Specifications (G8N1)
Data from Japanese Aircraft of the Pacific War
General characteristics
- Crew: ten
- Length: 22.94 m (75 ft 3 in)
- Wingspan: 32.54 m (106 ft 9 in)
- Height: 7.20 m (23 ft 7 in)
- Wing area: 112 m² (1,205 ft²)
- Empty weight: 17,400 kg (38,400 lb)
- Loaded weight: 26,800 kg (59,100 lb)
- Max. takeoff weight: 32,150 kg (70,900 lb)
- Powerplant: 4 × Nakajima NK9K-L Homare 24 18-cylinder radial engines, 1,491 kW (2,000 hp) each
Performance
- Maximum speed: 576 km/h (358 mph)
- Range: 7,250 km (4,500 miles)
- Service ceiling: 10,200 m (33,500 ft)
- Rate of climb: 457 m/min (1,500 ft/min)
- Wing loading: 239 kg/m² (49 lb/ft²)
- Power/mass: 0.22 kW/kg (0.14 hp/lb)
Armament
- 2× 20 mm Type 99 cannon in each dorsal, ventral, and tail turrets
- 2× 13.2 mm (.51 in) Type 2 machine guns in nose turret
- 2× 13.2 mm (.51 in) Type 2 machine gun in fuselage sides
- Up to 4,000 kg (8,818 lb) of bombs
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