Mitsubishi J2M

[alpini13]

    please add this aircraft...Mitsubishi J2M
 
 General characteristics

Crew: one, pilot
Length: 9.70 m (32 ft 8 in)
Wingspan: 10.80 m (35 ft 5 in)
Height: 3.81 m (13 ft 0 in)
Wing area: 20 m² (216 ft²)
Empty weight: 2,839 kg (6,259 lb)
Loaded weight: 3,482 kg (7,676 lb)
Powerplant: 1 × One 1,820 hp Mitsubishi MK4R-A Kasei 23a 14-cylinder two-row radial engine, 1,358 kW (1,820 hp)
Performance

Maximum speed: 612 km/h (332 kn, 382 mph)
Range: 560 km (302 nmi, 348 mi)
Service ceiling: 11,250 m (36,910 ft)
Rate of climb: 1,170 m/min (3,838 ft/min)
Wing loading: 174 kg/m² (35 lb/ft²)
Power/mass: 0.39 kW/kg (0.24 hp/lb)
Armament


Guns: 4 × 20 mm Type 99-2 cannons in the wings, two in each wing, inboard guns having 190 rpg, outboard guns 210 rpg.
Ordinance: 2 × 60 kg (132 lb) bombs or 2 × 200 L (53 US gal) drop tanks.

[1Nicolas]

+1 Very fast, And good guns, It is like a VERY small Japanese Hawker Tempest

[oboe]

I don't get how they could put 1800+ hp in such a small, light airframe and still not break 400mph?   It looks like a very clean airframe.



I think she'd be a nasty little brute in the game.    +1 

[Karnak]

I don't get how they could put 1800+ hp in such a small, light airframe and still not break 400mph?   It looks like a very clean airframe.

!) crappy fuel, it easily broke 400mph on American fuel and 2) it is actually pretty large.

[HighTone]

Woot woot +2 

[4brkfast]

+1 Very fast, And good guns, It is like a VERY small Japanese Hawker Tempest



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Would you believe me if I said the Ki-84 was much faster than it? by 10-30 mph in some alts. Then again, maybe they won't nerf the 'Jack'. It's the 'Super Oscar'

[Ruah]

and the views suck. . .oh wait

[MK-84]

     It appears competitive in the MA.  As a question, this aircraft appears to break from the most of the other Japanese aircraft that we have in that it's role is very specific as an interceptor?  I think this would be alot of fun to fly.

+1

[Tyrannis]

!) crappy fuel, it easily broke 400mph on American fuel and 2) it is actually pretty large.

So if it was added, would its top speed be modeled after its performance with japanese fuel or American?

[1Nicolas]

Would you believe me if I said the Ki-84 was much faster than it? by 10-30 mph in some alts. Then again, maybe they won't nerf the 'Jack'. It's the 'Super Oscar'

U r correct. But KI-84 doesnt carry that good of a gun package.

[alpini13]

  i have asked the question about fuel before, i was told that aircraft are modeled with the fuel that they had and based on the actual performance in ww2....so they all have different fuels.....not the same high quality fuel for all.

[Karnak]

So if it was added, would its top speed be modeled after its performance with japanese fuel or American?

Japanese fuel, just like the Ki-84.  If the Ki-84 was modeled with 100 octane it would do 420mph at 20,000ft.

[titan312]

I think this aircraft could make things interesting in FSO and scenarios.  +1

[oboe]

Also pretty sure it'd see regular use in the MA, which the Ki.43 would not.

[EagleDNY]

     It appears competitive in the MA.  As a question, this aircraft appears to break from the most of the other Japanese aircraft that we have in that it's role is very specific as an interceptor?  I think this would be alot of fun to fly.

+1

By the time the J2M came out, the Japanese were having to deal with the bombing of the home islands - they needed high altitude interceptors to try to stop B29 raids.