© 1997 Joao Paulo
Julião Matsuura
Nakajima B5N
Allied Code Name: "Kate"
(Scanned from René J. Francillion "Japanese Aircraft of the Pacific War" - Putnam - 1979)
UNITS ALLOCATED
(Scanned from Barrie Pitt "The Illustrated History of World War II" - Temple Press Aerospace - 1986)
(Scanned from "Koku Fan Magazine" - Drawing by Kazuaki Koizumi)
(Scanned from "Aviões da Segunda Guerra Mundial" - Abril Cultural S.A. - 1975)
TECHNICAL DATA
Description: Single-engined three-seat carrier-borne torpedo-bomber. All-metal construction with fabric-covered control surfaces.
Accommodation: Crew of three comprising pilot, observer/navigator/bomb-aimer and radio operator/gunner, in enclosed cockpit.
- One Nakajima Hikari 2 nine-cylinder air-cooled radial rated at 700 hp for take-off, and 800 hp at 3,500 m, driving a three-blade variable-pitch propeller (first prototype).
- One Nakajima Hikari 3 nine-cylinder air-cooled radial rated at 770 hp for take-off, and 840 hp at 3,000 m, driving a three-blade constant-speed metal propeller (B5N1).
- One Nakajima NK1B Sakae 11 fourteen-cylinder air-cooled radial rated at 1,000 hp for take-off, and 970 hp at 3,000 m, driving a three-blade constant-speed metal propeller (B5N2).
- One flexible rear-firing 7.7 mm Type 92 machine-gun.
- Bomb-load: 800 kg of bombs or one 800 kg torpedo.
