DeAgostini WWII Aircraft Collection – Aichi B7A2 Ryusei , Imperial Japanese Navy

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                  Aichi B7A Ryusei

The Aichi B7A Ryusei (流星 Ryūsei, “Shooting Star”, Allied reporting name “Grace“) was a large and powerful carrier-borne torpedo-dive bomber produced by Aichi Kokuki KK for the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service during the Second World War. Built in only small numbers and deprived of the aircraft carriers it was intended to operate from, the type had little chance to distinguish itself in combat before the war ended in August 1945.

General characteristics

• Crew: 2
• Length: 11.49 m (37 ft 8.33 in)
• Wingspan: 14.40 m (47 ft 3 in)
• Height: 4.07 m (13 ft 4.5 in)
• Wing area: 35.40 m² (381.041 ft²)
• Empty weight: 3,810 kg (8,400 lb)
• Loaded weight: 5,625 kg (12,401 lb)
• Max. takeoff weight: 6,500 kg (14,330 lb)
• Powerplant: 1 × Nakajima NK9C Homare 12 18-cylinder air-cooled radial engine, 1,360 kW (1,825 hp)

Performance

• Maximum speed: 567 km/h (306 kn, 352 mph)
• Range: 3,038 km (1,888 mi)
• Service ceiling: 11,250 m (36,910 ft)
• Rate of climb: 9.6 m/s (1,889.8 ft/min)
• Wing loading: 158.9 kg/m² (32.5 lb/ft²)
• Power/mass: 240 W/kg (0.147 hp/lb)

Armament

• Guns:
  • 2× 20 mm Type 99 Model 2 cannons in wings
  • 1× 7.92 mm (0.312 in) Type 1 or 13 mm (0.51 in) Type 2 machine gun in the rear cockpit
• Bombs:
  • 800 kg (1,764 lb) of general ordnance or
  • 1× 800 kg (1,764 lb) torpedo