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Originally Posted by Pursuivant
Of course, the Ki-43 is made of tinfoil and is armed with pop-guns, which puts it at a serious disadvantage against the better armed and armored U.S. planes. I can see why it was meat on the table for skilled P-38 pilots like Richard Bong and Thomas McGuire.
That said, it's one of my favorite aerobatic aircraft. I have to wonder why more online aerobatics squadrons don't use it.
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This is a good point. The Ki-43-II is more difficult to handle but the Ki-43-I is very easy to whip into some amazing aerobatics and I am curious why I don't see it used more often. The thing it lacks is power... which might explain it.
You can get into trouble very fast if you're being too fancy
