- Mitsubishi J4M
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J4M Senden Role Fighter aircraft Manufacturer Mitsubishi Primary user Imperial Japanese Navy (intended) Number built None The Mitsubishi J4M Senden ("Flashing Lighting") or Navy Experimental 17-Shi Otsu B Type Interceptor Fighter Senden, Allied reporting name Luke, was a Japanese World War II fighter aircraft proposed by Mitsubishi for use by the Imperial Japanese Navy. The J4M project did not proceed beyond the design stage.
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Design and development
To provide the Imperial Japanese Navy with a land-based high-performance interceptor aircraft, Mitsubishi designed the J4M. It was to have been a single-seat, twin-boom, low-wing monoplane with a central nacelle housing an unstepped cockpit and a 1,590-kilowatt (2,130-hp) Mitsubishi Ha-43[1] radial engine behind the pilot driving a four-bladed pusher propeller rotating between the booms.[2] The booms were to extend aft from the leading edge of the wing and were mounted below the central nacelle.[2] The aircraft was to have had tricycle landing gear and an armament of one 30-mm and two 20-mm cannon.[2]
Design of the initial J4M1 version ended when the Navy put its support behind the competing Kyūshū J7W fighter, and Mitsubishi did not build a prototype.[2] The Allies nonetheless assigned the J4M the reporting name "Luke" during World War II.[3]
Specifications
Data from hikotai.net Mitsubishi J4M
General characteristics
- Crew: One
- Length: 13.00 m (42 ft 8 in)
- Wingspan: 12.5 m (41 ft 0 in)
- Height: 4.10 m (13 ft 5 in)
- Wing area: 22.00 sq m (236.80 sq ft)
- Empty weight: 3,400 kg (7,496 lbs)
- Max takeoff weight: 5,255 kg (11,585 lbs)
- Powerplant: 1 × Mitsubishi Ha-43[4] radial piston engine, 1,590 kW (2,130 hp)
Performance
- Maximum speed: 703 km/h (437 mph; 380 knots) at 8,000 m (26,245 ft)[5]
- Cruising speed: 500 km/h (310.5 mph; 270 knots)
- Service ceiling: 12,000 m (39,370 ft)
Armament
- 1× 30-mm cannon
- 2× 20-mm cannon
See also
- Aircraft of comparable role, configuration and era
- Related lists
References
Notes
Bibliography
- Francillon, René J. Japanese Aircraft of the Pacific War. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1979. ISBN 0-87021-313-X.
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