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[dsawan]

Since someone did the arado 234 with a radar dome, thought about the betty being used as an interim solution for the Japanese navy till the g10 Rita became operational as a awacs. Just needs a smaller dome though. The dome would have to be placed after the top gun blister.

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General characteristics

    Crew: 7 (pilot, co-pilot, navigator/bombardier/nose gunner, captain/top turret gunner, radio operator/waist gunner, engine mechanic/waist gunner, tail gunner)
    Length: 19.97 m (65 ft 6 in)
    Wingspan: 24.89 m (81 ft 8 in)
    Height: 4.9 m (16 ft 1 in) in rigging position
    Wing area: 78.125 m2 (840.93 sq ft)
    Airfoil: root: MAC118 mod (12.5%); tip:MAC118 mod (10%)[20]
    Empty weight: 6,741 kg (14,861 lb)
    Gross weight: 9,500 kg (20,944 lb)
    Max takeoff weight: 12,860 kg (28,351 lb)
    Powerplant: 2 × Mitsubishi MK4A Kasei 11 14-cylinder air-cooled radial piston engines, 1,140 kW (1,530 hp) each for take-off

                1,050 kW (1,410 hp) at 2,000 m (6,562 ft)
                1,000 kW (1,340 hp) at 4,000 m (13,123 ft)

    Propellers: 3-bladed Hamilton Standard licensed Sumitomo constant speed variable-pitch

Performance

    Maximum speed: 428 km/h (266 mph, 231 kn) at 4,200 m (13,780 ft)
    Cruise speed: 315 km/h (196 mph, 170 kn) at 3,000 m (9,843 ft)
    Stall speed: 120 km/h (75 mph, 65 kn)
    Range: 2,852 km (1,772 mi, 1,540 nmi)
    Ferry range: 5,040 km (3,130 mi, 2,720 nmi) [N 2]
    Rate of climb: 9.166 m/s (1,804.3 ft/min)

Armament

    Guns: 1× 20 mm Type 99 cannon (tail turret), 4× 7.7 mm Type 92 machine gun (nose turret ×1, waist positions ×2, top turret ×1)
    Bombs: 1× 858 kg (1,892 lb) Type 91 Kai-3 (improved model 3) aerial torpedo or 1× 800 kg (1,764 lb) bomb or 4× 250 kg (551 lb) bombs
We have this model in our sim already
https://www.sas1946.com/main/index.php/topic,3284.0.html

[dsawan]

[dsawan]

We also have the radar station in game already. this one taken from vulcan bomber but there are others for the ww2 planes

[NobleNerd]

Ooh, I do like the what-if niche. This idea in particular would work well in my own alt-history scenario where Japan remains a military power in a very different Cold War.

I could see this working with early "proto-AWACS" aircraft like with the radar configurations mounted on some Wellington bombers.




Or it could even branch a bit further after WWII with inspiration from early dedicated AWACS aircraft like the Lockheed EC-121.




AWACS seaplanes also seem fitting for Cold War Japan. Maybe something similar could be slapped together with the H8K.