[Guest]

Quote from Wikipedia:

'The Fugaku had its origins in "Project Z", a 1942 specification for an intercontinental bomber which could take off from the Japanese-occupied Kuril Islands, bomb the continental United States, then continue onward to land in German-occupied France. Once there, it would be refitted and make another return sortie.

Project Z called for three variations on the airframe: 4,000 bombers, 5,000 transports (capable of carrying 600 troops), and 2,000 strafing attack aircraft, which would carry 400 downward-firing machine guns in the fuselage, for intense ground attacks at the rate of 6,400 rounds per second.

While the project was conceived by Nakajima head Chikuhei Nakajima, Kawanishi and Mitsubishi also made proposals for the Fugaku. The Nakajima design had straight wings and contra-rotating four-blade propellers; the Kawanishi design had elliptical wings and single four-blade propellers. To save weight, some of the landing gear was to be jettisoned after takeoff (being unnecessary on landing with an empty bombload). Both designs used six engines.

Development started in 1943, with a design and manufacturing facility built in Mitaka, Tokyo. While Nakajima's 4-row 36-cylinder Ha-54 engine was abandoned as too complex, Mitsubishi successfully built the 2-row 22-cylinder Ha-50 engine for the Kawanishi design, testing three units in May 1944. An example of this engine was unearthed in 1979 during expansion of Haneda Airport and is on display at the Narita Aerospace Museum.'


General characteristics

Crew: 6 or more
Length: 46 m (150 ft 11 in)
Wingspan: 63 m (206 ft 8 in)
Height: 8.8 m (28 ft 10 in)
Wing area: 330 m

[gumball360]

Man, this plane is huge! 44,000 lbs of bombs. I really hope someone could take the time to make this.

[Guest]

Project Z, huh... Would have to make a continental US map to go with it for the bombing runs. The sheer firepower of that monster. 400 downward firing machine guns... Now that's what I call strafing. It would take the P-76's 37mm dent that thing and the 2x37mm's of the Airacuda to bring that down. Maybe...

[jak24610]

or just use a good ol' 109Z to bring her down

but im afraid of the FPS of 400 mahcine guns going off at same time -KABOOM-

[KG64_Cnopicilin]

looks a bit like b-29 with more engines

[we262]

i'll make it if someone gives me the soft waer.

[Jure_502]

What about B5N2 ''Kate'' in new slot..? :roll:

[RichardH]

Project Z, huh... Would have to make a continental US map to go with it for the bombing runs. The sheer firepower of that monster. 400 downward firing machine guns... Now that's what I call strafing. It would take the P-76's 37mm dent that thing and the 2x37mm's of the Airacuda to bring that down. Maybe...

Where do you get the 400 downward firing MG's from? The only armament i can see, except for the bombs are four twenty millimeter cannons positioned around the aircraft.

[Slow]

Could someone overlay a B-29 blueprint on this one for me (don't look at scale)?

[Guest]

Here's a B-29 blueprint. I believe it's to scale but I have know idea how you overlay pictures. :oops:

Link: http://ww2drawings.jexiste.fr/Files/2-A ... erfortress)/B-29(Superfortress).htm

Edit: for some reason the link doesn't work. just click USA on the color blueprint page and find B-29 superfortress

[Guest]

Project Z, huh... Would have to make a continental US map to go with it for the bombing runs. The sheer firepower of that monster. 400 downward firing machine guns... Now that's what I call strafing. It would take the P-76's 37mm dent that thing and the 2x37mm's of the Airacuda to bring that down. Maybe...

With the nasty Japanese habit of not armouring their planes I'd say probabably not :lol:

[Fryslanboy]

it would be ossom to have this plane in the game, finally some real heavy bombers

but i don't have such good 3d talents

[Guest]

Project Z, huh... Would have to make a continental US map to go with it for the bombing runs. The sheer firepower of that monster. 400 downward firing machine guns... Now that's what I call strafing. It would take the P-76's 37mm dent that thing and the 2x37mm's of the Airacuda to bring that down. Maybe...

Where do you get the 400 downward firing MG's from? The only armament i can see, except for the bombs are four twenty millimeter cannons positioned around the aircraft.

Project Z required, and I quote: "three variations on the airframe: 4,000 bombers, 5,000 transports (capable of carrying 600 troops), and 2,000 strafing attack aircraft, which would carry 400 downward-firing machine guns in the fuselage, for intense ground attacks at the rate of 6,400 rounds per second" and this was the plane chosen for Project Z.