eBay: Japanese airplanes and other hardware.

[Shinpachi]

Good research, Hiromachi.

Original drawing is said kept by Fuji Heavy Industries - old Nakajima.
I think the photo you scanned from the book is a photographic copy kept by Kanazawa Institute of Technology.

 

[Hiromachi]

So Fuji Heavy Industries keeps any archives for the old materials after Nakajima ? Interesting, I though almost everything of Nakajima was lost - aircraft airfoils, engine performance curves, design documentation ...
This is something new to me.

I think the photo you scanned from the book is a photographic copy kept by Kanazawa Institute of Technology.

One more place to visit when I'll be in Japan.

 

[Shinpachi]

I just pointed out the original drawing of BMW 003 in the book you scanned, Hiromachi.

 

[Hiromachi]

Sure Shinpachi, I'm just collecting the names of the places I'd like to visit when one day I will fly to Japan

Anyway, I dont think this was posted yet :

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0q_45I812XU

Plenty of captured Japanese airplanes, including Zeke, Frank and George !

 

[Snautzer01]

Aichi E16A Zuiun

 

[Wayne Little]

 

[Wurger]

 

[Gnomey]

Cool stuff!

 

[Snautzer01]

Nakajima B6N Tenzan Jill

 

[Gnomey]

Good shot!

 

[Glider]

I do like the B6 Tenzan but have never seen that radar instalation

 

[vikingBerserker]

That is the first for me as well.

 

[Capt. Vick]

Oh it's what all the cool Tenzan's were wearing in the mid forties!

 

[Hiromachi]

B5N and B6N were very often used in 1943+ as a recon aircraft and equipped with radar. The Yagi radar anntenaes on the wing leading edge and sides of the aircraft reduced the speed by about 5 knots, but it was all worth it. B5N and B6N could try after that a night attacks. I was always curious how actually looked the operation of transmitter and receiver looked like, how hard it was for a gunner to learn to effectively use it. In fact I'm curious if any H-6 radar is in state allowing to use it.

According to what I read it was roughly equivalent to US SCR 521 or British ASV MK. II radars, but was harder to operate.

 

[Glider]

Thanks for that, much appreciated

 

[Wayne Little]

Something nice about the stance of the Jill...

 

[Snautzer01]

Nakajima Ki-115 Tsurugi, Tachikawa AF-Base,Occ Japan

 

[Wurger]

 

[Gnomey]

Lovely shot!

 

[Wayne Little]

Good one!