Mitsubishi A5M 'Claude'
A5M4 Claude
-Flown by naval pilot 1st Class Matsuo Hagari assigned to Soryu 1939-
Designer: KIRK
File: A5M4.zip
Date: March 2001
Rating: 9.5 -more info-
Available at cfsFrance
A5M4 Claude 
12SQ 3-105
Designer: Yasuhiko Sasaki
File: ys2A5M4A.zip
Date: May 2001
Rating: 9.4  -more info-
Available at North-Northeast Aircraft Factory
A5M4 Claude
Matsuo Hagiri
Designer: Yasuhiko Sasaki
File: ys2A5M4b.zip
Date: May 2001
Rating: 9.35  -more info-
Available at North-Northeast Aircraft Factory
TEXTURES
A5M4 Claude
-Flown by Lt. Motonari Suho of the 14th kokutai Wichow Island China, 1940-
Designer: KIRK
Repaint by Danny Best
File: a5m4koku.zip
Date: April 2001
A5M4 Claude
Designer: KIRK
Repaint by Danny Best
File: a5m4-o41.zip
Date: May 2001

 
Quick Info
It is impossible to overstate the importance of A5M carrierborne fighter in the development of Japanese industry and Japanese military capabilities in the mid-1930s. With this type Japan moved from dependence on western imports and thinking to a completely indigineous product that was Japan's first carierborne monoplane fighter and also in every way comparable in terms of performance and capabilities with the best of it's western equivalents. The first of six prototypes made the type's maiden flight in February 1935, and the A5M1 enterted service in spring 1937. Production of the series, which departed first-line service in 1943, totalled 980 aircraft in the A5M1 to A5M4 series, the last with open rather than enclosed cockpits. There are also 103 examples of the A5M4-K two-seater trainer development. In total it is estimated that nearly 1000 A5Ms were built, the aircraft proving very popular with naval pilots. 

Variants
Ka-14, Ka-18, Ka-33   Prototypes and test version
A5M1a   Single conversion with twin 20mm cannon of German manufacture
A5M2a   More powerful engine and three blade propellor
A5M2b   Enclosed canopy and more streamlined cowling with cooling flaps
A5M3a   Prototypes with French engines and single 20mm cannon firing through propeller hub (2 built) 
A5M4   Introduced 35.2-gallon ventral drop tank
A5M4-K    Two-seat Trainer removed wheel spats and other safety measures
 


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A5M4 Claude
Designer: KIRK
File: A5M4.zip
Overall Rating: 9.5
Model irregularities:
-Slight body irregularities

Panel: N
Virtual Cockpit: Y
Sound: N

Moving Parts: 
Flaps: Y
Ailerons: Y
Elevators: Y
Rudder: Y
Propellor/s: Y
Wheels: N
Tailhook: Y
 

 A5M4 Claude 
Designer: Yasuhiko Sasaki
File: ys2A5M4A.zip
Overall Rating: 9.4
Model irregularities:
-Slight body irregularities

Panel: N
Virtual Cockpit: Y
Sound: N

Moving Parts: 
Flaps: Y
Ailerons: Y
Elevators: Y
Rudder: Y
Propellor/s: Y
Wheels: N
 

 A5M4 Claude 
Designer: Yasuhiko Sasaki
File: ys2A5M4A.zip
Overall Rating: 9.35
Model irregularities:
-Slight body irregularities

Panel: N
Virtual Cockpit: Y
Sound: N

Moving Parts: 
Flaps: Y
Ailerons: Y
Elevators: Y
Rudder: Y
Propellor/s: Y
Wheels: N
Tailhook: Y


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