――The Zero Battle, which marked the beginning of the war with a victory, was a wonderful fighter that achieved as much flight performance as possible with an engine of less than 1000 horsepower.
――Because it is an excellent aircraft, manufacturers and the military have come to seek even better ones, and the development of the A6M3 type, including engine replacement, began in early 1945, one year before the start of the Pacific War.
--The main focus of development is to improve high-altitude performance by replacing the engine on the manufacturer side, and to improve roll (rollover) rate, speed performance, and productivity and maintainability on the soldier side by abolishing the wing folding device. I did.
--The engine is a performance-enhancing Sakae 21 type with a 1-stage 2-speed supercharger, and the propeller is also equipped with a Hamilton constant-speed propeller with a diameter increased by 15 cm to absorb the increased horsepower.
――While the engine performance has improved, the weight has increased and the mounting part and fuselage have undergone major changes, resulting in a shorter fuselage compared to the Zero Fighter Type 21.
――The cowling has also been redesigned to improve aerodynamic sophistication, and the vaporizer inlet has moved from bottom to top.
――The wing tip has been shaped into a square shape and shortened by a total of 1m.
--The 20mm cannon with fixed wing weapons has also been replaced with the Type 99 No. 2 fixed gun type 2 with an increased number of bullets.
――The A6M3 refurbished in this way made its maiden flight on July 14, 1945, and as a result of numerous tests, it was adopted by the Navy as the Type 0 No. 2 carrier-capable fighter 32, and was deployed in Solomon and the southwestern Pacific Ocean. ..
――As a result of these repairs, the speed and roll rate have improved, but the mobility on the horizontal plane and the cruising performance that is characteristic of the Zero Fighter have declined significantly.
――Although it was not a problem at the beginning of commissioning, the lack of cruising range came to be highlighted when the long-distance invasion from Rabaul to Guadalcanal began.
――Therefore, the width of the main wing was returned to 12m and a fuel tank was added inside the outer wing to create a cruising performance-enhancing type, which was adopted on January 29, 1941 as the Type 0 Type 2 carrier-capable fighter Type 22.
――The 22 type has a longer cruising range than the 32 type, and while the 32 type was later sent to the training unit even though it was a new model, the 22 type played an active role in the air battle in the direction of Solomon.
-In addition, for each type, 22 type instep and 32 type instep were also made by changing the armament in the main wing to 99 type 2 fixed gun 3 type with a long barrel.
[Data: Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighter type 22]
--Crew: 1 person
--Overall width: 12.00m
--Overall length: 9.060m
--Overall height: 3.570m
--Maximum speed: 540.8km / h (6,000m)
--Engine: [Sakae] 21 type (separation output 1,130hp)
--Armed: 7.7mm machine gun x 220mm machine gun x 2
[Data: Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighter type 32]
--Crew: 1 person
--Overall width: 11.00m
--Overall length: 9.060m
--Overall height: 3.570m
--Maximum speed: 544.5km / h (6,000m)
--Engine: [Sakae] 21 type (separation output 1,130hp)
--Armed: 7.7mm machine gun x 220mm machine gun x 2
――It is a 22 type / 32 type selectable kit that integrates the old AP15 and AP16.
――Set the following 3 decals.
[Decal]
-Type 22: 251st Navy Air Corps Hiroyoshi Nishizawa Cao Zicheng [U1-105]
-Type 22: 202nd Naval Air Corps affiliation aircraft [X2-172]
--Type 32: Tainan Air Group Takeo Tanimizu Cao Zicheng [Thailand-180] (September 1944)
( This is a machine translation. Please allow for possible misinterpretations in the text. )