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Aichi D3A1 "Val" Japanese Dive bomber.
« on: April 06, 2002, 01:57:17 AM »

                                     Aichi D3A Val

This plane could be used in scenarios and on wannabe Pearl harbor re-enactments.
Specifications:  
 D3A1  
Wing span:  47 ft 1 15/16 in (14.365 m)  
Length:  33 ft 5 3/8 in (10.195 m)  
Height:  12 ft 7 15/32 in (3.847 m)  
Empty:  5,309 lb. (2,408 kg)  
Loaded:  8,047 lb (3,650 kg)
Maximum Speed:  240 mph (209 kt)
@ 9,845 ft (3,000 m)
Service Ceiling:  30,500 ft. (9,300 m)  
Range:  915 miles (1,472 km)  
Mitsubishi Kinsei 43, 1,000 hp or,
Kinsei 44, 1,070 hp. engine.
Two forward-firing 7.7 mm Type 97 machine-guns and one flexible rear-firing 7.7 mm Type 92 machine gun. A single 250 kg (551 lb) bomb carried under the fuselage and,
two additional 60 kg (132 lb) bombs carried on wing racks. :p