Nakajima Ki-84 Pt. 4 Conclusions 

My pops was a fighter engine mechanic (even worked on B29’s) on Biak Island in the pacific. Knew tons of pilots and they respected the Ki84 and Ki100 immensely. Climb dive and maneuverability way more important than top speed as long as no more than a 20% difference. Have tons of pics of the Japanese bone yard they inherited. Lots of ki84’s

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This is the largest amount of information you will get anywhere on RU-vid/online about this wonderful plane. Thank you!

What? Are you saying that 15-17 year old school girls are not great at building aircraft? I had the chance to read an interview of a woman in the 90's from Japan who spoke of many of her friends losing hands or arms because they had very little knowledge of heavy machinery in the aircraft factories.

By late 1944 Japanese pilots were behind US pilots in training. US pilots were on the offense & had the advantage of attack . Franks had poor engine maintenance so few had high performance in engineering reports. I had air combat symposium conversations with Navy & Marine aces & they said Japanese pilots had poor tactics & training mostly. Only a few honchos left . Not enough to make a difference in missions. This channel has the best engineering reports on RU-vid, thanks

The Ki 84 was a great fighter. But the quality of the Japanese pilots wasn't that good by the time it came along.

When I was a boy entrant in the RAF in 1960, there was a Nakajima Ki 84 in one of the training hangers at RAF Cosford, along with a Lysander and a V1 buzz bomb. This, I think, was the beginning of the museum at Cosford, although there are museums at other RAF stations including RAF Henlow in Bedfordshire. For someone with your history credentials, I don't think you would have any problems gaining admission - should you ever visit the Wolverhampton area in Britain. Keep up the very good work.

It's a shame there's only 1 'like' button because I found myself reaching out to like this video several times while watching it. That happens a lot when watching this channel.

Japanese fighters are so underrated. So many people just treat them all like they’re the A6M zero or KI-43 hayabusa and call them good at turning and nothing else. But just wait till they see this thing! Or the KI-44 shoki or J2M raiden or KI-61 hein or any of the other insane designs the Japanese had! And they ain’t slow! You call them that because you compare them to the absolute speed demons like the F4U corsair, P-51 and P-47. If speed is all that matters then I guess the BF-109 and spitfire are garbage.

Nipponese iron was more than bamboo!

In 1965 Dad took me fishing with two business associates.

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Fantastic channel. No bias, no BS, no sneering at the other side's fighter plane capabilities. Just pure and honest technical approach. I wish I could understand it fully.

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I am in my 50’s and a life long aviation enthusiast….. you have answered questions I have had on planes for decades! 👍

Just wanted to say how much I appreciate all the work you put into these fantastic videos.👍

Your comments on pilot quality is so very true, reading many written stories from the era, the top New Zealand Ace Colin Gray first victory about deflection, and his surprise of hitting

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Being a long time WW2 aircraft enthusiast and modeler, I was glad to see this review. The Ki-84 Hayate ("Gale" as I remember ) was Nakajima's premier fighter and perhaps the best of all the Imperial Japanese Army's (IJA) WW2 fighters, although the IJA's Kawasaki Ki-100 (radial engined "Tony) was excellent and was considered on par with the IJN's top fighter, the Kawanishi N1K2-J(George II). The Ki-84 also had outstanding maneuverability in keeping with Nakajima's emphasis on this capability - earlier shown by the Ki-43 Hayabusa ("Peregrine Falcon")...Allied code name Oscar. Just my own opinion but I also consider the Ki-84 the best looking of all the IJA's fighters. Main downside of the Ki-84 was rushed production and spotty quality control - particularly with the engines and main landing gear. A few over 3,000 were made.

Thanks Greg, this was a very good series.