A7M3 'Reppu'
Type: fighter, shipboard aircraft Prototype or limited production Nationality: Japan
Land-based version of the Sam, without the foldable wings and simplified compared to the A7M3-J, leaving out the supercharger, an accessory that Japan had difficulty to develop properly. It was directly derived from the carrier-based A7M2 without many changes and was a counter insurance had the A7M3-J failed. None was completed, since the first flight was planned for December of 1945
Built by Nakajima Kikoki Kabushiki Kaisha
Other designation(s): Model 23
Upper: A7M 'Reppu'
Various
Crew: 1
Span: 14.00 meters
Length: 11.00 meters
Height: 4.28 meters
Wing surface: 30.90 sq m.
Wing load: 163 kg/sq m
Weight empty: 3 392 kg
Weight loaded: 5 040 kg
Propulsion
Engine: Mitsubishi MK9C
Power (total): 2 250 HP
Specific power: 446 HP / ton
Maximum speed: 643 kph
Service ceiling: 11 500 meters
Production
Quantity: none
First flight: December of 1945
Armament
6 20 mm Type 99 Model 2 guns
2 250 kg (551-lbs) bombs
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Arlo, this was a drawing board prototype, none were ever made. You can look at that painting all you want, mostly because you are drunk, and you will never see the 2 Type 99's buried in the nose. GO ahead...keep looking...
