I like heavy modified early war planes as you basically push the design concept to areas where it’s not supposed to be. The Ki44 is not may favourite Japanese plane but I would use this.
+1 seems like a good folder vehicle
yes please!
This photo does not show the Nakajima Ki-44-III but the experimental prototype Ki-44-II.
1 Like
I thought it was an early Ki-44-I when they had big concerns about propeller torque?
As I understand it from the sources, it’s a Ki-44-II. It was certainly designed to address torque concerns and to improve the performance of contra-rotating propellers. Nakajima hadn’t previously used them.
Ah okay.