Nakajima G10n1 Fugaku

[TomZ]

Look here: Anigrand new release

Another of my long standing wishes fulfilled. My poor wallet...........


Tom

[Brian da Basher]

Nice! Unfortunately, it's light-years out of my modelling budget.

Brian da Basher

[jcf]

Who will be first to do one of the proposed Mukade(Centipede) versions with a belly full of guns?

Two were proposed, an anti-bomber version with 96 20mm cannon designed to fly above B-29 formations and shoot downwards and an anti-ship version with 400 7.7mm machine guns.

Jon

[devil505]

$88?  
I'll pass.

[Jschmus]

Holy thread revival.  Saw this on the x planes blog last night, and thought we'd talked about it here at some point.



   

The Fugaku had its origins in "Project Z", a 1942 specification for an intercontinental bomber which could take off from the Kuril Islands, bomb the continental United States, then continue onward to land in German-occupied France. Once there, it would be refitted and make another return sortie.

    Project Z called for three variations on the airframe: 4,000 bombers, 5,000 transports (capable of carrying 600 troops), and 2,000 gunships: (via)

    "The first was an attack design which had no less than 400 Type 97 7.7mm machine-guns crammed into the aircraft. The front and the back of the bomber would accommodate 40 Type 97 machine-guns arranged in ten rows.

    The intent was to literally rain thousands of rounds down on enemy fleet ship targets with the theory that a swath of destruction 148ft wide and 6.2 miles long could be achieved with 15 Fugaku aircraft. Once the decks of the ships were swept of personnel, nine Fugaku bombers, each with twenty 2,000lb bombs or torpedoes, would arrive to deliver the coup de grace, covering a path 656ft wide and .62 miles in length with high explosive.

    Another version had the Fugaku being loaded down with 96 Type 99 20mm cannons. The front and the back of the aircraft would contain 12 cannons with each side of the aircraft were fitted with 36 cannons arranged in eight rows. The mission for this particular variant was to target enemy bombers that flew missions against Japan from hidden bases untouched by the Japanese airfield bombing campaign. By flying over the enemy bomber formation and unleashing a withering fusillade of cannon fire, it was speculated that ten of the cannon equipped Fugaku could bring down 100 bombers, the area covered by the cannons from one plane being 8.2ft wide and 1.86 miles long."

[Cliffy B]

Holy crap!!!!!!  That is one ambitious idea to say the least 

[NARSES2]

What were they on ?