Will the Ki-44 make 4.12 even as AI only?

Yes a Typhoon would be great!

Actually, Ki-44 is a great choice. It came as a shock to Chennault's fighters in China, beating Warhawks at their own game, booming & zooming them at will.
By the way, was there any consideration within DT to make a map of south-east China, roughly the area marked on the map I've attached? Unlike many PTO battlefields, this one was active for at least three years.

I am in constant longing for just that map.

:cool:

In my opinion that's not the best choice for a chinese map, because it misses most of the major allied airfields like Kweilin, Liuchow, Hengyang and Ling Ling. Furthermore, it would be quite big and populated with respect to other PTO areas. A reduced scale would be needed...

We're not that picky, any decent China map will do :) To me the most important thing is that such a map looks like China, not just another eastern front map with the same overused terrain tiles (see Manchuria map).

Agreed.

A reduced scale China map would be great.

I'll take whatever I can get in this regard. As long as it looks/feels like China.

I'd love that too. The biggest problem with the Typhoon has always been cockpit references. I'm sure they are out there but they are rare... and the "car door" style even moreso.

A Ki-44 is high on my list as well. Really interesting and non-typical Japanese fighter for the time. Pilots initially didn't like it but some seemed to be quite successful later on... particularly against the P-40s and early P-51A models when they were first deployed.

some low res pics i found
 

Sadly pics of the Typhoon's cockpit are very rare, here are few of them i found on the web (actually i don't even know for sure if they are all Typhoon cockpits):

left side of the pit:

http://fighters.forumactif.com/t3580...-versus-bubble

right side of the pit:

http://normandie44.canalblog.com/arc.../23347908.html

Bubble:

http://www.airliners.net/photo/UK---...Mk4/0412497/L/

http://www.airliners.net/photo/Hawke....../0818953/M/

others:

http://static.rcgroups.net/forums/at...on_cockpit.jpg


nice video about a "Kiwi" pilot:

http://www.3news.co.nz/Kiwi-pilot-re...8/Default.aspx


I know, very small picture and not many details. I will check to see if i can find more...i hope someone will come with better pics.