internet and I found THIS. (Go to 1:25)

 

 

It truly is strong pornography. 

Edited February 4, 2016 by 6./ZG26_Klaus_Mann

[Willy__]

Damn.... that made me fire up the old 1946 to fly a bit with that beauty. Such lovely plane to fly! 

[Asgar]

dat roll 

[6./ZG26_Klaus_Mann]

[6./ZG26_Emil]

Dirty boy.....

[Feathered_IV]

Definitely one to watch while buffing your joystick.

[Jade_Monkey]

Wow, it looks very maneuverable!

[Ace_Pilto]

Nice vid, I was hoping it was the one where they sing the Hayabusa song, been looking for that one forever.

[=362nd_FS=Hiromachi]

Nice vid, I was hoping it was the one where they sing the Hayabusa song, been looking for that one forever.

 

This one ? Song name is "Kato Hayabusa Sento-tai" which refers to 64th Sentai, led by Lt. Col. Tateo Kato. 

 

And yeah, the aircraft was extremely maneuverable but also it did not suffer as much as A6M at higher speeds, being able to roll with P-38 at speeds up to 280-300 mph. There is even funny report of comparison trials of P-47 D with Ki-43-I : "The Oscar could get on the P-47 ‘s tail after one 360 degree turn.  However, the P-47’s turning circle was so large that it took 1 and a half turns after that for the Oscar to get into gun range." That P-47 laarge turning circle lmao

[Ace_Pilto]

Thanks Hiromachi, I've been looking for that video forever.

[Feathered_IV]

That roll is an amazingly well practiced bit of piloting. I imagine it was something of a party trick for that particular guy.

[Finkeren]

The roll looks pretty much identical to the one you often see performed by the I-16 in videos from the 1930s. Man those two aircraft are just so much alike in their performance and handling. If you look at the numbers alone, you'd think they were the same aircraft.

[=362nd_FS=Hiromachi]

The roll looks pretty much identical to the one you often see performed by the I-16 in videos from the 1930s. Man those two aircraft are just so much alike in their performance and handling. If you look at the numbers alone, you'd think they were the same aircraft.

I'm not sure if that comparison works, I-16 was longitudinally unstable and vicious maneuvers could throw it into spin. Nothing like this could be attributed to Ki-43, and about the performance ... Hideo Itokawa was not exactly hoping for such an aircraft, in comparison with Ki-27 it was only an evolution wheres Zero if compared to A5M was a revolution.

But Army and Nakajima with compromises involved ... Army insisted on similar turn radius and turn time to Ki-27 (7-8 seconds turn time with radius close to 90 m) even at the expense of structural integrity which later on revealed in series of accidents 64th Sentai suffered during conversion before the outbreak of the war, when wing tips under high g maneuvers folded or even broke leading terrible spins and pilots death. That of course forced Nakajima to strengthen wing structure as fast as possible so further units would suffer no similar problems, but still standard G limit was lowered from +7 to +6 and dive speed was limited to only 600 kph indicated.

But I guess Yohei Hinoki can say more about it :

 

Oscar became a plane it was meant to be with Model II. 

[BlitzPig_EL]

I would always much rather fly army aircraft than navy ones, be it axis or allied.

[PatCartier]

Great movie >

 

Hayabusa powaaa !

[Gambit21]

Wow, it looks very maneuverable!

 

Capable of a double Immelman. 

[6./ZG26_Klaus_Mann]

I would always much rather fly army aircraft than navy ones, be it axis or allied.

Same for me. 

 

Great movie > Hayabusa powaaa !

Like it as well. It's hilarious and the Action and Flight Scenes are very well done Considering it was 1944. Especially the casual Racism against the Chinese Lady is just so, well, I just want to say,

Capable of a double Immelman. 

It would probably outroll everything at low Speeds. 

[=362nd_FS=Hiromachi]

To be honest A6M2 was a vastly superior aircraft to first model of Type 1 fighter. However later models, particularly model 3 gained a lot of performance while also getting very good protection. Model 3 had pilot and fuel tank protection comparable to Allied one.

 

When it comes to rolling ... there is a May 1944 performance test report of Model I TYPE I fighter (Oscar I) against P-38. It is said there that Oscar could stay in easy gun range on all maneuvers of P-38 up to 300 mph. On rolls from 200 to 280 mph it could stay with P-38, with Split S and rolls straight down up to 300 mph.

So Oscar had lighter aileron controls. I assume Model 2 and Model 3 would do even better since the had wing tips reduced (not clipped like in spitfire but still quite a bit of area was removed).

[Falco_Peregrinus]

so it seems they were really fragile and "paper" planes from that interview...

but good looking and aerobatic for sure, and that suffices for me

[=362nd_FS=Hiromachi]

Yes, Type I Model I fighter was fragile. Despite Nakajima intentions Army pressed all kind of adjustments and alterations to improve maneuverability even at the expense of structural integrity. Early models hence had a tendency to get their wingtips bent, twisted or broken. A number of aircraft was lost that way. 

[-=PHX=-SuperEtendard]

How much was the zoom level in the telescopic sights?

Edited March 2, 2017 by SuperEtendard

[6./ZG26_Klaus_Mann]

Yes, Type I Model I fighter was fragile. Despite Nakajima intentions Army pressed all kind of adjustments and alterations to improve maneuverability even at the expense of structural integrity. Early models hence had a tendency to get their wingtips bent, twisted or broken. A number of aircraft was lost that way. 

My book quotes Grounding due to Cracks at the Wing Roots as well. 

[Finkeren]

How much was the zoom level in the telescopic sights?

Where they telescopic sights?

 

I thought they were just collimator sights similar to the ones used in WW1.

[=362nd_FS=Hiromachi]

Telescopic sights were pretty common during the interwar period. 

 

How much was the zoom level in the telescopic sights?

Something that I have been trying to find out for quite a while. Unfortunately I was unable to. At least I have a sight picture which may give some perspective - it was a relatively low zoom scope with wide angle. Certainly inferior to all reflex sights, but totally usable.

 

[-=PHX=-SuperEtendard]

Nice pictures! I hope that with Battle of Midway we'll get well implemented telescopic sights.

 

 

[6./ZG26_5tuka]

Telescopic sights were pretty common during the interwar period. 

 

Something that I have been trying to find out for quite a while. Unfortunately I was unable to. At least I have a sight picture which may give some perspective - it was a relatively low zoom scope with wide angle. Certainly inferior to all reflex sights, but totally usable.

I personally found the low zoom telescopic sights in RoF well done (could be used like a collimator) so I'm not too worried about it (different story for telescopic sights with high magnification like the ones used by german bomber interceptors or the Hs-129 B-3 for instance).

 

Edit: The D3A is also likely to get one in Midway so it serves as a 'tech demo'.

Edited March 3, 2017 by 6./ZG26_5tuka

[=362nd_FS=Hiromachi]

D3A is fun. It was equipped with Type 95 and later Type 99 but I'm more looking forward to that damn Judy (late production Vals also got this one) with Navy Type 2 telescopic sight : 

 

Best thing about it was the whole mechanism. Sight was connected with Gyro Stabilized Inclinometer Model 1, its purpose was to control the positioning of the reflector plate of the pilots bombsight by measuring the angle between the horizon and the aircraft's longitudinal axis. To this angle had to be added the aircraft's angle of attack in order to produce the actual dive angle and therefore the angle of release of the bomb. Numerous factors had to be taken into account and were calculated during the planning and inputs were set in this Inclinometer. Thus, system automatically adjusted the off-set dive angle and bomb release point for striking target.

Complete design gave a massive advantage to pilots, particularly those of limited training.