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- 11/15/2003 3:51:20 AM

mdiehl

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Peace to you then. And thanks for double checking. Now that we've established the params I think we can agree on two things. 1. The LATE war US fighters had the Ki-84 beat to the nines. The Ki-84 was competitive with the MID war variants of the F4U, P47, and P51 (although inferior in airspeed) and somewhat superior to the F6F. In that case, for these latter comparisons, the whole "what was the better a/c" tit for tat boils down to the same sorts of discussions we've had about the relative merits of the F4F and A6M. Speed, maneuverability at different speeds, durability and armaments. IMO the Ki-84 really preserves the A6M vs F4F situation only when it fights the F6F. When it goes against these other planes the Ki-84 (1) can't outrun them, (2) can't out dive them, and (3) at high speed or altitude, can't outmaneuver them. So I'd place the strong bets on the F4U, P47 and P51 (even the mid war variants) to beat the Ki-84.

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