Mitsubishi A6M2-K and A6M5-K
Mitsubishi A6M2-K and A6M5-K
Allied Code Name: None
(Scanned from René J. Francillion "Japanese
Aircraft of the Pacific War" - Putnam - 1979)
UNITS ALLOCATED
Konoike and Yatabe Kokutais.
TECHNICAL DATA
- Description: Two-seat fighter trainer, all-metal construction
with fabric-covered control surfaces.
Accommodation: Student pilot and instructor seated in tandem in
partially enclosed cockpit.
Powerplant:
- One Nakajima NK1C Sakae 12 fourteen-cylinder air-cooled radial,
rated at 940 hp for take-off and 950 hp at 4,200 m, driving a three-blade
constant-speed metal propeller (A6M2-K).
- One Nakajima NK1F Sakae 21 fourteen-cylinder air-cooled radial,
rated at 1,130 hp for take-off, 1,100 hp at 2,850 m and 980 hp at 6,000
m, driving a three-blade constant-speed metal propeller (A6M5-K).
- Armament:
- Two fuselage-mounted 7.7 mm Type 97 machine-guns.
- External stores:
- normal
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- two 60 kg bombs
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- suicide
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- one 250 kg bomb
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A6M2-K
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Dimensions:
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Span
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12.00 m
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Length
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9.15 m
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Height
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3.54 m
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Wing area
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22.4 m2
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Weights:
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Empty
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1,819 kg
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Loaded
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2,334 kg
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Maximum
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2,627 kg
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Wing loading
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104.0 kg/m2
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Power loading
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2.5 kg/hp
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Performance:
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Maximum speed
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476 km/h at 4,000 m
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Cruising speed
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345 km/h
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Climb to
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6,000 m
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in
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7 min 56 sec
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Service ceiling
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10,180 m
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Normal range
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745 naut miles
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© 1997 Joao Paulo
Julião Matsuura