Tamiya 61503 - 1/48 Mitsubishi J2M Raiden 'Propeller Act  [61503]

Towards Raiden Jack

• Japan Imperial Navy used ground-based interceptors to protect essential places such as for example their naval ports. Raiden (Jack) had been the original interceptor of Japanese Navy. On November 1939, aircraft make, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, received a manufacturing need from Japanese Navy, beginning the growth of Raiden under the name of '14-Shi interceptor'. The aircraft ended up being essential to allow you to speed more than 600 km/h. it absolutely was also necessary to get high power, and can achieve an altitude of 6000m within 5 minutes 30 moments. Really really the only motor that satisfied these performance needs ended up being the 1430hp, 1.34m diameter Kasei Type 13 engine, at first developed for bomber use. The 14-Shi interceptor' made its maiden journey on March 1942, but endured propeller dilemmas and bad visibility. As a countermeasure, the engine was at fact changed on Kasei Type 23. This brand new manufacturing aircraft ready with that engine made its maiden journey in October 1942. But since there were also some difficulties with this model like propeller vibration, approval for practical use of the Type 11 Raiden had not been provided until December 1943. For the time being, the armament-bolstered Raiden Type 21 was in fact finished, which showcased four wing-installed, belt-supplied 20mm product firearms. Raiden ended up being found in September 1944 in Corneo, but unveiled its real power protecting the skies over Japan. Especially, the 302nd Flying Group operating out of Atsugi took benefit of Raiden's higher rate and altitude capabilities to shoot along many B-29 bombers within the Kanto element of Japan.