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Japanese D2-AL4

7,772 Pilotgoose  6 months ago

Used from 1942 of july 6th - September 2nd of 1945, the airplane was build by a company called Dihiro Engineering (with is the D) the Dihiro engineering company has built a few past airplanes, (they will be in later posts) the single engine plane would mostly carry out small stirkes on American ships and aircraft carriers, one D2 nicknamed Masterfighter (translated from japanese), this D2 managed to shot down a P-51 and F4u Corsair, but, Masterfighter got shot down over Iwo jima. Bringing a end to the fighter, tho now the wreck is now sitting in a exibit in a Japanese history museum.

General Characteristics

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  • Wingspan 40.7ft (12.4m)
  • Length 31.9ft (9.7m)
  • Height 14.4ft (4.4m)
  • Empty Weight 7,454lbs (3,381kg)
  • Loaded Weight 8,908lbs (4,040kg)

Performance

  • Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.193
  • Wing Loading 36.7lbs/ft2 (179.0kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 243.0ft2 (22.6m2)
  • Drag Points 2689

Parts

  • Number of Parts 43
  • Control Surfaces 5
  • Performance Cost 346