The Kawanishi N1K is an Imperial Japanese Navy fighter aircraft which was developed in two forms: the N1K Kyōfū (強風, "Strong Wind", Allied reporting name Rex), a floatplane designed to support forward offensive operations where no airstrips were available, and the N1K-J Shiden (紫電, "Violet Lightning", reporting name George), a land-based version...

The N1K1-Ja, designated as Shiden Mod.11 Ko (紫電一一型甲), was the result of Kawanishi's adaptation of the canceled N1K1 floatplane project into a land-based fighter by replacing the floats with conventional landing gear.

The N1K1-Ja, designated as Shiden Mod.11 Ko (紫電一一型甲), was the result of Kawanishi's adaptation of the canceled N1K1 floatplane project into a land-based fighter by replacing the floats with conventional landing gear.

Dec 23, 2021 · If you want to dogfight, the A7M is much better at it. The Ki-84 dogfights just as well as the N1K1-JA but with a much higher top speed and better climb rate. Not really the ki84 is great at 5.3 as well as the a7m2 and the j2m at least until you get to the kika.

Jun 14, 2016 · Despite some early setbacks in design, the Kawanishi N1K1-J "Shiden" (or "violet lightning" - codenamed "George" by the Allies), was an exemplary fighter that was capable of going head-to-head with even the fabled American F6F Hellcat series.

The Kawanishi N1K is an Imperial Japanese Navy fighter aircraft, developed in two forms: the N1K Kyōfū (強風, "Strong Wind", Allied reporting name "Rex"), afloatplane designed to support forward offensive operations where no airstripswere available, and the N1K-J Shiden (紫電, "VioletLightning", reporting name "George"), a land-based version ofthe N1K.

It had three pontoons and was powered by a Mitsubishi MK4C Kasei 13 radial engine. It had a top speed of 489 km/h and was armed with two 7.7 mm machine guns and two 20 mm cannons. The Kawanishi N1K-J, designated Shiden (紫電), was a land-based repurpose of the N1K, with a more powerful Nakajima NK9A Homare 11 radial engine and four 20 mm cannons.

Jun 6, 2023 · Few aircraft in history have undergone a transformation as radical as that experienced by the Kawanishi N1K. Initially designed as a floatplane fighter for the Imperial Japanese Navy during the Second World War, it was eventually redesigned and produced as a land-based fighter.

May 23, 2023 · The N1K1-Ja was an up-gunned version, adding two additional 20mm cannon in pods under the wings. The 201st Kōkūtai was equipped with N1K1s of various types when it relocated to the Philippines in late 1944 and used them to effect during that campaign.

One Nakajima NK9B Homare 11 eighteen-cylinder air-cooled radial, rated at 1,820 hp for take-off, 1,600 hp at 2,000 m and 1,440 hp at 5,700 m, driving a four-blade metal propeller (N1K1-J prototypes).