Would the Aichi D3A or Mitsubishi A6M Zero have an external or internal electrical battery to start its engine?

[jeffkantoku]

What kind of electrical batteries were on a Japanese aircraft carrier in 1942?

What other kind of electrical batteries would be on a Japanese aircraft carrier in 1942?

Where could I find more information about this?

 

[FLYBOYJ]

What kind of electrical batteries were on a Japanese aircraft carrier in 1942?

What other kind of electrical batteries would be on a Japanese aircraft carrier in 1942?

Where could I find more information about this?

I believe it had a 12v 20A lead acid battery that powered an electric starter. I don't know if it had a plug for an external power source. We have a very knowledgeable Japanese member who might have some information. Shinpachi

 

[Shinpachi]

Start engine!

Source: ://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOSmb6PqpEo

 

[FLYBOYJ]

Start engine!

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Source: ://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOSmb6PqpEo

Hi Shinpachi San -

Thanks for posting this! Was an inertia starter used on all Zero models? I seen some cutaways showing an electrical starter on the engine.

 

[Shinpachi]

Original condition was with the inertia starter.
No exact idea about the restored ones or twin-engined bombers with the same Sakae-series engines.

 

[Thumpalumpacus]

What kind of electrical batteries were on a Japanese aircraft carrier in 1942?

What other kind of electrical batteries would be on a Japanese aircraft carrier in 1942?

Where could I find more information about this?

Go to Tully's Port with this question. If anyone knows the answer to your question you'll probably find them there.

ETA: I see you've already done that.

 

[Shinpachi]

Japanese loved the inertia for a fighter.
Frankly, I could not believe when I was a kid.

Demonstrating how to start engine with a N1K2-J replica at Uzurano

Source: ://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRYrChFFv_8

 

[jeffkantoku]

Japanese loved the inertia for a fighter.
Frankly, I could not believe when I was a kid.

Demonstrating how to start engine with a N1K2-J replica at Uzurano
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Source: ://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRYrChFFv_8

Shinpachi! Thank you for all your helpful information. You've shown that inertia starters were used on fighters and fighter-bombers, but how about carrier bombers like the Aichi D3A?

 

[R Leonard]

The one time my father commented on starting an A6M (he had time in an A6M2 - the Akutan Zero - and an A6M5 - some kind souls brought back from Saipan) he said the inertial system was more than satisfactory and reliable to the nth degree.

 

[SaparotRob]

COOL.

 

[Shinpachi]

Shinpachi! Thank you for all your helpful information. You've shown that inertia starters were used on fighters and fighter-bombers, but how about carrier bombers like the Aichi D3A?

As bombers didn't mind weight so much as fighters, the D3A was equipped with a motorized inertia (starter) like these diagrams.

Motorized inertia (starter)

D3A engine control diagram

 

[jeffkantoku]

As bombers didn't mind weight so much as fighters, the D3A was equipped with a motorized inertia (starter) like these diagrams.

Motorized inertia (starter)
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D3A engine control diagram
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very helpful, Shinpachi. Thank you! But what powered the motorized inertia starter? Was it an onboard battery or external plug?

 

[FLYBOYJ]

very helpful, Shinpachi. Thank you! But what powered the motorized inertia starter? Was it an onboard battery or external plug?

Most aircraft that I have seen that had a powered inertia starter had the unit powered by a small electric motor. Info - Design Analysis of the Zeke 32 (Hamp - Mitsubishi A6M3)

 

[SaparotRob]

This Forum is amazing. Anyone have the part number of the flower vase for a 1910 R.E.O. Speed Wagon?

 

[Shinpachi]

very helpful, Shinpachi. Thank you! But what powered the motorized inertia starter? Was it an onboard battery or external plug?

Activated by the onboard battery.

 

[R Leonard]

This Forum is amazing. Anyone have the part number of the flower vase for a 1910 R.E.O. Speed Wagon?

VFSW9100-339. I thought everyone knew that.

 

[SaparotRob]

I KNEW there'd be an answer!

 

[jeffkantoku]

Activated by the onboard battery.

Thank you, Shinpachi!

 

[MiTasol]

This Forum is amazing. Anyone have the part number of the flower vase for a 1910 R.E.O. Speed Wagon?

J1F3 on the early ones and J3F1 on the later ones

(ask a silly question and ....)

 

[PStickney]

This Forum is amazing. Anyone have the part number of the flower vase for a 1910 R.E.O. Speed Wagon?

No, but I know a couple of guys with REOs from that time. Left hand vase? Right Hand? Do you need the brackets, too?
P. Stickney, ATHS, MVPA.