J2M1 Prototype: fitted with the 1,044 kW (1,400 hp) Mitsubishi MK4C Kasei 13 14-cylinder air-cooled radial engine, and armed with two 7.7 mm (.303 in) Type 97 machine guns in the upper fuselage and two wing-mounted 20 mm Type 99 Model II cannon. - Eight built.

Nov 21, 2024 · Fitted with a Mitsubishi Kasei (火星, Mars) 14-cylinder, two-row radial engine cooled by a cooling fan mounted in the cowling behind the propeller spinner, the J2M1 Raiden was first flown on March 20, 1942, but showed lower than expected performance, cooling issues, engine vibration, and collapsing undercarriages which delayed the type’s ...

Jun 13, 2016 · Here is J2M2 Model 11 specification on TAIC report. The US TAIC calculated the J2M performance. Its mega overoptimistic. Eventhough both J2M2 and J2M3 use the exact same engine, TAIC gives J2M2 655km/h and 671km/h to J2M3. In reality J2M2/J2M3 had 596km/h at 5450m and 613km/h with WEP. They have extremely draggy airframes.

Mitsubishi J2M Raiden (雷電 “Thunderbolt”, allied code: “Jack”) was single seat fighter interceptor. Raiden was used by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service. Number built: ~572 – ~582 fighters. Engine: 14-cylinder radial piston engine Mitsubishi Kasei …

Although designed to a 1939 requirement, at a time when Japanese war leaders scarcely imagined a situation requiring a home defence fighter, the Mitsubishi J2M Raiden (thunderbolt) only came into its own while defending the Japanese homeland against …

Although designed to a 1939 requirement, at a time when Japanese war leaders were reluctant to develop a home defence fighter, the Mitsubishi J2M Raiden only came into its own while defending the Japanese homeland against American B …

One Mitsubishi MK4C Kasei 13 fourteen-cylinder air-cooled radial, rated at 1,430 hp for take-off, 1,400 hp at 2,700 m and 1,260 hp at 6,100 m, driving a three-blade constant-speed metal propeller (J2M1).

J2M1 Prototype: fitted with the 1,044 kW (1,400 hp) Mitsubishi MK4C Kasei 1314-cylinder air-cooled radial engine, and armed with two 7.7 mm (.303 in) Type97 machine guns in the upper fuselage and two wing-mounted 20 mm Type 99 ModelII cannon. - Eight built.

Instead of the previous three-bladed propeller, a four-bladed one was installed. The upgraded aircraft received the designation J2M2 and was adopted by the Japanese Navy in October 1942 as a Type 2 Model 11 Marine Fighter-Interceptor. Then he was given the name "Raiden".

The artwork below by our friend Devlin Chouinard shows J2M1 prototype #6 completed on July 3, 1942. Note the 3-blade prop, the single collective exhaust and the cockpit looking more like belonging to a racing plane than a military aircraft.