This thing is unstoppable. I love luring spitfires into turnfights, or throwing myself into 3v1s and then promptly running out of ammo, having to just bait for teammates until i can find an opening to run back to base and rearm :')
I played both World of Warplanes, and now War Thunder, and in both games, this plane is just incredibly manoeuvrable ! It is like having dogfighting with an Extra 330 against Spitfires, Mustangs and Bf109 !
@Colin Walker yeah man I get what you're saying. But I don't face a lot of those players anymore. And I have rarely got into 1v1s in my Ki-43. They used real teamwork to get the drop on me. One would make a pass and dive out; I would have to dodge him, which would put me in an easy position for the second guy to attack.
I adore this plane. All too often I just get boom and zoomed, I need to learn how to syphon their energy off still, but this is the plane I turn to when I've been having bad games and need some fun in my War Thunder day. It even lobs 2x250kgs in Ground RB if you're into that.
More prop footage please! In addition to more Ki-43, I'd also like to see a plane with Hispanos as the air belts were apparently fixed. Maybe the cannon Mustang or Whirlwind?
never stop making these videos, they are so good at bringing knowledge about planes' weaknesses and strengths of nations we dont play. even though anything you fly look like monster killing machines :D
I still remember my first couple encounters with this thing. I came in with a slight energy advantage, missed my shots and started to climb away. Suddenly tracers were zipping by my cockpit and it was stuck to my tail. I couldn’t believe it was able to catch up like that!
It's actually a lot better than the tempest mk5 but still it compresses a lot at speeds where everyone is normally flying (and taking in mind that plane is a 3000-0m limited fighter you will compress more)
@@kingghidorah8106 well man, it actually gains a lot of speed while diving and goes into 800kph in almost no time, but yeah, the compression and hispanos are pain.
@@Podsy meanwhile you have the F4U 4B at 5.7 while being more 6.3 material than the Spitfire mk22 and the P51H being probably the only propeller plane to have zero problems against early jets, should be 6.7 at least. "America Hardest Nation"
I would like to see another Ki-43 vid. You can post it without commentarys, just with some nice music. Because, I think, you characterize this plane enough.
Defyn you are amazing i have learned alot from you and for the sad sacks out there defyn always gets 100 kills before sying anything about the plane check out his f1 vid he clearly says that he does and dont be sad becuz u have bad aim keep trying try to pinpoint ur mistake that will get you far nd thans defyn for your amazing content!
I like the Japanese planes but I do tend to find that games end in one of two scenarios, either the enemy are dumb and your entire team slaughters them instantly or the enemy team are smart, slaughter your team and then you have a very difficult carry on your hands.
This was the first plane I actually enjoyed flying when I started playing the japanese air tree, the early Type 99 cannons on the A6M's are just garbage, the 12.7mm-Machineguns are also pretty trash and I just didn't enjoy flying the Ki-61's in any way. Ki-43-II otsu carried me all the way to the A7M2, which is where we went seperate ways.
I hated flying the ki61 but I find the type 99 model 1 to serve me well I just need to get a lot closer As for the heavy machine guns they recently got buffed and the stealth ammo on them is cracked at killing planes
as someone who has close to 4 days worth of flight time in sim for the KI-43-II, i promise both the -II and the -III are MONSTERS in sim battles. nobody can tell what plane your in, which prompts them to turn with you. every single time. get on their six in maybe 4 seconds, and wait until your at around 500-700 meters and you will kill every single time. i have about the same XP earned from my 43-II as my T-2 early, and i play that one quite a bit. over 500 kills with the 43-II alone. not factoring the -III. although pro-tip, you don't even need the -III unless your intercepting bombers or heavy fighters. standard fighters will go down without a sweat with a spaded 43-II. TL:DR, the ki-43-II is unbeatable in sim.
Really one of my favourite dog fighters in the game. But it’s true that their rudder is annoying. Inconsistent guns are a problem too. I love doing defensive flying in it tho, A great plane for anti CAS and CAS in GRB
Stealth rounds make this plane a bit more bearable. Granted it makes conserving ammo a bit harder, but on the other hand those stealth rounds actually do damage.
The one plane I could not handle.. it's very nimble.. the response time when dogfighting is insane I couldn't handle the roll.. more used to planes like the p51s (cept the 20mm one never flew that one) or 109s.. When ever I see a ki (I just say k i) I ain't dogfighting that thing.. usually I'll wait til a friendly goes after it and then I'll take a pass at it unless he spots then I just keep flying straight.. unless he starts to focus me then I'll start doing some dolphin dive and other things..
Yes, these guns are not always as good, but at close range and at speeds that let you hit your shells they do more damage than shvaks. Do you plan on making uncommented 'plane highlights' like you used to or people just don't like it that way? could be a good option for the extra footage.
Doesn't really get watched and i feel like it's a waste of gameplay If you don't want you hear me you can always just mute it and run your own music :^)
This thing is virtually impossible to kill in Bf 109 F4. And the best part is - if I even manage to push it down, it'll just move gradually towards AF and before he runs out of energy, we're in AF AAA range, so Ki-43-III can just reclimb and the whole ordeal continues. It's just a horrible thing to fight, no matter what plane I fly - I can't stick on Ki-43-III, I can't hit it in a dive, and I can't really outclimb him either. The only option is to energy trap, but Ki accelerates so fast, I'm barely in range before he starts dodging, and once he does - I can't do anything with MG151/20
Seems like 4.3 is the Holy Bracket, with OP trash like the Yak 9U, I185, the J2M2, the 109 G2, the Ki43-iii, Typhoon mk1B and the Spitfire Mk9. America should have the P51D-5 and the second Hellcat being decent but for some reason both are advisable to skip.
Hey defyn, can i somehow send you a video of a 6k game with f104 where i got onto a 1vs2 VSing 2 f5c, i got gaijined cause the missile indicator and itself didn t appear on my screen, infact the enemy still had both missiles
Bruh i was like 5km in the middle of the map at the start of the game in this thing suddenly aaa came out of nowhere boom I'm on fire and this thing does not put it out legit paper
Fun trick I do with the Ki-43iii otsu: I use stealth belts and to prevent wing rip and over speed I cut off my engine when I enter a dive after a target. The result is often no audio warning that a plane is about to riddle you with cannon rounds from above. Doesn’t work most the time, as people by 4.0 have decent situational awareness most of the time, but sometimes you pounce on people that seems to have been completely unaware you began an attack run on them till they are bursting into flames.
That's why ki-44 is so good. People dive from it, and that thing dives at 900 kph absolutely no problem, and flies insanely fast on the deck. Shame armament is so trash though
You've been hitting fuel tanks it seems based on your footage at least. The ho5 cannons dont do alot of damage so they'll damage a fuel tank, set it on fire, and not enough damage is done to make the fuel tank run out of fuel.
Honestly Ho-5 are great for me, with API rounds. Because of trash aim, doing some retarded keyboard pressing might make a couple of shells kill the engine setting it afire, cause 1000 shots per minute. That's nearly as much as a 50 cal M3.
Mans in arcade when we are stuck in realistic
@@ep42089 🤦♂️
This thing is unstoppable. I love luring spitfires into turnfights, or throwing myself into 3v1s and then promptly running out of ammo, having to just bait for teammates until i can find an opening to run back to base and rearm :')
skill issue
This is à plane for real samurai pilots !
Yes. This is a hidden gem, this is one of my favorite planes due to its capability to even outmaneuver a zero.
Take out the ki 43-l and you can ruin any new player’s experience
@@Grassflavored I just got BnZed by everyone KEKW
@@Grassflavored but if you get into a turnfight, you stomp, I agree
I played both World of Warplanes, and now War Thunder, and in both games, this plane is just incredibly manoeuvrable ! It is like having dogfighting with an Extra 330 against Spitfires, Mustangs and Bf109 !
@@Grassflavored My favourite sealclubber yet! hahha
#1 rat plane
#2 yes i would like to see another Ki 43 vid
"Spitfire is still gonna get his shit kicked in"- Classic Defyn
It would be interesting to see you actually dance tho
face reveal + dance tutorial video plz
Pls no. Noone would be able to take you seriously after that
Dance!!!
Where is the airplanewaifudancethirsttraps defyn?
@@michbus7440why so fkn serious, daddy?
This plane, whenever i encounter it, always flies like a UFO
But i never manage to do well in it myself
skill issue
@@norinco8724 lmao don’t act like this doesn’t happen to you.
@Colin Walker convergence?, I thought this plane had nose mounted guns
Does everyone like use hit-and-run tactics on you when you fly it? Because if they do, there's not much you can do sorry 😅
@Colin Walker yeah man I get what you're saying. But I don't face a lot of those players anymore. And I have rarely got into 1v1s in my Ki-43. They used real teamwork to get the drop on me. One would make a pass and dive out; I would have to dodge him, which would put me in an easy position for the second guy to attack.
Welcome to the Ho-5 fan club! They've always served me well. Love the ki43 footage
Rat plane 😳
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I adore this plane. All too often I just get boom and zoomed, I need to learn how to syphon their energy off still, but this is the plane I turn to when I've been having bad games and need some fun in my War Thunder day. It even lobs 2x250kgs in Ground RB if you're into that.
Plane is only good when enemy team doesn’t pay attention and play it right as defyn said
Learn how to roll, and always watch your surroundings, then you'll avoid getting ambushed.
i know you said it doesnt matter but if youve ever wondered, the "ki" part of the army planes' designation is indeed prononuced like "key."
Yes, yes, hell yes. We would love that footage Mobius 1.
now play the Ki-27 and experience ultimate maneuvrability
He has a video on it
More prop footage please! In addition to more Ki-43, I'd also like to see a plane with Hispanos as the air belts were apparently fixed. Maybe the cannon Mustang or Whirlwind?
Been playing Spits and Tempests a lot recently, they set fires almost like 50 cals, and I always run ground belts!
never stop making these videos, they are so good at bringing knowledge about planes' weaknesses and strengths of nations we dont play. even though anything you fly look like monster killing machines :D
Man, is good to see the ki43 getting some love
BTW this is the video that made me subscribe to you. So any more KI-43 footage would be much appreciated by at least one viewer.
Damn I should get this thing, also would love to see a second video!
I still remember my first couple encounters with this thing. I came in with a slight energy advantage, missed my shots and started to climb away. Suddenly tracers were zipping by my cockpit and it was stuck to my tail. I couldn’t believe it was able to catch up like that!
Maybe try out Tempest MK II? A nice super prop, a counterpart for Ta 152s.
It's actually a lot better than the tempest mk5 but still it compresses a lot at speeds where everyone is normally flying (and taking in mind that plane is a 3000-0m limited fighter you will compress more)
@@kingghidorah8106 well man, it actually gains a lot of speed while diving and goes into 800kph in almost no time, but yeah, the compression and hispanos are pain.
So the MkII is better than the MkV?
@@monarch970 you are better than anything else with a propeller
@@Podsy meanwhile you have the F4U 4B at 5.7 while being more 6.3 material than the Spitfire mk22 and the P51H being probably the only propeller plane to have zero problems against early jets, should be 6.7 at least. "America Hardest Nation"
Please post all your footage! It's always interesting and useful to look at. Never skimp on footage Defyn! Never! :D
It feels like the ho-5s got buffed. THey used to suck hard, but recently they've been feeling much better, despite the low HE filler
The extra footage would be nice
I just started really grinding down the Japanese air tree and as someone who’s primarily US focused the turn rate is just hilarious.
Yes i would want another vid on this plane
I would love to see more footage. I learn something from all of your videos.
When people see you snap roll on this thing thinking you are a Reisen,and they absolutely panic XD
Okay, you'll get me to comment. MOAR footage :D
I would like to see another Ki-43 vid. You can post it without commentarys, just with some nice music. Because, I think, you characterize this plane enough.
Amazing plane. Altitude champ.
When a prop plane can snap loc an ace pilot you know it turns good.
Yes please, make another Ki43 video. I love watching you fly prop planes!
Definitely want to see the other footage, love seeing japanese fighters
Surprisingly there are a lot of people who don't seem to be able to fly this thing effectively.
Ayyy nice Defyn. Keep up the great work:)
This plane literally feels like your flying in arcade. Out turning everyone just feels amazing
Defyn you are amazing i have learned alot from you and for the sad sacks out there defyn always gets 100 kills before sying anything about the plane check out his f1 vid he clearly says that he does and dont be sad becuz u have bad aim keep trying try to pinpoint ur mistake that will get you far nd thans defyn for your amazing content!
Would like to see you do the SM.92, incredible performance for a heavy fighter.
KI 43 is just a stunt plane with guns
MORE Ki-43!!!
Fighting against props in this thing this would be like dogfighting in an Extra 330 !
ohh my favourite one i love this plane
Another video on this would be really good. This is one of my fav planes and i want to get some insight on how to play it properly
I like the Japanese planes but I do tend to find that games end in one of two scenarios, either the enemy are dumb and your entire team slaughters them instantly or the enemy team are smart, slaughter your team and then you have a very difficult carry on your hands.
how to not die to japanese prop fighter, step 1: dont fucking turn with it. step 2: profit
This was the first plane I actually enjoyed flying when I started playing the japanese air tree, the early Type 99 cannons on the A6M's are just garbage, the 12.7mm-Machineguns are also pretty trash and I just didn't enjoy flying the Ki-61's in any way.
Ki-43-II otsu carried me all the way to the A7M2, which is where we went seperate ways.
I hated flying the ki61 but I find the type 99 model 1 to serve me well I just need to get a lot closer
As for the heavy machine guns they recently got buffed and the stealth ammo on them is cracked at killing planes
nice, I was waiting for this video :)
Go dance with the angels!
This plane was my first war thunder love. It's just so fun and easy to fly, and on that br people very often have no idea how to counter it
One of the few clubbers left
as someone who has close to 4 days worth of flight time in sim for the KI-43-II, i promise both the -II and the -III are MONSTERS in sim battles. nobody can tell what plane your in, which prompts them to turn with you. every single time. get on their six in maybe 4 seconds, and wait until your at around 500-700 meters and you will kill every single time. i have about the same XP earned from my 43-II as my T-2 early, and i play that one quite a bit. over 500 kills with the 43-II alone. not factoring the -III. although pro-tip, you don't even need the -III unless your intercepting bombers or heavy fighters. standard fighters will go down without a sweat with a spaded 43-II.
TL:DR, the ki-43-II is unbeatable in sim.
Really one of my favourite dog fighters in the game. But it’s true that their rudder is annoying. Inconsistent guns are a problem too. I love doing defensive flying in it tho, A great plane for anti CAS and CAS in GRB
I would like to see the other footage
This was a great video and i would like to see more of this it is very enjoyable
I love this thing in ground RB. Always get two ground target kills, and an ace
The Pe8 moment was close to being a classic bombcancer moment. I hate bombdumbers so much.
The rat has been posted.
More of this? Why not 👌🏻
Stealth rounds make this plane a bit more bearable. Granted it makes conserving ammo a bit harder, but on the other hand those stealth rounds actually do damage.
The one plane I could not handle.. it's very nimble.. the response time when dogfighting is insane I couldn't handle the roll.. more used to planes like the p51s (cept the 20mm one never flew that one) or 109s..
When ever I see a ki (I just say k i) I ain't dogfighting that thing.. usually I'll wait til a friendly goes after it and then I'll take a pass at it unless he spots then I just keep flying straight.. unless he starts to focus me then I'll start doing some dolphin dive and other things..
Tracers on those guns are or at least were top tier more fires than 50 cals lol
190's trying to turn with a Ki-43? Haha. Come on. Some people just make it too easy.
First time flying a Ki-43 I pulled away so hard and prematurely in a head-on that I ended up in the same place and getting domed by the enemy 😂
Love this plane. Ground the whole first half of Japan with it. Would love to see more footage, maybe some up tiers if you got em
I personally prefer the Ki-44 to this thing but it does turn like a crazy thing.
so its not just me that felt like these guns have been doing better
Yes, these guns are not always as good, but at close range and at speeds that let you hit your shells they do more damage than shvaks. Do you plan on making uncommented 'plane highlights' like you used to or people just don't like it that way? could be a good option for the extra footage.
Doesn't really get watched and i feel like it's a waste of gameplay
If you don't want you hear me you can always just mute it and run your own music :^)
This thing is virtually impossible to kill in Bf 109 F4.
And the best part is - if I even manage to push it down, it'll just move gradually towards AF and before he runs out of energy, we're in AF AAA range, so Ki-43-III can just reclimb and the whole ordeal continues.
It's just a horrible thing to fight, no matter what plane I fly - I can't stick on Ki-43-III, I can't hit it in a dive, and I can't really outclimb him either. The only option is to energy trap, but Ki accelerates so fast, I'm barely in range before he starts dodging, and once he does - I can't do anything with MG151/20
DEFYN! What would you recommended I pick up in the sale that is good for grinding tech trees and not overly expensive?
I think that those HO-5 20mm guns are much different from type 99 in i think all of zero's tree. Ki-84 also has HO-5 guns.
yeah the ho-5 fire faster and get some different belts
More footage
This plane is absolutely cruel in Ground RB. I take it out even up to 6.0
Those AA that killed that guy in Britain map are actually cracked, dont get close to them lol
hello Fernanda
I think they generally buffed the AA on most maps
Motto Ki - 43 ostu onegaishimasu (More please 🙂)
that was some quality bomber gameplay though, I'm sorry to say but i was kinda rooting for them, lol. Good show.
It's not that slow but it's an absolute ufo
mofd ki-43 footage!
Would liked the second footage. 😢
More ki-43 gameplay
more ki 43 content please
Seems like 4.3 is the Holy Bracket, with OP trash like the Yak 9U, I185, the J2M2, the 109 G2, the Ki43-iii, Typhoon mk1B and the Spitfire Mk9. America should have the P51D-5 and the second Hellcat being decent but for some reason both are advisable to skip.
The D5 just doesn’t have enough engine power to make up for its drag in turns
@@zedoktor979 d5 is bad i know. It's funnily worse than the P51C10.
this plane is awesome!!! hey DEFYN could you play any of the M.S ??
Do we want more? Of course we do. :D
Always preferred the Ki-100
Fantastic plane. Can you do Ki-100 and Ki-100-II, please?
Congratulations! What are your game settings (controls) for planes RB ?
would u do another me 262 c-2b video?
Hey defyn, can i somehow send you a video of a 6k game with f104 where i got onto a 1vs2 VSing 2 f5c, i got gaijined cause the missile indicator and itself didn t appear on my screen, infact the enemy still had both missiles
How to get your insignia with you always hawe on your left wing
The 20mms got massive buffs because the fuse delay have been lowered
This was from before that
This is a go to for me if War Thunders been trolling me. If you understand energy at all it’s pretty easy to fly.
You should try the ki43 i with the 5 calls. At its br its a really good plane.
this one is more fun. guns + less newbies
Wow, how are you that good at hitting your shots?
Hey Defyn! Could you make a video with the A32?
Bruh i was like 5km in the middle of the map at the start of the game in this thing suddenly aaa came out of nowhere boom I'm on fire and this thing does not put it out legit paper
Fun trick I do with the Ki-43iii otsu: I use stealth belts and to prevent wing rip and over speed I cut off my engine when I enter a dive after a target. The result is often no audio warning that a plane is about to riddle you with cannon rounds from above.
Doesn’t work most the time, as people by 4.0 have decent situational awareness most of the time, but sometimes you pounce on people that seems to have been completely unaware you began an attack run on them till they are bursting into flames.
That's why ki-44 is so good. People dive from it, and that thing dives at 900 kph absolutely no problem, and flies insanely fast on the deck. Shame armament is so trash though
MORE FOOTAGE
Nice vid!
You've been hitting fuel tanks it seems based on your footage at least. The ho5 cannons dont do alot of damage so they'll damage a fuel tank, set it on fire, and not enough damage is done to make the fuel tank run out of fuel.
Honestly Ho-5 are great for me, with API rounds. Because of trash aim, doing some retarded keyboard pressing might make a couple of shells kill the engine setting it afire, cause 1000 shots per minute. That's nearly as much as a 50 cal M3.
He has been shooting Yak 3 which also like to burn up very often. Thing is they put out fires almost as often too.
@@ushikiii wooden planes be like...
Except zeroes.
The Ho-5s on the Ki 43 are nose mounted. I find they are more reliable than the two wing mounted Ho-5s on the Ki 84.
will you review the md454a any time soon?
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