The Warbirds Acceleration Performance Charts compare the acceleration abilities between the Warbirds' planes.
The methodology used was: Load each plane with 10 minutes worth of fuel. Reduce speed to no flaps stall speed at 1,000ft, then 5,000ft, then 10,000ft then 15,000ft altitudes. Go to full WEP, maintaining level flight, time acceleration from stall to 200mph, then from 150mph to 200mph, then from 200mph to 250mph, and finally (if possible) from 250mph to 300mph.
Stall to 200mph represents the acceleration rates of a plane after coming out of a vertical maneuver, or other situation where straight acceleration is desired. 150mph to 200mph and 200mph to 250mph acceleration are the best overall comparison stats out of the four, as virtually all the planes can attain this acceleration and most plane's maximum speed is well above 250mph, thus allowing these ranges to be a good benchmark . The 250mph to 300mph range is mostly for comparison between the best planes, those that accelerate well through this range probably have top speeds 30-70mph higher than 300mph and have good acceleration, those with high times probably top out at something near 300mph, and those without times couldn't make 300mph at that altitude.
Note: All speeds are in *Indicated* airspeed, and are based on the 1024x768 art instruments for each plane. I used the appropriate art for each plane, so thus art differences may skew results somewhat. As a result, your mileage may vary. Also remember that the stall-200mph rating is influenced by the plane's stall speed, thus a Ki43 with a stall speed of 90mph (no flaps) has to accelerate 110mph, while a Fw190D9's stall speed (no flaps) is 140mph, thus only has to accelerate 60mph almost half as much.
Acceleration by plane stall-200mph (Note: stall speeds for the planes vary, this must be taken into account when doing direct comparisons)
| 1,000ft | 5,000ft | 10,000ft | 15,000ft | |
| F6F | 15.5s | 19.4s | 20.4s | 32.8s |
| F4F | 31.9s | 35.7s | 45.1s | 60.0s |
| FM2 | 23.3s | 27.6s | 37.4s | 52.4s |
| F4U | 19.3s | 21.3s | 25.3s | 28.0s |
| A6M2 | 24.9s | 26.6s | 32.9s | 39.1s |
| A6M3 | 20.1s | 21.9s | 28.4s | 34.0s |
| A6M5 | 21.0s | 22.5s | 31.0s | 34.0s |
| Ki43 | 17.5s | 21.8s | 25.4s | 35.0s |
| Ki84 | 13.8s | 14.9s | 17.6s | 22.7s |
| Bf 109E4 | 21.8s | 24.1s | 27.3s | 35.5s |
| Bf 109F4 | 15.8s | 19.4s | 22.3s | 25.2s |
| Bf 109G6 | 16.1s | 22.3s | 22.0s | 25.8s |
| Bf 109G6R6 | 19.1s | 20.7s | 24.0s | 30.2s |
| Bf 109K4 | 14.7s | 15.3s | 18.5s | 22.7s |
| Bf 110C4 | 22.2s | 25.8s | 31.7s | 45.5s |
| Bf 110G2R3 | 20.4s | 21.8s | 29.2s | 36.3s |
| Fw190A4 | 11.9s | 12.5s | 18.1s | 22.0s |
| Fw190A8 | 12.2s | 13.4s | 21.7s | 26.4s |
| Fw190D9 | 11.2s | 12.5s | 13.4s | 20.1s |
| SpitIa | 20.5s | 25.0s | 25.0s | 37.7s |
| SpitV | 18.0s | 19.0s | 22.8s | 25.5s |
| SpitIX | 15.4s | 17.9s | 20.5s | 25.2s |
| HurriI | 27.2s | 30.6s | 41.6s | 55.9s |
| HurriIIc | 23.9s | 29.3s | 37.6s | 53.7s |
| P38F | 21.1s | 26.0s | 30.0s | 38.9s |
| P38J | 16.0s | 18.6s | 20.4s | 25.9s |
| P38L | 16.1s | 17.3s | 18.9s | 25.2s |
| P39D | 22.6s | 23.8s | 24.9s | 37.7s |
| P40E | 28.6s | 32.4s | 35.1s | 55.6s |
| P47D | 19.6s | 21.0s | 28.6s | 37.1s |
| P51D | 20.7s | 21.1s | 22.2s | 28.0s |
| D3A2 | 28.7s | 31.7s | 33.8s | 66.0s |
| B5N2 | 49.0s | 66.0s | - | - |
| SBD-5 | 40.4s | 53.8s | 79.4s | - |
| Ju88A4 | 32.5s | 38.9s | 59.7s | 67.1s |
| B25H | 36.5s | 39.9s | 55.4s | 74.8s |
| B25J | 31.4s | 37.2s | 57.8s | 83.3s |
| B17G | 50.2s | 58.1s | 66.7s | 77.1s |
| TBF | 41.4s | 63.5s | 98.5s | - |
Acceleration by plane 150mph-200mph
| 1,000ft | 5,000ft | 10,000ft | 15,000ft | |
| F6F | 9.8s | 11.8s | 14.4s | 19.3s |
| F4F | 19.1s | 21.9s | 31.5s | 35.7s |
| FM2 | 11.9s | 15.9s | 23.1s | 32.1s |
| F4U | 11.1s | 12.8s | 15.2s | 18.9s |
| A6M2 | 13.3s | 15.2s | 19.1s | 24.6s |
| A6M3 | 10.8s | 12.2s | 16.3s | 19.8s |
| A6M5 | 10.7s | 12.5s | 17.1s | 20.5s |
| Ki43 | 9.2s | 10.9s | 12.2s | 19.5s |
| Ki84 | 7.2s | 8.1s | 10.4s | 13.9s |
| Bf 109E4 | 11.8s | 13.0s | 15.6s | 20.4s |
| Bf 109F4 | 9.9s | 10.6s | 12.3s | 15.5s |
| Bf 109G6 | 9.4s | 11.6s | 13.5s | 16.2s |
| Bf 109G6R6 | 11.3s | 12.8s | 15.8s | 19.4s |
| Bf 109K4 | 8.4s | 9.7s | 11.6s | 14.4s |
| Bf 110C4 | 13.5s | 14.5s | 19.5s | 28.5s |
| Bf 110G2R3 | 13.0s | 14.4s | 18.0s | 23.0s |
| Fw190A4 | 9.0s | 9.1s | 16.5s | 19.4s |
| Fw190A8 | 9.0 | 10.3 | 14.1s | 17.4s |
| Fw190D9 | 8.4s | 9.1s | 14.1s | 17.4s |
| SpitIa | 10.8s | 12.5s | 14.8s | 21.8s |
| SpitV | 9.9s | 11.7s | 13.8s | 15.5s |
| SpitIX | 8.5s | 9.9s | 12.2s | 16.3s |
| HurriI | 15.7s | 19.6s | 25.1s | 33.5s |
| HurriIIc | 14.6s | 17.3s | 24.2s | 34.3s |
| P38F | 12.0s | 14.3s | 19.0s | 24.1s |
| P38J | 9.4s | 10.8s | 12.6s | 16.5s |
| P38L | 9.1s | 10.4s | 13.1s | 16.1s |
| P39D | 12.0s | 15.2s | 17.1s | 24.5s |
| P40E | 15.8s | 18.2s | 20.9s | 32.5s |
| P47D | 12.0s | 14.4s | 19.9s | 24.7s |
| P51D | 10.4s | 11.1s | 12.5s | 19.6s |
| D3A2 | 16.0s | 18.3s | 21.8s | 40.6s |
| B5N2 | 33.6s | 38.7s | - | - |
| SBD-5 | 28.7s | 35.2s | 56.0s | - |
| Ju88A4 | 20.4s | 26.6s | 43.6s | 50.3s |
| B25H | 26.0s | 30.9s | 42.1s | 57.6s |
| B25J | 20.3s | 26.7s | 33.7s | 50.8s |
| B17G | 33.6s | 38.4s | 43.7s | 50.8s |
| TBF | 25.8s | 34.3s | 58.0s | - |
Graph:
Acceleration by plane 200mph-250mph
| 1,000ft | 5,000ft | 10,000ft | 15,000ft | |
| F6F | 11.8s | 16.8s | 19.7s | 26.2s |
| F4F | 30.3s | 38.1s | - | - |
| FM2 | 18.0s | 24.8s | 38.5s | - |
| F4U | 13.8s | 14.2s | 18.0s | 24.0s |
| A6M2 | 24.6s | 27.9s | 36.6s | 48.5s |
| A6M3 | 16.9s | 17.4s | 23.3s | 35.0s |
| A6M5 | 15.8s | 17.2s | 22.3s | 35.5s |
| Ki43 | 17.1s | 17.4s | 20.5s | 48.0s |
| Ki84 | 10.1s | 10.9s | 14.4s | 21.1s |
| Bf 109E4 | 18.1s | 21.1s | 25.0s | 34.3s |
| Bf 109F4 | 12.3s | 13.4s | 16.2s | 20.8s |
| Bf 109G6 | 12.3s | 14.5s | 17.5s | 22.6s |
| Bf 109G6R6 | 13.8s | 16.6s | 22.1s | 28.7s |
| Bf 109K4 | 9.7s | 11.3s | 14.1s | 18.6s |
| Bf 110C4 | 21.2s | 25.3s | 29.9s | 42.0s |
| Bf 110G2R3 | 20.1s | 23.1s | 31.4s | 44.0s |
| Fw190A4 | 15.6s | 16.7s | 26.9s | 31.0s |
| Fw190A8 | 14.7s | 19.2s | 30.0s | 40.4s |
| Fw190D9 | 12.7s | 14.3s | 21.4s | 27.7s |
| SpitIa | 17.7s | 20.0s | 24.0s | 35.2s |
| SpitV | 16.2s | 18.1s | 21.2s | 26.7s |
| SpitIX | 13.5s | 15.9s | 19.4s | 23.9s |
| HurriI | 37.3s | 49.3s | 59.0s | - |
| HurriIIc | 30.1s | 38.9s | 60.0s | - |
| P38F | 19.9s | 23.0s | 29.0s | 37.5s |
| P38J | 13.3s | 15.9s | 18.7s | 25.0s |
| P38L | 13.0s | 16.4s | 18.2s | 25.5s |
| P39D | 17.1s | 19.0s | 22.7s | 24.5s |
| P40E | 24.9s | 30.3s | 34.5s | 46.3s |
| P47D | 15.7s | 18.4s | 23.3s | 32.3s |
| P51D | 13.7s | 14.0s | 17.9s | 27.0s |
| D3A2 | - | - | - | - |
| B5N2 | - | - | - | - |
| SBD-5 | - | - | - | - |
| Ju88A4 | 38.1s | 51.7s | - | - |
| B25H | 71.3s | 106.5s | - | - |
| B25J | 42.2s | 63.0s | - | - |
| B17G | - | - | - | - |
| TBF | 63.4s | - | - | - |
Graph:
Acceleration by plane 250mph-300mph
| 1,000ft | 5,000ft | 10,000ft | 15,000ft | |
| F6F | 29.0s | 35.0s | - | - |
| F4F | - | - | - | - |
| FM2 | - | - | - | - |
| F4U | 25.0s | 28.0s | 37.0s | 55.0s |
| A6M2 | - | - | - | - |
| A6M3 | - | - | - | - |
| A6M5 | - | - | - | - |
| Ki43 | - | - | - | - |
| Ki84 | 19.7s | 22.1s | 32.5s | 66.0s |
| Bf 109E4 | - | - | - | - |
| Bf 109F4 | 33.0s | 40.7s | 56.8s | - |
| Bf 109G6 | 29.1s | 39.9s | 65.5s | - |
| Bf 109G6R6 | 38.9s | 57.8s | - | - |
| Bf 109K4 | 19.5s | 22.9s | 30.5s | 45.1s |
| Bf 110C4 | - | - | - | - |
| Bf 110G2 | 100.2 | - | - | - |
| Fw190A4 | 23.3s | 25.1s | 63.0s | 97.0s |
| Fw190A8 | 24.4s | 31.9s | 87.5s | - |
| Fw190D9 | 18.6s | 22.8s | 35.8s | 46.7s |
| SpitIa | - | - | - | - |
| SpitV | 70.0s | 84.0s | - | - |
| SpitIX | 32.1s | 38.7s | 49.3s | 68.0s |
| HurriI | - | - | - | - |
| HurriIIc | - | - | - | - |
| P38F | 57.0s | 51.6s | 75.0s | - |
| P38J | 26.4s | 32.0s | 41.8s | 63.0s |
| P38L | 26.6s | 32.8s | 45.9s | 65.0s |
| P39D | 44.2s | 47.1s | 54.9s | - |
| P40E | - | - | - | - |
| P47D | 26.4s | 29.4s | 39.5s | 64.1s |
| P51D | 22.2s | 25.8s | 32.3s | 50.3s |
| D3A2 | - | - | - | - |
| B5N2 | - | - | - | - |
| SBD-5 | - | - | - | - |
| Ju88A4 | - | - | - | - |
| B25H | - | - | - | - |
| B25J | - | - | - | - |
| B17G | - | - | - | - |
| TBF | - | - | - | - |
Graph:
Acceleration sorted best-worst 150-200mph
| 1,000ft | 5,000ft | 10,000ft | 15,000ft | |
| #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 #9 #10 #11 #12 #13 #14 #15 #16 #17 #18 #19 #20 #21 #22 #23 #24 #25 #26 #27 #28 #29 #30 #31 #32 #33 #34 #35 #36 #37 #38 #39 |
7.2 Ki84 8.4 109K4 8.4 190D9 8.4 SpitIX 9.0 190A4 9.0 190A8 9.1 P38L 9.2 Ki43 9.4 109G6 9.4 P38J 9.8 F6F 9.9 109F4 9.9 SpitV 10.4 P51D 10.7 A6M5 10.8 A6M3 10.8 SpitIa 11.1 F4U 11.3 109G6R6 11.8 109E4 11.9 FM2 12.0 P38F 12.0 P39D 12.0 P47D 13.0 110G2R3 13.3 A6M2 13.5 110C4 14.6 HurriIIc 15.7 HurriI 15.8 P40E 16.0 D3A2 19.2 F4F 20.3 B25J 20.4 Ju88A4 25.8 TBF 26.0 B25H 28.7 SBD-5 33.6 B5N2 33.6 B17G |
8.1 Ki84 9.1 190A4 9.1 190D9 9.1 SpitIX 9.7 109K4 10.3 190A8 10.4 P38L 10.6 109F4 10.8 P38J 10.9 Ki43 11.1 P51D 11.6 109G6 11.7 SpitV 11.8 F6F 12.2 A6M3 12.5 A6M5 12.5 SpitIa 12.8 F4U 12.8 109G6R6 13.0 109E5 14.3 P38F 14.4 110G2R3 14.4 P47D 14.5 110C4 15.2 A6M2 15.2 P39D 15.9 FM2 17.3 HurriIIc 18.2 P40E 18.3 D3A2 19.6 HurriI 21.9 F4F 26.6 Ju88A4 26.7 B25J 30.9 B25H 34.3 TBF 35.2 SBD-5 38.4 B17G 38.7 B5N2 |
10.4 Ki84 11.6 109K4 12.2 Ki43 12.3 109F4 12.5 P51D 12.6 P38J 13.1 P38L 13.5 109G6 13.8 SpitV 14.1 190A8 14.1 190D9 14.1 SpitIX 14.4 F6F 14.8 SpitIa 15.2 F4U 15.6 109E4 15.8 109G6R6 16.3 A6M3 16.5 190A4 17.1 A6M5 17.1 P39D 18.0 110G2R3 19.0 P38F 19.1 A6M2 19.5 110C4 19.9 P47D 20.9 P40E 21.8 D3A2 23.1 FM2 24.2 HurriIIc 25.1 HurriI 31.5 F4F 33.7 B25J 42.1 B25H 43.6 Ju88A4 43.7 B17G 56.0 SBD-5 58.0 TBF |
13.9 Ki84 14.4 109K4 15.5 109F4 15.5 SpitV 16.1 P38L 16.2 109G6 16.5 P38J 17.4 190A8 17.4 190D9 17.4 SpitIX 18.9 F4U 19.3 F6F 19.4 109G6R6 19.4 190A4 19.5 Ki43 19.6 P51D 19.8 A6M3 20.4 109E4 20.5 A6M5 21.8 SpitIa 23.0 110G2R3 24.1 P38F 24.5 P39D 24.6 A6M2 24.7 P47D 28.5 110C4 32.1 FM2 32.5 P40E 33.5 HurriI 34.3 HurriIIc 35.7 F4F 40.6 D3A2 50.3 Ju88A4 50.8 B25J 50.8 B17G 57.6 B25H |
Acceleration sorted best-worst, 200-250mph
| 1,000ft | 5,000ft | 10,000ft | 15,000ft | |
| #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 #9 #10 #11 #12 #13 #14 #15 #16 #17 #18 #19 #20 #21 #22 #23 #24 #25 #26 #27 #28 #29 #30 #31 #32 #33 #34 #35 |
9.7 109K4 10.1 Ki84 11.8 F6F 12.3 109F4 12.3 109G6 12.7 190D9 13.0 P38L 13.3 P38J 13.5 SpitIX 13.7 P51D 13.8 F4U 13.8 109G6R6 14.7 190A8 15.6 190A4 15.7 P47D 15.8 A6M5 16.2 SpitV 16.9 A6M3 17.1 Ki43 17.1 P39D 17.7 SpitIa 18.0 FM2 18.1 109E4 19.9 P38F 20.1 110G2R3 21.2 110C4 24.6 A6M2 24.9 P40E 30.1 HurriIIc 30.3 F4F 37.3 HurriI 38.1 Ju88A4 42.2 B25J 63.4 TBF 71.3 B25H |
10.9 Ki84 11.3 109K4 13.4 109F4 14.0 P51D 14.2 F4U 14.3 190D9 14.5 109G6 15.9 SpitIX 15.9 P38J 16.4 P38L 16.6 109G6R6 16.7 190A4 16.8 F6F 17.2 A6M5 17.4 A6M3 17.4 Ki43 18.1 SpitV 18.4 P47D 19.0 P39D 19.2 190A8 20.0 SpitIa 21.1 109E4 23.0 P38F 23.1 110G2R3 24.8 FM2 25.3 110C4 27.9 A6M2 30.4 P40E 38.1 F4F 38.9 HurriIIc 49.3 HurriI 51.7 Ju88A4 63.0 B25J 106.5 B25H |
14.1 109K4 14.4 Ki84 16.2 109F4 17.5 109G6 17.9 P51D 18.0 F4U 18.2 P38L 18.7 P38J 19.4 SpitIX 19.7 F6F 20.5 Ki43 21.2 SpitV 21.4 190D9 22.1 109G6R6 22.3 A6M5 22.7 P39D 23.3 A6M3 23.3 P47D 24.0 SpitIa 25.0 109E4 26.9 190A4 29.0 P38F 29.9 110C4 30.0 190A8 31.4 110G2R3 34.5 P40E 36.6 A6M2 38.5 FM2 59.0 HurriI 60.0 HurriIIc |
18.6 109K4 20.8 109F4 21.1 Ki84 22.6 109G6 23.9 SpitIX 24.0 F4U 24.5 P39D 25.0 P38J 25.5 P38L 25.5 SpitV 26.2 F6F 27.0 P51D 27.7 190D9 28.7 109G6R6 31.0 190A4 32.3 P47D 34.3 109E4 35.0 A6M3 35.2 SpitIa 35.5 A6M5 37.5 P38F 40.4 190A8 42.0 110C4 44.0 110G2R3 46.3 P40E 48.0 Ki43 48.5 A6M2 |
Graphs:
(by plane, 1k, 5k, 10k, 15k, 150-200 to 200-250 to 250-300)
