Prototype Shinden (Land-based Fighter)

[Edit] Prototype Shinden (Land-based Fighter) Prototype Magnificent Lightning (Land-based Fighter) No.546 試製 震電(局地戦闘機)
Land-based Fighter Effects: +14 +5 +4 Combat Radius: 2 (Deployment Cost:  ??) Scrap value: 2 3 28 (Unbuildable)
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Introduction

九州飛行機と海軍航空技術廠が生み出した未完の翼、先進的なエンテ型の試作局地戦闘機「震電」。
推進プロペラを後方に配置し重火力を機体前部に集中させた後進翼の前翼型の機体は、まさに未来と希望を感じさせるもの。
本機をベースにif艦載機型「震電改」戦歴により、今後さらなる「震電」発展系の戦力化準備も進められています。
ぜひ、提督の未来の航空戦力に！

The unfinished advanced canard-type winged prototype land-based fighter "Shinden" was created by Kyushu Aircraft Company and the Naval Air Technical Arsenal.
The plane with a forward-winged, rear-swept wings has propellers placed at the rear and heavy firepower is concentrated at the front, gives a sense of the future and hope.
Based on this machine, and based on the combat history of the what-it "Shinden Kai" carrier-based version, preparations are underway to further develop the "Shinden" into a fighting force.
Be sure to join the Admiral's future air force!

Mechanics

Land-Based Fighters/Interceptors are LBAS exclusive fighters, that are used to either:

• Provide Sortie Fighter-Power, where the "fighter Power" , "interception" , and "combat radius" stats are the most important,
• Intercept enemy bombers, where the "fighter Power" , "interception" , and especially the "anti-bomber" stats are the most important.

Notes

Not to be confused with other aircraft of this family (see here), or the Shiden aircraft family.

How To Obtain

Ranking reward for:

• Aug 2024: 1-5

Updates History

• 2024-09-27: Implemented as ranking reward

Trivia

• The depicted plane is allegedly the J7W1 variant.

Historical Information

Masayoshi Tsuruno, a lieutenant commander of the Imperial Japanese Navy technical staff, proposed a canard-based design in 1943. Masayoshi also believed the design could be easily retrofitted with a turbojet when the technology became readily available. His ideas were developed by the First Naval Air Technical Arsenal into three canard-based gliders designated the Yokosuka MXY6. A 22 hp Semi 11 engine was fitted to one of these gliders. All proved the feasibility of Masayoshi's proposal.

Impressed by the testing of the MXY6 units, the Navy ordered Kyushu Aircraft Company (formerly Watanabe Tekkoujo) to design an interceptor around Masayoshi's canard concept. Kyushu was relatively free to work on the idea unlike other manufacturers while Masayoshi was selected to lead a team from the First Naval Air Technical Arsenal to assist Kyushu's engineering team. The construction of two prototypes started in 1944 while stress calculations were completed in January 1945, producing a working prototype in April 1945.

The J7W1 prototype was by a 2,130 hp supercharged rear-mounted Mitsubishi MK9D (of similar lineage to what would be installed in the Reppuu) driving a six-bladed propeller via an extension shaft. The engine was cooled via long, narrow obliquely mounted intakes on each side of the fuselage, but this design caused problems when the engine was running on the ground. Unavailability of other components also postponed the flight of the J7W1. The prototype was flown successfully by Masayoshi in August 1945 but showed problems, such as vibration in the drive shaft.

A canard-based design means that a small wing or foreplane is placed ahead of the main wing of the aircraft, while the pusher configuration - a propeller located behind the engine - has unique advantages, such as not obstructing the placement of guns. Modern examples of canard aircraft include the successful Rafale and Typhoon multirole fighters.

Even before it had flown, the Navy ordered the J7W1 into production and it was to carry very heavy firepower of four 30 mm cannons. Regardless only the two prototypes were completed, with one scrapped while the other was claimed by the US Navy Technical Air Intelligence Unit. Subsequently, it was reassembled in the United States, before being transferred to the Smithsonian Institution and is now in storage at the National Air and Space Museum.

As a land-based interceptor that was never successfully produced, the Shinden Kai (in this case meaning "Modified" rather than "Improved") in Kancolle is a theoretical variant with modifications to operate in a carrier-based environment.

See Also

• Kyushu J7W Shinden