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The Aichi E16A (Nicknamed 瑞雲 - Zuiun "Auspicious Cloud", Allied reporting name "Paul") was a two-seat reconnaissance seaplane operated by the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II.
[edit] Design and development
It was a conventional, low-wing monoplane equipped with two floats and had the unusual (for a seaplane) feature of being equipped with dive brakes to allow it to operate in a secondary role as a dive bomber.
[edit] Variants
- E16A1
- Main production version.
- E16A2
- Single prototype with Kansei 62 piston engine.
[edit] Operators
Japan
[edit] Specifications (E16A1)
General characteristics
- Crew: Two (pilot and observer)
- Length: 10.83 m (35 ft 6 in)
- Wingspan: 12.81 m (42 ft 0 in)
- Height: 4.79 m (15 ft 9 in)
- Wing area: 28 m² (300 ft²)
- Empty weight: 2,945 kg (6,490 lb)
- Loaded weight: 4,553 kg (10,000 lb)
- Powerplant: 1× Mitsubishi Kinsei 54 radial engine, 970 kw (1,300 hp)
Performance
Armament
[edit] See also
Comparable aircraft
Related lists
[edit] References
[edit] Bibliography
- Green, William. "Aichi E16A1 Zui-un (Paul)". War Planes of the Second World War, Volume Six: Floatplanes. London: Macdonald & Co.(Publishers) Ltd., 1962, p. 116-118.
- Taylor, Michael J.H. Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions, 1989, p. 43.
- Francillon, René J. Japanese Aircraft of the Pacific War. London: Putnam & Company Ltd., 1979. ISBN 0-370-30251-6.
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