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Nakajima G8N
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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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.
Operational history
After the war, one prototype was taken to the United States[1][2] and scrapped after testing. None are in existence today.
Variants
- G8N1 : Four-engine heavy bomber. Production version.
Operators
Specifications (G8N1)
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- 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, 1,491 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 × 13.2 mm (.51 in) Type 2 machine guns in nose turret
- 2 × 13.2 mm (.51 in) Type 2 machine gun in fuselage sides
- Up to 4,000 kg (8,818 lb) of bombs
See also
Designation sequence
G4M -
G5N -
G6M -
G7M -
G8N -
G9K -
G10N
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References
Notes
- ↑ Thorpe 1977, p. 27.
- ↑ A G8N "Rita" in the USA
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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| Records | Flight airspeed record · Flight distance record · Flight altitude record · Flight endurance record · Most produced aircraft |
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