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Aichi E16A Zuiun reconnaissance seaplane

 

 

E16A1 Zuiun

  

Modification Purpose Deliveries Number of commissioned Discarding Differences from the previous modification
E16A1 recon 8/1943 - 8/1945 252 1945 ---

 

Modification E16A1

Wing span, m

12.81

Length, m

10.83

Height, m

4.79

Wings area, m2

28.00

Empty mass, kg

2945

Full flying-off mass, kg

4553
Engine 1 Mitsubishi MK8A Kinsei 51 or MK8D Kinsei 54
Power, h. p. 1300
Maximal speed, km/h 437
Cruise speed, km/h 333
Flying range, km 2420
Vertical speed, m/s 10.9
Maximal altitude, m 10000
Complement 2
Armament 2 x 20 99-shiki guns, 1 x 13.2 2-shiki MG, 250 kg of bombs

Mostly used as diving bombers and attackers, at end of war many used by kamikaze.

E16A1 Zuiun

 

© Ivan Gogin, 2008