| Nakajima E4N | |
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| E4N2 | |
| Role | Reconnaissance aircraft |
| Manufacturer | Nakajima |
| First flight | 1930 |
| Introduction | 1931 |
| Status | out of service |
| Primary users | Imperial Japanese Navy Japanese Post Office |
| Produced | 1931-1933 |
| Number built | 153 |
The Nakajima E4N was a shipboard reconnaissance aircraft of the Imperial Japanese Navy in the 1930s. It was a two-seat, single-engine, equal-span biplane seaplane.
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The first prototype of the Type 90-2 Reconnaissance Seaplane, or E4N1, flew in 1930.[1] This was fitted with twin floats and had no cowling for the engine. This prototype was rejected.
The type was completely redesigned as the Type 90-2-2 or E4N2, with a single main-float and twin, wing-mounted outriggers and introduced a cowled engine. This entered production for the Navy in 1931.
A landplane version of the Type 90-2-2 was developed as the E4N2-C with a tailwheel undercarriage
The E4N2 was employed as a shipboard spotter aircraft launched by catapult.
In 1933, nine E4N2-C airframes were converted to P1 mail planes. Single-seat landplanes with an enclosed cockpit, these were employed on night-mail services between the Japanese Home Islands.
(Navy Type 90-2-1 Reconnaissance Seaplane) twin-float seaplane, Nakajima NZ - two prototypes only.[2]
Data from Japanese Aircraft 1910-1941 [2]
General characteristics
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