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| J2M3 Raiden
Designer: Andrew C Wai File: raiden.zip Date: April 2001 Rating: 9.0 -more info- Available at Andrew's Homepage |
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| J2M3 Raiden
Designer: Andrew C Wai Textures by Ian Richardson File: J2M3_RAIDEN.zip Date: March 2001 |
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| J2M3 Raiden
-302nd air wing Atsugi air base- Designer: Original by Andrew C Wai and Bruno Duffort Textures by Norman Walker File: norm_Jack.zip Date: February 2001 |
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| Quick Info
The Raiden (thunderbolt) was designed as a land-based successor to the legendary A6M Reisen, but failed to live up to it's initial promise, was very slow in development, and finally entered service with performance little better than that of it's predecessor despite the use of a more potent engine. On the other side of the coin, however, the allies assessed the Raiden as the best interceptor available to the Japanese in the second half of World War II for its excellent blend of performance, stability, handling and field performance. First flown in March 1942, the J2M entered service only in the second half of 1943, and production totalled a mere 475 or so aircraft in variants such as the initial J2M2, the J2M3 -with heavier armament - and J2M4 -optimised for the high-altitude role. Variants
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| J2M3 Raiden
Designer: Andrew C Wai File: raiden103.zip Overall Rating: 9.0 Model irregularities: -slight body irregularities -no gear cavity Panel: N
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