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''Tenga'' (天河, "

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") was a proposal to provide the

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with a jet-powered

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towards the end of

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. The concept was to replace the

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s of the P1Y1 with

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s. The powerplant selected was the thrust

Ishikawajima Ne-30 Ishikawajima could refer to: *IHI Corporation, formerly known as Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries *Ishikawajima Aircraft Company Limited was an aircraft manufacturer in the Empire of Japan, specializing primarily in aircraft for the Imperi ...

, then under development. However, before a single example could be built, both the Ne-30 project and the Tenga were cancelled due to technical difficulties with the turbojet design.

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* Miranda, Justo and P. Mercado. ''Unknown! No. 3''. Madrid, Spain: Self-published. 1940s Japanese experimental aircraft Tenga, Yokosuka Tenga {{bomber-stub

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