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――Zhong Kui was developed as a heavy fighter with an emphasis on hit-and-run tactics, and had the character of a local fighter with a short cruising range.
――It will be put into the mainland air defense battle and will be the cornerstone of the Imperial City air defense. The 70th flight squadron, the 23rd flight squadron, and the 47th flight squadron are in charge of the Tokyo area, and the 246 flight squadron is in charge of the Keihanshin area. did.
--The Army succeeded in the 97 type fighter, which was said to be the ultimate light fighter, and the fighter's aviation method was also centered on the light fighter, but due to the Army Aviation Headquarters Weapons Research Policy in 1938, the next term In developing the fighter, we will start researching the heavy fighter that was becoming the center of the world together with the light fighter (later set 1 fighter Hayabusa).

--The requirements from the Army are a maximum speed of 600 Km / h or more, an altitude of 5000 meters within 5 minutes, a radius of action of 600 Km or more, two armed 7.7 mm machine guns, two 12.7 mm machine guns, and quite harsh conditions by the standards of the time. However, it would have been an inevitable condition considering that heavy fighters from other countries are at the level of perfection for the first flight, and it is meaningless for Japan to develop from now on unless it is a fighter that surpasses them. ..
--Nakajima Aircraft is in charge of the development of both light and heavy fighters, and since the heavy fighter (later the fighter) was the first model in Japan, it was developed with passion by young engineers, and is unique to Nakajima. It has become a fighter with many features by incorporating a lot of design ideas.
――The hardest part was choosing the engine, and because there was no high-output, compact engine, we adopted the engine Ha-41 for bombers. For this reason, it is the basis of a distinctive head-shaped design.
--The fuselage with a semi-monocoque structure is sharply narrowed down from the rear end of the cowl flap to the cockpit area, and the design is symmetrical to the Navy's Raiden, which followed the same process from the aircraft development concept to the engine selection method. have become.
--The main wing has a structure that shortens the wingspan for high speed and can withstand a sudden drop of 850 Km / h up to 12.6 G.
--In order to maintain turning performance, Nakajima's original butterfly flap that doubles as an air combat flap is used.
――The vertical stabilizer placed behind the horizontal stabilizer seems to have been quite effective as a result of considering lateral stability and vertical stability separately.
--As a result of the test of the increased prototype, the maximum speed recorded 626 Km / h (conditions such as unarmed).
-It is judged that [it can be used as an anti-bomber interceptor with some modifications], and after minor modifications of the aircraft, it will be officially adopted as a type 2 single-seat fighter.
――The Ha-109 engine, which had been under test for some time, was put into practical use, and the structure and arrangement of the replacement propeller and oil cooler, bulletproof equipment, etc. were improved and adopted as the Type 2 Type 2 single-seat fighter.
――The maximum speed is 600Km / h and the altitude is 5000m in 4 minutes and 15 seconds, which is extremely outstanding.
――There were three types of type 2 depending on the armament: instep, second, and hei. Two 12.7mm cannons Two 40mm automatic cannons were installed in the wing, and the Hei type was equipped with two 12.7mm cannons in the nose and inside the wing.
――Further improved type 3 will be produced, but it was switched to production by Type 4 fighter gale and only a small number of production was done.
――It seems that Army Air Corps pilots who are accustomed to maneuvering light fighters disliked its maneuverability, but once they got used to it, they were fascinated by its speed, straightforward maneuverability, and stability during shooting. It seems that the aircraft was not as difficult as it is said.
――The main production type is Type II Hei, which is active in air defense at key points in Thailand, Burma, Mainland China, the Philippines, etc., but was mainly used in mainland air defense battles and struggled against the B-29.
――The 47th Independent Flight Squadron, which is famous as the actual combat unit of Zhong Kui, was deployed in the direction of Burma and Murray shortly after the start of the war as an experimental equipment unit of Zhong Kui, but there was not much chance to play an active part as an air defense fighter.
――However, due to the shock of the first air raid in Tokyo, it moved to the mainland (Matsudo, Chofu, Narimasu) for the Imperial City air defense, and became the cornerstone of the Imperial City air defense.
--Furthermore, the 70th flight squadron, the 23rd flight squadron, and the 47th flight squadron are in charge of the area around Tokyo, and the 246 flight squadron is in charge of the Keihanshin area. I played an active part by demonstrating the true character of.


Item Size/Weight : 31 x 13.1 x 4.4 cm / 114g

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Item series

Hasegawa-A

Country

Japan

Item code

011328

JAN code

4967834011328

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