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Kawanishi N1K1-Ja SHIDEN TYPE 11

Evolving from Kawanishi N1K1 "Kyofu" floatplane, the Imperial Japanese Navy&39;s N1K1-J Shiden had an original pedigree amoung WW2 landplane fighters of the world. In January 1942, the Kawanishi Aircraft company began adaptation associated with Kyofu into a land based fighter, strictly as an exclusive endeavor. This task had been quickly officially authorized underneath the designation N1K1-J, aided by the first model flying in December 1942. The airframe was essentially the same as the predecessor, with primary landing gear and tall wheel replacing the floats. As opposed to Kyofu&39;s Mitsubihi Kasei motor, an even more compact and powerful Nakajima Homare motor was installed. Exemplary performance and superb maneuverability was accomplished by using this motor, nevertheless it created serious problems. In order to use the available energy inside motor, a sizable diameter propeller ended up being required. This needed unusually long main landing gear feet, due to the midwing setup. This caused problems in the landing gear retraction system. Kawansihi engineers were able to solve the problem by introducing telescopic main landing gear legs. The complex gear system and unreliability associated with the motor, plagued the N1K1-J throughout its job, before introduction associated with the improved, low-wing N1K2-J Shiden-Kai. About 1,000 N1K1-J fighters had been produced and were active round the Phillipine islands, Formosa, Okinawa and throughout the Japanese Island of Honshu.