Nakajima Aircraft Company,
C6N1 Model 11 'Saiun'
Iridescent Cloud aka "Myrt"
Role Carrier based reconnaissance aircraft, but operationally based from land bases without denavalisation
First flight 15 May 1943
Introduction 1944
Retired 1945
Primary user Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service
Number built 463
General characteristicsCrew: 3
Length: 11.00 m (36 ft 1 in)
Wingspan: 12.50 m (41 ft 0? in)
Height: 3.96 m (13 ft 0 in)
Wing area: 25.5 m² (274 ft²)
Empty weight: 2,968 kg (6,543 lb)
Loaded weight: 4,500 kg (9,921 lb)
Max. takeoff weight: 5,260 kg (11,596 lb)
Powerplant: 1×Nakajima NK9H Homare 21 eighteen-cylinder air-cooled radial, rated at 1,990 hp for take-off, 1,870 hp at 2,000 m and 1,700 hp at 6,500 m, driving a three-blade constant-speed metal propeller
PerformanceMaximum speed: 610 km/h (329 knots, 379 mph) at 6,100 m (20,000 ft)
Cruise speed: 390 km/h (210 knots, 242 mph)
Range: 5,300 km (2,886 NM, 3,300 miles with auxiliary fuel tank)
Service ceiling: 10,470 m (35,240 ft)
Wing loading: 176 kg/m² (36.2 lb/ft²)
Power/mass: 0.33 kW/kg (0.20 hp/lb)
Climb to 6,000m (19,700ft): 8 min 9 sec
ArmamentCamera's
Guns: 1× flexibly mounted rearward-firing 7.92 mm Type 1 machine gun on early machines; later N1's might have replaced the Type 1 with a 13.1mm/0.51cal Type 2 machine gun (according to Axis Aircraft of WW2)
1x730 litre ventral drop tank
One of the fastest Japanese WW2 aircraft, it provided recon pictures and details of enemy (allied) movements until the last days of the Pacific War, as it was rarely successfully intercepted by most allied aircraft in its theatre - except when it was used as in 'Special Attacker' Divine Wind missions, when flown as a single seater (at the enemy) & the droptank shackles were modified to be fitted with a 500kg bomb (or a 250kg if they had no 500kg to hand) for short range, or the bomb was mounted inside the cabin if the aux' tank was needed.
I don't know if this has been requested before, if so, my apologies. According to some books (i.e; Axis Aircraft of WW2), it was largely based upon the existing Nakajima Tenzan design, which could be a base ingame aircraft to base most of it upon, at least as a stop gap modded A/C.
..Editing this post to remove already posted pics, thanks for the merge Epervier
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