From the mentioned “Japanese Secret Projects” by Edwin M. Dyer III :
" …nor the Japanese version of the He 162 would progress past the initial design stage. Only the Nakajima Ki-201 ever made it to the construction phase which, by the end of the war, amounted to a single incomplete fuselage.
As a note, ‘Ki-162’ has been used by some as the designation for the Japanese produced He 162.
There is no historical evidence to sup-port this although it is not without precedent, such as the case with the proposed Mitsubishi Ki-90 that was to be the Japanese version of the Junkers Ju 90."
It could also be confusion with similar designs such as the Baika.
I find the later Japanese 18-cylinder radials extremely interesting. For most of the war, Japanese engines lagged somewhat behind other nations, but they managed to really supercharge their efforts (pun intended) and produce the Ha-43 and Homare. The Homare is very impressive given how much power its later models produced within such a small frame. The Ha-43 is probably my favorite Japanese engine, but the Ha-42 is cool too. I believe it was to be used on the Ki-91 as well.
I believe there was a 3000 hp radial planned as well
3100hp radial would be the 22-cylinder Mitsubishi Ha-50. It had 2 rows of 11 cylinders, which made the diameter much larger. At least one document lists it for Ki-91.
Other over 3000hp engines include 3400hp Aichi Ha-70. Rather well known 24-cylinder twinned V-engine for R2Y1.
There was also the 5000hp 36-cylinder 4-row Nakajima Ha-54 for gigantic bombers. Quite a long documentation of this engine has survived.
Would be nice to see the A7M3-J Kai get added to the game,
A7M3-J Reppū-Kai
land-based interceptor version powered by a 2,200 hp (1,600 kW) turbo-supercharged Mitsubishi Ha-43 engine including an inter-cooler, with a maximum speed of 648 km/h (402 mph). The armament consisted of six 30 mm (1.20 in) Type 5 autocannon, four wing-mounted & two oblique fuselage-mounted.
with that payload, fighting airtargets would be fun
Yeah. Kinda sad to see the game slowly going to modern era.
Would love to see some game like War Thunder but it all project, paper aircrafts and produced aircraft all together.
WoA exists but it very lacking, and the servers probably full of bots.
WoA’s ‘flight model’ if you could even call it that, is extremely lackluster. Even if they had all the good stuff, its hard to get any enjoyment out of it.
