[central_va]

Unlike the Mitsubishi A6M Zero, the Shiden Kai could compete against the best late-war Allied fighters, such as the F6F Hellcat, F4U Corsair, and P-51 Mustang.[7]

The N1K2-J Shiden-Kai proved to be one of the best dogfighting aircraft produced by either side.

[jmacusa]

Jeez General. Where do you get this crap? And of course you're going to give some half ass link. By the middle of 1944 the Japs had pretty much run out of quality aircraft, and good pilots, The Corsair, The Hellcat and P 51shot these things out of the sky. Ever hear about ‘’The Great Marianas Turkey Shoot’’? Ever hear of Saburo Sakai? Google his name and read his book.And as a matter of record and fact the P-51 Mustang was THE best piston engine fighter plane of WW2.

[GreyFriar]

And for those who, like me, had a memory lapse on the Shiden Kai’s Allied code name it was “George.”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kawanishi_N1K

From the deep recesses of my memory, I recall reading that when the Ki-84/Frank was tested using 100 octane avgas, its performance easily matched and slightly exceeded the Hellcat, Corsair, and P-51.

[YogicCowboy]

Kawanishi. Yes, I had forgotten that one. That and the Ki-84 were both excellent.