Nakajima E8N Type 95 "Dave"
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Nakajima E8N1

Type: Reconnaissance floatplane
Service: Japanese Navy Air Force (JNAF)
Crew: two
Armament: one fixed forward-firing 7.7mm machine gun
one flexible rear-firing 7.7mm machine gun
two 66 lb (30 kg) bombs
Reference: Francillon: 410

Specifications:
Length: 28' 11" (8.81 m)
Height: 12' 7" (3.84 m)
Wingspan: 36' 0.25" (10.98 m)
Wing area: 285 sq. ft (26.5 sq. m)
Empty Weight: 2910 lbs (1320 kg)
Max Weight: 4189 lbs (1900 kg)

Propulsion:
No. of Engines: 1
Powerplant: Nakajima Kotobuki 2 KAI 1 9-cylinder radial
Horsepower: 580 hp

Performance:
Range: 485 nautical miles (558 st miles)
Cruise Speed: 115 mph (100 km/hr)
Max Speed: 186 mph (162 km/hr) at 9845 ft (3000 m)
Climb to/in: 9845 ft (3000 m) in 6 min 31 sec
Ceiling: 23850 ft (7270 m)

Production: approximately 755 E8Ns

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#2

Awesome! Be great to see some more Jap warbirds. Think we've got enough Italian ones now......
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#3

Well there are certain ones which would be nice like the Fiat BR20 which was also in service with the IJA
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#4

Just another picture of a Dave.
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#5

Someone worked on Kyushu J7W1 Shinden. Does anybody know whats whith the project? Would love to see it ingame. The J7W2 with jet enginge would be nice too. http://www.j-aircraft.org/xplanes/ here some intresting projects too.
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#6

Might be, but this is a referance thread for specific aircraft, not the wish for thread.
Here it is only about the Nakajima E8N1
This is the thread you should look at then:
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#7

Both of them have my vote Tongue
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#8

Yeah, the Br.20 would be nice too - they were used for night raids against Malta quite a lot, great for Hurrie 11c nightfighter missions.
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#9

Well if people are interested in referance material for that aircraft I can open a new tread, and post what I have on that plane.
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