Kawasaki Ki-64 - Tier 4 Japanese Premium

[Donger_of_Dongs 2,640]

The Kawasaki Ki-64 was a prototype of an experimental heavy, single seat, fighter. It had two unusual design features. First; it had two Kawasaki Ha-40 engines in tandem; one in the aircraft nose, the other behind the cockpit, both being connected by a drive shaft. They drove two, three-bladed, contra-rotating propellers. The second feature was the use of the wing surface as a radiator for the water-cooled engines. The aircraft first flew in December 1943. During the fifth flight, the rear engine caught fire; and while the aircraft made an emergency landing, it was damaged. The aircraft was subsequently abandoned in mid-1944 in favour of more promising projects. The airframe survived the war, and parts of the unique cooling system were sent to Wright Field for examination.

 

Specifications

• Crew: 1 (pilot)
• Length: 11 m 
• Wingspan: 13.5 m 
• Height: 4.25 m 
• Wing area: 28 m²
• Empty weight: 4,050 kg 
• Gross weight: 5,100 kg 
• Powerplant: 1 × Kawasaki Ha-201 coupled liquid-cooled V-12 engine, 2350 hp

Performance

• Maximum speed: 690 km/h at 5,000 metres
• Range: 1,000 km
• Service ceiling: 12,000 m
• Time to altitude: 5.5 minutes to 5,000 metres
• Wing loading: 182.1 kg/m²
• Power/mass:  2.17 kg/hp

Armament

• Guns: 4 × 20 mm Ho-5 cannon or 2 × Ho-5 and 2 × 12.7 mm Ho-103 machine guns

Edited July 21, 2015 by Bomber_of_Bombs

[Rautaa 5,801]

Thank you for the suggestion!  :salute:

 

This aircraft has quite a few fans in the community. Open for discussion.  :yes:

[CherryBlossom 4,209]

You have my yes! It flew enough times for enough flight data to be available, and would be a nice addition, as with all Japanese aircraft :salute:

Edited July 17, 2014 by CherryBlossom

[FockeWulf156 5,532]

YAS

[H4uhau 279]

GIB

I WANT

GIB IT NAU.

[GottMittens 259]

I always get confused when I see this mentioned.. I just think of the already in-game Ki-61's. Anyway...

 

Yes, of course I'd love to see this. Even though I haven't played Japan a whole lot, I have seen (through U.S. / USSR play) that it really struggles in later tiers. Something should be done and, if that means adding tested Prototypes, then I'm all for it so long as it doesn't make a precedent and people start suggesting Paper Planes / Tanks that only had mock-ups built.

[Nudelblitz 22,006]

+1, this would be like the japanese P47, and it looks quite cool

[H4uhau 279]

I always get confused when I see this mentioned.. I just think of the already in-game Ki-61's. Anyway...

 

Yes, of course I'd love to see this. Even though I haven't played Japan a whole lot, I have seen (through U.S. / USSR play) that it really struggles in later tiers. Something should be done and, if that means adding tested Prototypes, then I'm all for it so long as it doesn't make a precedent and people start suggesting Paper Planes / Tanks that only had mock-ups built.

Struggle in later tiers? ATM the Hayate Ko dominates de tier III (Maybe thats why they will move it to 4), the Otsu and Hei have no problem with Spits 22/24. Bearcats or even La-9s Yak-9s. P-80s with the current FM its not an impossible challenge, the only real opponent is the F-80C (And maybe the Meteor F3), but 50% of the american jet teams of F-80C prefer to head-on the Shidens and Hayates or make an crucial mistake on energy and get killed fairly easily.

Edited July 17, 2014 by H4uhau

[CherryBlossom 4,209]

I always get confused when I see this mentioned.. I just think of the already in-game Ki-61's. Anyway...

 

Yes, of course I'd love to see this. Even though I haven't played Japan a whole lot, I have seen (through U.S. / USSR play) that it really struggles in later tiers. Something should be done and, if that means adding tested Prototypes, then I'm all for it so long as it doesn't make a precedent and people start suggesting Paper Planes / Tanks that only had mock-ups built.

Paper planes is conjecture to debate. Higher tier aircraft for Japan and Germany should be allowed paper planes to a certain degree. Its a necessary, and people will have to accept that the two countries will need planes of such in order to compete with postwar aircraft.

Edited July 17, 2014 by CherryBlossom

[Gahlok12 457]

Paper planes is conjecture to debate. Higher tier aircraft for Japan and Germany should be allowed paper planes to a certain degree. Its a necessary, and people will have to accept that the two countries will need planes of such in order to compete with postwar aircraft.

Yes that's true it's very true

[Donger_of_Dongs 2,640]

rip topic 2014-2014

[Heike 1,774]

[_Iluminas_ 3,766]

[Z3r0_ 4,126]

Okay who're the trolls that voted "no"?  I demand an explanation! :kamikadze:

Edited September 26, 2014 by Z3r0_

[Orlunu 6,863]

She's damn sexy.

[AngelEight 4,163]

Kingcobra + P-51 + Ki-61 = this

 

 

I want it. Give me it.

[a_flying_chair 1,187]

Moar info:

 

http://forum.warthunder.com/index.php?/topic/178994-ki-64/

[Taira_Noritune 93]

Actually serial-produced version should have had 2800 HP engine and max speed of 800 km/h, it should also have had both variable pitch props (instead of prototype's one variable and one fixed pitch prop) and be armed with 4xHo-5 guns.

[Taira_Noritune 93]

Moar info:

 

http://forum.warthunder.com/index.php?/topic/178994-ki-64/

Oh, I see you already mentioned it in your article, but still I'll leave my message here in case someone is too lazy to go and read your article.

[DemitriVritra 571]

Fun fact the Cooling system was ready before the Ki-64 Prototype was so they put it on a Ki-61 (otsu with the late modifications I believe, I don't subscribe to Gaijin's naming practices it's A (Ko) B(Otsu) Kai C(Hei) Kai D(Tei) the Ko and Otsu's would replace their wing guns with 20mm mausers the kai C had to remain viable)

downside to the whole system is if someone took out your flaps. they'd take out your cooling system.
 
Courtesy of my current favorite russian site.

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Edited October 21, 2014 by DemitriVritra

[Z3r0_ 4,126]

It seems the community has spoken.

 

So far, 53 votes in favor of it being added and 3 against it (and as the 3 who voted against it didn't state their reasons why, we can simply assume they're just trolls whose opinions should be considered invalid).

[KuroiOtori 1,049]

Now you have my yes too o7

 

[akemitu1025 178]

 

gib

Edited November 25, 2014 by akemitu1025

[Donger_of_Dongs 2,640]

 

gib

No idea what any of that means but yes

[anchoret 61]

ig(u)sooo ki 64!     :kamikadze: