The Kawanishi J6K1 ''Jinpu'' ("Squall") was an interceptor fighter design developed by the Japanese company
Kawanishi Kōkūki KK in the early 1940s. It was based on the earlier
Kawanishi J3K
The Kawanishi J3K (long designation: Navy Kawanishi 17-shi Interceptor fighter Otsu (B)) was an interceptor fighter developed by the Japanese company Kawanishi Kōkūki KK in the early 1940s. A further development was the Kawanishi J6K.
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Design and development
The J6K1 was an improved version of the J3K1 with a more powerful engine. Instead of using the
Mitsubishi MK9A
The Mitsubishi Ha-43, known as the Ha-211 by the Imperial Japanese Army Air Force (IJAAF) and MK9 by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service
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, it used the
Nakajima NK9A Homare 42 engine. The design reached the mockup phase, but not long before the worsening war situation prompted its cancellation in 1944.
Specifications (J6K1 as designed)
See also
References
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1940s Japanese fighter aircraft
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J6K
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