02.07.2009, 09:20
Just a quick note, yet the Ki-61-II had significant changes made to it well beyond just a simple engine and canopy......Fact of the matter is very few were ever built (I believe 79 with engines, 2 with teardrop canopy (need to check my numbers)), and many of those along with the numerous airframes were converted to Ki-100's in that the engines had troubles.
WHat was produced in great numbers in fact the most produced Ki-61 of the war which we do NOT have was the Ki-61-Tei/1d.....That one is much closer to the existing Ki-61's, and though no boost in performance was by far the Ki-61 most encountered past New Guinea.
K2
WHat was produced in great numbers in fact the most produced Ki-61 of the war which we do NOT have was the Ki-61-Tei/1d.....That one is much closer to the existing Ki-61's, and though no boost in performance was by far the Ki-61 most encountered past New Guinea.
K2