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Mitsubishi Kasei
The Template:Nihongo was a two-row, 14-cylinder air-cooled radial engine built by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and used in a variety of World War II Japanese aircraft, such as Mitsubishi J2M and Mitsubishi G4M.[1] It was the largest aircraft engine available in Japan at the start of the war.
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Design and development
Although originally ordered by Imperial Japanese Navy, the Kasei was based on the earlier Mitsubishi Kinsei engine, itself based originally on a Pratt and Whitney design. Produced in a wide variety of models, the Kasei began with a rated power of Template:Convert, with a gradual evolution to Template:Convert in later wartime versions. Three variants were developed for the Japanese Navy starting in 1939. It was also later adopted by the Imperial Japanese Army as the Ha-32 engine, and was developed further into four variants, including the Ha-111. Production was 8,596 units of all variants.
Physically, the engine had a rather large Template:Convert diameter compared to the Template:Convert of the Nakajima Homare engine. Its size and weight meant it was a challenging engine to use on single engine fighters.
Variants
- MK4A 11 - Template:Convert
- MK4B 12 - Template:Convert
- MK4E 15 - Template:Convert - Same power as the MK4A 11 with improved altitude performance
- MK4V 27 - Template:Convert
- MK4R-C 23c - Template:Convert - Fitted with a turbo charger that allowed an output of Template:Convert to be maintained up to Template:Convert instead of only Template:Convert
- MK4U-4 26a - Template:Convert- Mechanically-driven 3-speed supercharger
- MK4G 25 - Template:Convert,Template:Convert
- MK4P 21 - Template:Convert
Applications
- Kawanishi E15K
- Kawanishi H8K
- Kawanishi N1K-J
- Mitsubishi G4M
- Mitsubishi J2M
- Nakajima B6N
- Yokosuka P1Y
Specifications (MK4V 27)
References
Notes
- ↑ Gunston 1989, p.104.
Bibliography
- Gunston, Bill. World Encyclopaedia of Aero Engines. Cambridge, England. Patrick Stephens Limited, 1989. ISBN 1-85260-163-9
- Jane's Fighting Aircraft of World War II. London. Studio Editions Ltd, 1989. ISBN 0-517-67964-7
- Peattie, Mark (2001). Sunburst:The Rise of Japanese Naval Air Power 1909-1941. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 159114664X.
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