Mighty Wind Mk.1
No.217 強風改
Seaplane Fighter Icon.png Seaplane Fighter
Effects: AA+5 Evasion+3 LoS+1
Combat Radius: 3 (Deployment Cost: Bauxite 6)
Scrap value: Fuel 1 Ammo 1 Bauxite 6 (Unbuildable)

Equipment Card Kyoufuu Kai.png

Equipment Character Kyoufuu Kai.png

Equipment Item Kyoufuu Kai.png

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Refittable Ship Types
Fast Battleship Battleship
Aviation Battleship Standard Aircraft Carrier
Armored Carrier Light Carrier
Heavy Cruiser Aviation Cruiser
Light Cruiser Torpedo Cruiser
Training Cruiser Destroyer
Coastal Defense Ship Submarine
Aircraft Carrying Submarine Seaplane Tender
Fleet Oiler Submarine Tender
Repair Ship Amphibious Assault Ship
LBAS Plane

Introduction

現代にも系譜を繋ぐ水上機の名門が開発を手掛けた、空戦に特化した水上機「強風」。難航する本機開発の繋ぎとして投入された二式水戦の後継として、その登場が期待されました。期待された性能を発揮することはできませんでしたが、本機をベースに開発された「紫電改」は本土防空等に奮戦します。機体を熟成、各強度を改良強化した「強風改」として登場です!

The "Kyōfū" is a seaplane that was specialized for dogfights and built by a renowned manufacturer whose pedigree of seaplanes extends even to the present day. The plane was highly anticipated as a successor to the Type 2 Seaplane Fighter for which it was supposed to be a stopgap due to troubles during development. While its performance couldn't live up to the expectations, the "Shiden Kai", which was developed with this plane as the base, saw a lot of action by, for example, providing air defense for the mainland. And now it makes an appearance as "Kyōfū Kai", with a matured fuselage and all-around improvements!

Mechanics

  Seaplane Fighters share all the regular Fighters mechanics, with a different set of ship equippability. Additionally, they:

Notes

Not to be confused with other aircraft of this family (see here).

How To Obtain

Upgradeable from: fom Type 2 Seaplane Fighter Kai 

From quest: B95 (choice), B167 (choice)

From limited-time quest: SB36 (choice)

Ranking reward for:

  • Feb 2017: 1-5 (x2), 6-20, 21-100, 101-500
  • Sep 2017: 1-5, 6-20, 21-100

Event reward for:

Updates History

  • 2017-03-27: Implemented as ranking reward
  • 2017-04-05: Became improvable

Fit Bonuses

Kyoufuu Kai Equipment Bonuses
Ship Extra Requirement                 Note
Mogami Kai Ni /Toku 
 
- +1 +5 +3
Mikuma Kai Ni /Toku 
 
- +1 +4 +2

Improvement

Type Name Resource Day 2nd Ship Note
              Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
  Kyoufuu Kai 0 130 80 0 300 10/12 6/8 1x  X  
S
M
S
M
S
M
S
X X Mizuho
Suzuya Kai Ni
Suzuya-Kou Kai Ni (CVL) can NOT upgrade this equipment
6 12/17 7/11 1x 
10 - - -
Improvement   effects
  1★ 2★ 3★ 4★ 5★ 6★ 7★ 8★ 9★ Max★
  0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0 1.2 1.4 1.6 1.8 2.0

See Also

Kawanishi N1K