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1997 Joao Paulo Juliao Matsuura
Kawanishi N1K Kyofu (Mighty Wind)
Allied Code Name: "Rex"
(Scanned from René J. Francillion "Japanese Aircraft of the Pacific War" - Putnam - 1979)
UNITS ALLOCATED
Otsu Kokutai.
TECHNICAL DATA
Description: Single-engined float seaplane fighter. All-metal construction.
Accomodation: Pilot in enclosed cockpit.
- One Mitsubishi MK4D Kasei 14 fourteen-cylinder air-cooled radial, rated at 1,460 hp for take-off, 1,400 hp at 2,700 m and 1,260 hp at 6,100 m, driving two contra-rotating two-blade metal propellers (first prototype).
- One Mitsubishi MK4C Kasei 13 fourteen-cylinder air-cooled radial, rated at 1,460 hp for take-off, 1,420 hp at 2,000 m and 1,300 hp at 6,000 m, driving a three-blade metal propeller (second and subsequent prototypes and early production aircraft).
- One Mitsubishi MK4E Kasei 15 fourteen-cylinder air-cooled radial, rated at 1,530 hp for take-off, 1,400 hp at 2,600 m and 1,280 hp at 6,000 m, driving a three-blade metal propeller (late production aircraft).
- Two fuselage-mounted 7.7 mm Type 97 machine-guns and two wing-mounted 20 mm Type 99 Model 1 cannon.
- External stores: two 30 kg bombs.
