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Mitsubishi G7M
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The Mitsubishi G7M Taizan (泰山, "Great Mountain") was a proposed twin-engine long-range bomber designed for use by the Imperial Japanese Navy in 1941.
The G7M was cancelled at the wooden mockup phase without ever reaching the hardware phase.[1]
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Specifications
Data from Japanese Secret Projects : Experimental Aircraft of the IJA and IJN 1939-1945.,[1] Plane-Encyclopedia: Mitsubishi G7M “Taizan” [2]
General characteristics
- Crew: 7
- Length: 20 m (65 ft 7 in)
- Wingspan: 25 m (82 ft 0 in)
- Height: 6.09 m (20 ft 0 in)
- Empty weight: 10,600 kg (23,369 lb)
- Gross weight: 16,000 kg (35,274 lb)
- Fuel capacity: 4,497 L (1,188 US gal; 989 imp gal)
- Powerplant: 2 × Mitsubishi MK10A 18-cylinder air-cooled radial piston engines, 1,500 kW (2,000 hp) each for take-off
- 1,350 kW (1,810 hp) at 2,200 m (7,200 ft)
- 1,280 kW (1,720 hp) at 5,400 m (17,700 ft)
- Propellers: 4-bladed constant-speed propeller, 4.5 m (14 ft 9 in) diameter
Performance
- Maximum speed: 544 km/h (338 mph, 294 kn) at 5,000 m (16,000 ft)
- Range: 2,799 km (1,739 mi, 1,511 nmi)
- Combat range: 6,412 km (3,984 mi, 3,462 nmi)
- Ferry range: 7,400 km (4,600 mi, 4,000 nmi)
- Service ceiling: 5,000 m (16,000 ft)
- Time to altitude: 10,000 m (33,000 ft) in 10 minutes
- Power/mass: 5.4 kg/kW (8.8 lb/hp)
Armament
- Guns:
- 6x 13 mm (0.512 in) Type 2 machine guns
- 2x 20 mm (0.787 in) Type 99 Mark 2 machine gun (classified as machine guns by the IJN)
- Bombs: up to 800 kg (1,800 lb) of bombs
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See also
Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era
References
Further reading
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