Nakajima E4N
| Nakajima E4N | |
|---|---|
| Role | Reconnaissance aircraft |
| Manufacturer | Nakajima |
| First flight | 1930 |
| Introduction | 1931 |
| Status | out of service |
| Primary users | Imperial Japanese Navy Japanese Post Office |
| Produced | 1931-1933 |
| Number built | 153 |
The Nakajima E4N was a shipboard reconnaissance aircraft of the Imperial Japanese Navy in the 1930s. It was a two-seat, single-engine, equal-span biplane seaplane.
Development
The first prototype of the Type 90-2 Reconnaissance Seaplane, or E4N1, flew in 1930[1]. This was fitted with twin floats and had no cowling for the engine. This prototype was rejected.
The type was completely redesigned as the Type 90-2-2 or E4N2, with a single main-float and twin, wing-mounted outriggers and introduced a cowled engine. This entered production for the Navy in 1931.
A landplane version of the Type 90-2-2 was developed as the E4N2-C with a tailwheel undercarriage
Operational history
The E4N2 was employed as a shipboard spotter aircraft launched by catapult.
In 1933, nine E4N2-C airframes were converted to P1 mail planes. Single-seat landplanes with an enclosed cockpit, these were employed on night-mail services between the Japanese Home Islands.
Variants
- E4N1 (Type 90-2) - twin-float seaplane. Prototype only.
- E4N2 (Type 90-2-2) - single-float seaplane. 85 built.
- E4N2-C - fixed-undercarriage landplane. 67 built.
- P-1 - single-seat mailplane. 9 converted from E4N2-C airframes.
Specifications (Type 90-2-2)
Data from Japanese Aircraft 1910-1941 [2]
General characteristics
- Crew: 2
Performance
Armament
- 1 × fixed, forward-firing 7.7 mm machine gun and 1 × flexible 7.7 mm machine gun in rear cockpit
- 2 × 30 kg (66 lb) bombs
See also
Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era
References
- ^ "Nakajima E4N". Virtual Aircraft Museum. Retrieved 2007-03-19.
- ^ Mikesh, Robert C (1990). Japanese Aircraft 1910-1941. London: Putnam Aeronautical Books. ISBN 0 85177 840 2.
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- Francillon, Réne J. Japanese Aircraft of the Pacific War. London: Putnam & Company Ltd., 1970 (2nd edition 1979). ISBN 0-370-30251-6.
- Mikesh, Robert C. and Abe, Shorzoe. Japanese Aircraft 1910-1941. London: Putnam Aeronautical Books, 1990. ISBN 0-85177-840-2.
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