Nakajima C6N Saiun (Painted Cloud)

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    Nakajima C6N Saiun (Painted Cloud)

    Allied Code Name: "Myrt"

    Nakajima C6N Saiun (Painted Cloud)

    (Scanned from René J. Francillion "Japanese Aircraft of the Pacific War" - Putnam - 1979)

    UNITS ALLOCATED

    132nd, 343rd, 601st, 653rd and 762nd Kokutais.

    TECHNICAL DATA

    Description: Single-engined three-seat carrier-borne reconnaissance aircraft, or land-based two-seat night fighter (C6N1-S and C6N3). All-metal construction with fabric-covered control surfaces.

    Accommodation: (Reconnaissance aircraft) Crew of three, comprising pilot, navigator/observer and radio operator/gunner in enclosed cockpit. (Night fighter version) Crew of two, comprising pilot and radio operator/navigator in enclosed cockpit.

    Powerplant:
    • One Nakajima NK9B Homare 11 eighteen-cylinder air-cooled radial, rated at 1,820 hp for take-off, 1,600 hp at 2,000 m and 1,500 hp at 6,500 m, driving a four-blade constant-speed metal propeller (17-Shi prototype).
    • One 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 (C6N1 and C6N1-S).
    • One Nakajima NK9K-L Homare 24 eighteen-cylinder air-cooled radial, rated at 1,980 hp for take-off and 1,780 hp at 9,000 m, driving a four-blade constant-speed metal propeller (C6N2 and C6N3).
    Armament:
    • One flexible rear-firing 7.92 mm Type 2 machine-gun (all versions except C6N1-S and C6N3).
    • Two fuselage-mounted oblique-firing 20 mm Type 99 cannon (C6N1-S and C6N3).
    • External stores: one 730 litre ventral drop tank.
C6N1
Dimensions:
Span 12.50 m
Length 11.00 m
Height 3.96 m
Wing area 25.5 m2
Weights:
Empty 2,968 kg
Loaded 4,500 kg
Maximum 5,260 kg
Wing loading 176.5 kg/m2
Power loading 2.3 kg/hp
Performance:
Maximum speed 329 kt at 6,100 m
Cruising speed 210 kt
Climb to 6,000 m
    in
8 min 9 sec
Service ceiling 10,470 m
Normal range 1,663 naut miles
Maximum range 2,866 naut miles
    Production: A total of 463 C6Ns were built by Nakajima Hikoki K.K. at the Koizumi and Handa plants between March 1943 and August 1945.

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