Nakajima G8N
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| G8N Renzan | |
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| Type | Heavy bomber |
| Manufacturer | Nakajima Aircraft Company |
| Maiden flight | 1944 |
| Retired | 1945 |
| Primary user | IJN Air Service |
| Produced | 4 |
The Nakajima G8N "Renzan" (連山, "mountain range") was a land-based bomber designed for use by the Imperial Japanese Navy. The Navy designation was "Type 18 land-based attack aircraft" (一八試陸上攻撃機); the Allied code name was "Rita".
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[edit] Design and development
The initial prototype was completed in October 1944, a mere one year after the Navy ordered development to start, and delivered in January 1945. However, the worsening war situation and a shortage of aluminum led to the project's cancellation in June. Four examples were built between October 1944 and June 1945.
[edit] Operational history
After the war, one prototype was taken to the United States[1][2] and scrapped after testing. None are in existence today.
[edit] Variants
- G8N1 : Four-engined heavy bomber aircraft. Production version.
[edit] Operators
[edit] Specifications (G8N1)
This aircraft article is missing some (or all) of its specifications. If you have a source, you can help Wikipedia by adding them.General characteristics
- Crew: ten
- Length: 22.94 m (75 ft 3 in)
- Wingspan: 32.54 m (106 ft 9 in)
- Height: 7.20 m (23 ft 7 in)
- Wing area: 112 m² (1,205 ft²)
- Empty weight: 17,400 kg (38,400 lb)
- Loaded weight: 26,800 kg (59,100 lb)
- Max takeoff weight: 32,150 kg (70,900 lb)
- Powerplant: 4× Nakajima NK9K-L 24 "Homare" 18-cylinder radial engines, 1,490 kW (2,000 hp) each
Performance
- Maximum speed: 576 km/h (358 mph)
- Range: 7,250 km (4,500 miles)
- Service ceiling 10,200 m (33,500 ft)
- Rate of climb: 457 m/min (1,500 ft/min)
- Wing loading: 239 kg/m² (49 lb/ft²)
- Power/mass: 0.22 kW/kg (0.14 hp/lb)
Armament
- 2 × 20 mm Type 99 cannon in each dorsal, ventral, and tail turrets
- 2 × 13 mm Type 2 machine guns in nose turret
- 2 × 13 mm Type 2 machine gun in fuselage sides
- Up to 4,000 kg (8,800 lb) of bombs
[edit] See also
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[edit] References
[edit] Notes
- ^ Thorpe 1977, p. 27.
- ^ A G8N "Rita" in the USA
[edit] Bibliography
- Francillon, René J. Japanese Aircraft of the Pacific War. London: Putnam & Company Ltd., 2nd edition 1979. ISBN 0-370-30251-6.
- Thorpe, Donald W. Japanese Naval Air Force Camouflage and Markings World War II. Fallbrook, California: Aero Publishers, Inc., 1977. ISBN 0-8168-6583-3. (hc.) ISBN 0-8168-6587-6 (pbk.)
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