Kawanishi_J6K Knowpia

J6K1 Jinpu
Role	Interceptor aircraft
National origin	Japan
Manufacturer	Kawanishi Aircraft Company
Status	design only
Primary user	Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service (intended)
Number built	0
Developed from	Kawanishi J3K

The Kawanishi J6K1 Jinpu ("Squall") was an interceptor fighter design developed by the Japanese company Kawanishi Kōkūki KK in the early 1940s. It was based on the earlier Kawanishi J3K.

Design and development edit

The J6K1 was an improved version of the J3K1 with a more powerful engine. Instead of using the Mitsubishi MK9A, it used the Nakajima NK9A Homare 42 engine. The design reached the mockup phase, but not long before the worsening war situation prompted its cancellation in 1944.^[1]

Specifications (J6K1 as designed) edit

Data from ^[2]

General characteristics

Crew: 1
Powerplant: × Nakajima NK9A Homare 42 18-cylinder two-row air-cooled radial piston engine, 1,600 kW (2,200 hp)
Propellers: 4-bladed constant-speed propeller

Performance Armament

Guns:
2× 13.2 mm (0.520 in) Type 3 aircraft machine guns
2× 30 mm (1.181 in) Type 5 cannon

References edit

^ "Kawanishi J6K1 Jinpu (Squall)". www.historyofwar.org. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
^ Francillon, Rene (March 1987). Japanese Aircraft of the Pacific War (2nd (American) ed.). Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. p. 490. ISBN 978-0870213137.

[howj6k-1] "Kawanishi J6K1 Jinpu (Squall)". www.historyofwar.org. Retrieved 8 March 2019.

[Francillon-2] Francillon, Rene (March 1987). Japanese Aircraft of the Pacific War (2nd (American) ed.). Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. p. 490. ISBN 978-0870213137.

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Summary

Design and development edit

Specifications (J6K1 as designed) edit

See also edit

References edit