Kawasaki Ki-45 Toryu 'Nick'

 
Ki-45-Kai-c
Designer: FDG
File: FDG_Ki45_v11.zip
Date: June 2001
Rating: 9.45  -more info-
Available at Fightertown Design
Ki-45
Designer: VB Planes
File: VB_KI45.zip
Date: June 2001
Rating: 9.3 -more info-
Available at VB Planes

 
Quick Info
Designed to a 1937 requirement, the Toryu (Dragon Killer) was a twin-engined heavy fighter that became one of the Imperial Japanese Army Air Force's most important warplanes. The first of six prototype and 12 pre-production aircraft flew in January 1939, but considerable development had to be undertaken before the type entered service in Autumn 1942 with 1050hp (783kW) Nakajima Ha-25 radial engines as the Ki-45 Kai-a fighter and Ki-45 Kai-b ground-attack/anti-shiping fighter. The Ki-45 Kai-c was a night fighter development and introduced Mitsubishi engines, while the K-45 Kai-d was a ground-attack/anti-shipping model with revised armament including providion to carry 500kg (1102lbs) of bombs. Production of the Ki-45 Kai-c reached 47 aircraft, and that of the other three variants 1198 machines.

Variants
Ki-45   Prototype
Experimental Improved Type 1 Ki-45   Improved engines
Ki-45-KAI   Slimmer fuselage, redesigned tail surfaces, straighter, more tapered wing of increased span and area, revised armament of two 12.7mm machine guns and one 20mm cannon in the nose and a rearward-firing 7.9mm machine gun 
(15 built)
Ki-45-KAIa 
Ki-45-KAIb   One 20mm cannon in the center of the nose and a hand-loaded 37mm cannon in the ventral tunnel
Ki-45 Kai-b  Ground-attack/Anti-shipping
Ki-45-KAIc   Night-fighter version Armed with single semi-automatic 37mm cannon in the ventral tunnel and a pair of obliquely-mounted 20mm cannon firing upwards and forwards in the center fuselage, late production KAIc's had rear-mounted 7.9mm machine gun removed. It was intended to fit this variant out with a proper centimetric radar under a plexiglass nose cone, so no nose armament was mounted (477 built)
Ki-45-KAId   Specialized anti-shipping strike aircraft with two nose-mounted 20mm cannon, one 37mm cannon in the ventral tunnel, and a 7.9mm gun in the rear cockpit (1 aircraft was experimentally fitted with a 75mm cannon) 
Total Production: 1701 built
 


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Ki-45-KAIc
Designer: FDG 
File: FDG_Ki45_v11.zip
Overall Rating: 9.45
Model irregularities:
-Slight body irregularities

Panel: Y
Virtual Cockpit: Y
Sound: N

Moving Parts: 
Flaps: Y
Ailerons: Y
Elevators: Y
Propellor/s: Y
Landing Gear: Y
Canopy: N
Wheels: N
 

 Ki-45
Designer: VB Planes
File: VB_KI45.zip 

Overall Rating: 9.3
Model irregularities:
-Slight body irregularities

Panel: N
Virtual Cockpit: N
Sound: N

Moving Parts: 
Flaps: Y
Ailerons: Y
Elevators: Y
Propellor/s: Y
Landing Gear: Y
Canopy: N
Wheels: N
 
Designer: 
File: 

Overall Rating: 
Model irregularities:
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Panel: 
Virtual Cockpit: 
Sound: 

Moving Parts:-
Flaps: 
Ailerons: 
Elevators:
Propellor/s: 
Landing Gear: 
Bomb Doors: 
Wheels: 
 


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