Aichi E16A

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E16A Zuiun (Auspicious Cloud)
Type	Reconnaissance seaplane
Manufacturer	Aichi Kokuki
Maiden flight	1942
Introduced	1944
Primary user	IJN Air Service
Number built	256

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

• Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service
  • 301st Kokutai
  • 634th Kokutai
  • Yokosuka Kokutai

[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

• Maximum speed: 439 km/h (237 knots, 274 mph)
• Range: 2,420 km (1,307 nm, 1,510 mi)
• Service ceiling 10,000 m (33,000 ft)
• Rate of climb: 10 m/s (1,970 ft/min)

Armament

• 2 × fixed, forward-firing 20 mm Type 99 cannons in wings
• 1 × flexible, rearward-firing 13 mm Type 2 machine gun for observer
• 250 kg (550 lb) of bombs

[edit] See also

Comparable aircraft

• Aichi E13A
• Arado Ar-196
• Vought OSU Kingfisher
  

Related lists

• List of aircraft of Japan, World War II
• List of aircraft of the Japanese Navy
• List of military aircraft of Japan
• List of seaplanes and flying boats
  

[edit] References

[edit] Notes

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[edit] External links

• AirToAirCombat.com: Aichi E16A Zuiun