Nakajima G10N1 Fugaku
Nakajima G10N1 Fugaku
Does anybody have any links to info and pictures on the Nakajima G10N1 Fugaku heavy bomber. From a simle description I read about it it seems very interesting. 6 5,000hp engines a 40000kg bomload, and a range close to 10000 miles, while travelling at over 400 mph! Thanks in advance!
Phil
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try http://www.marksindex.com/japaneseaviat ... gaku_1.gif
Japanese Aircraft of the Pacific WAr by R J Francillon has brief details.
Japanese Aircraft of the Pacific WAr by R J Francillon has brief details.
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daveh wrote:try http://www.marksindex.com/japaneseaviat ... gaku_1.gif
Japanese Aircraft of the Pacific WAr by R J Francillon has brief details.
Is that the right link, because I
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Re: Nakajima G10N1 Fugaku
I wouldn't really call this reference material...but its something: http://www.hlj.com/product/FUJ14420
-its a 1/144 scale model by Fujimi of the Fugaku...
-its a 1/144 scale model by Fujimi of the Fugaku...
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Re: Nakajima G10N1 Fugaku
Well, with this old thread so resurrected, it probably wouldn't mind if I add another link:
http://www.j-aircraft.org/xplanes/hikoki_files/g10.htm
http://www.j-aircraft.org/xplanes/hikoki_files/g10.htm
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Re: Nakajima G10N1 Fugaku
You should be careful with performances list, it usually means the maximum of all. The max ranges is with lowest bomb load. Sometimes even without. Also 40000kg is obviously a typo. And the weights in wikipedia seem a fairy tale.
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Re: Nakajima G10N1 Fugaku
Likewise, an old parallel thread about G10N in the Forum's "Japan at War" section. A color rendering and other links were uploaded to it.Ironmachine wrote:Well, with this old thread so resurrected, it probably wouldn't mind if I add another link:
http://www.j-aircraft.org/xplanes/hikoki_files/g10.htm
There is much information about German and American high-altitude aviation study and design, for both men and aircraft. These later connected to early manned spaceflight. Is there much known about what was studied in Imperial Japan, which would have been needed for such a long-range bomber? Even though the design went no further.
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Re: Nakajima G10N1 Fugaku
These two threads may have to be merged because they focus on the same topic, and once they are, the title of this thread should be changed to "Nakajima Fugaku bomber" because the Fugaku never received a military designation judging from Japanese documents.Sewer King wrote: ↑28 Mar 2012, 05:32Likewise, an old parallel thread about G10N in the Forum's "Japan at War" section. A color rendering and other links were uploaded to it.Ironmachine wrote:Well, with this old thread so resurrected, it probably wouldn't mind if I add another link:
http://www.j-aircraft.org/xplanes/hikoki_files/g10.htm
There is much information about German and American high-altitude aviation study and design, for both men and aircraft. These later connected to early manned spaceflight. Is there much known about what was studied in Imperial Japan, which would have been needed for such a long-range bomber? Even though the design went no further.
-- Alan
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Re: Nakajima G10N1 Fugaku
The original Project Z design had a higher empty and gross weight than the Fugaku. The Project Z with the stepped cockpit had a slightly longer wingspan than the Fugaku.
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Re: Nakajima G10N1 Fugaku
The airplane model featured at this weblink is the earlier Project Z design with a 213 ft span and length of 147 feet, as well as four Ha-54s driving counter-rotating propellers. The original Project Z design also differed from the Fugaku in having a stepped cockpit. See Dyer (2009) for more details.ShindenKai wrote: ↑31 Jan 2012, 21:00I wouldn't really call this reference material...but its something: http://www.hlj.com/product/FUJ14420
-its a 1/144 scale model by Fujimi of the Fugaku...
Dyer, Edwin M. III (2009). Japanese Secret Projects: Experimental aircraft of the IJA and IJN 1939–1945 (1st ed.). Hinkley, UK: Midland Publishing. pp. 108–111. ISBN 978-1-85780-317-4.
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Re: Nakajima G10N1 Fugaku
Good question. Japan built its first heavy bomber comparable to the B-29 Superfortress in length and span, but it wasn't designed to fly as high as the B-29 or B-32. The G8N Renzan could fly as high as the B-29 Superfortress but was only about as big as the B-17 and B-24, and the Kawasaki Ki-91 as well as the Project Z/Fugaku designs were capable of flying at high-altitude like the B-29, B-32, and B-36.Sewer King wrote: ↑28 Mar 2012, 05:32Likewise, an old parallel thread about G10N in the Forum's "Japan at War" section. A color rendering and other links were uploaded to it.Ironmachine wrote:Well, with this old thread so resurrected, it probably wouldn't mind if I add another link:
http://www.j-aircraft.org/xplanes/hikoki_files/g10.htm
There is much information about German and American high-altitude aviation study and design, for both men and aircraft. These later connected to early manned spaceflight. Is there much known about what was studied in Imperial Japan, which would have been needed for such a long-range bomber? Even though the design went no further.
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The Fugaku entry on page 493 of Francillion's book has the max takeoff weight and maximum speed for the original Nakajima Project Z design mixed up with the Fugaku specifications. The Project Z design with the stepped cockpit had a max take weight of 160,000 kg (vs. 70,000 kg for Fugaku) and a top speed of 423 mph (the Fugaku would have had a top speed of 484 mph).daveh wrote: ↑24 Jul 2003, 22:34try http://www.marksindex.com/japaneseaviat ... gaku_1.gif
Japanese Aircraft of the Pacific WAr by R J Francillon has brief details.
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Re: Nakajima G10N1 Fugaku
Drawings of the interior of the original Project Z design can be found at this link:
https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/thread ... g12.14582/
https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/thread ... g12.14582/