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Sunday, October 3rd 2004, 12:30pm

G.2. Naval Aircraft - Dive Bombers

Naval Level and Dive Bombers
(note that all bits written underneath the data is pretty much nonsense made up by me)

- Breguet A-N-1 (Breguet Br. XIV)


Future:

Kanzaki D4K1

This post has been edited 3 times, last edit by "Rooijen10" (Nov 9th 2008, 10:04am)


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Tuesday, December 28th 2004, 7:25pm

Breguet A-N-1 (Breguet Br. XIV)
Function: Bomber
First flight: 1917
Crew: 2
Engines: One 330 hp Renault 12 Fox 12-cyl. liquid-cooled inline V
Wing Span: 47 feet, 1 inch
Length: 29 feet, 1 inch
Height: 10 feet, 10 inches
Weight Empty: 2,950lbs
Maximum Weight: 3,800lbs
Speed: 114 mph
Ceiling 19,000 feet
Range: 500 miles
Armament: three 7.7mm machineguns, 665lbs bombs
Replaced by Mitsubishi B1M.
The A-A-1 entered service in 1917 and like the early group of fighters, a number of A-A-1s were upgraded to operate from the carriers. It always was a hair-raising experience to get the A-N-1 off the carrier. It was decided early that the A-N-1 was too big to operate from the little Hosho. Even on the Zuiho and Shoho, it took almost the whole deck to get this plane into the air. Late 1924, the A-N-1 were returned to the land bases and were replaced by the B1M1.

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Sunday, March 23rd 2008, 5:45pm

Nakajima 6-shi
Crashed at Experimental Flight
Maiden flight: 1929
Introduced: -


Nakajima 7-shi
Maiden flight: 1930
Introduced: -

This post has been edited 1 times, last edit by "Rooijen10" (Mar 26th 2008, 6:52pm)


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Sunday, March 23rd 2008, 5:49pm

Aichi D1A

Maiden flight: 1931
Introduced: 1933

Aichi D1A1 Navy Type 91 Carrier Bomber
Crew: 2
Length: 9.40 m
Wingspan: 11.37 m
Height: 3.45 m
Empty weight: 1400 kg
Loaded weight: 2400 kg
Powerplant: One Nakajima Kotobuki 3 nine-cylinder air-cooled radial, two-blade propeller, 715 hp
Maximum speed: 281 km/h
Service ceiling: 7000 m
Range: 1055 km
Armament: Two fixed forward-firing 7.7 mm machine guns and one flexible rear-firing 7.7 mm. One 250 kg bomb under the fuselage, and two 30 kg bombs under the wings.

Aichi D1A2 Navy Type 93 Carrier Bomber
Crew: 2
Length: 9.30 m
Wingspan: 11.40 m
Height: 3.41 m
Empty weight: 1516 kg
Loaded weight: 2500 kg
Maximum weight: 2610 kg
Powerplant: One Nakajima Hikari 1 nine-cylinder air-cooled radial, two-blade propeller, 730 hp
Maximum speed: 310 km/h
Service ceiling: 6890 m
Range: 930 km
Armament: Two fixed forward-firing 7.7 mm machine guns and one flexible rear-firing 7.7 mm. One 250 kg bomb under the fuselage, and two 30 kg bombs under the wings.

This post has been edited 3 times, last edit by "Rooijen10" (Mar 26th 2008, 6:52pm)


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Wednesday, March 26th 2008, 6:53pm

Nakajima D2N
Maiden flight: 1931
Introduced: -


Yokosuka D2Y
Maiden flight: -
Introduced: -

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Wednesday, March 26th 2008, 6:54pm

Aichi D3A

[SIZE=1](somehow it now looks American to me without the fixed gear...)[/SIZE]

Maiden flight: 1935
Introduced: 1937

Aichi D3A1 Navy Type 96 Carrier Bomber
Crew: 2
Length: 10.20 m
Wingspan: 14.37 m
Height: 3.85 m
Empty weight: 2408 kg
Loaded weight: 3650 kg
Maximum weight: 3896 kg
Powerplant: One Mitsubishi Kinsei 44 fourteen-cylinder air-cooled radial, 1080 hp
Maximum speed: 450 km/h
Service ceiling: 9300 m
Range: 1475 km
Armament: Two fixed forward-firing 7.7 mm machine guns and one flexible rear-firing 7.7 mm. One 250 kg bomb under the fuselage, and two 60 kg bombs under the wings.

This post has been edited 1 times, last edit by "Rooijen10" (Jan 1st 2009, 5:12pm)


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Wednesday, March 26th 2008, 6:55pm

Mitsubishi D3M
Project only.
Maiden flight: -
Introduced: -

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Wednesday, March 26th 2008, 6:58pm

Nakajima D3N

Maiden flight: 1935
Introduced: 1937

Nakajima D3N1
Crew: 2
Length: 8.80 m
Wingspan: 14.50 m
Height: 2.80 m
Empty weight: 1800 kg
Loaded weight: 3400 kg
Powerplant: Nakajima Hikari 1-Kai, 800 hp
Maximum speed: 352 km/h
Service ceiling: 7000 m
Range: 1520 km
Armament: Three 7.7mm machine guns, One 250 kg bomb under the fuselage, and two 60 kg bombs under the wings.

This post has been edited 1 times, last edit by "Rooijen10" (Jan 1st 2009, 5:12pm)


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Thursday, February 18th 2010, 8:46pm

Kanzaki D4K

Maiden flight: 1937
Introduced: 1938

Kanzaki D4K1 Carrier Dive Bomber
Crew: 2
Length: 10.32 m
Wingspan: 11.45 m
Height: 3.215 m
Empty weight: 2420 kg
Loaded weight: 3600 kg
Max takeoff weight: 4550 kg
Powerplant: One KHI-108 radial engine, 1400 hp
Maximum speed: 535 km/h
Service ceiling: 9000 m
Range: 1250 km
Armament: Two 13.2mm machine guns, one 13.2mm flexible machine gun, 500 kg bombs and/or rockets

This post has been edited 1 times, last edit by "Rooijen10" (Feb 19th 2010, 5:45pm)


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Thursday, February 18th 2010, 8:49pm

Yokosuka D4Y

Maiden flight: 1938
Introduced: expected 1939/1940

Yokosuka D4Y1 Carrier Dive Bomber
Crew: 2
Length: 10.22 m
Wingspan: 11.5 m
Height: 3.175 m
Empty weight: 2440 kg
Loaded weight: 3650 kg
Max takeoff weight: 4350 kg
Powerplant: One KHI-103 liquid-cooled supercharged V12, 1200 hp
Maximum speed: 546 km/h
Service ceiling: 9900 m
Range: 1575 km
Armament: Two 7.7mm machine guns, one 13.2mm flexible machine gun, 370 kg bombs and/or rockets