AICHI Aircraft Manual PDF

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Aichi Aircraft was founded in 1920.

The first prototype Aichi B7A Ryusei was ready in May 1942.

Since it became the first to be equipped with the experimental Homare 11 engine with a capacity of 1820 hp, flight tests accompanied by numerous engine failures. But when the engine was running smoothly, the plane had high flight characteristics and excellent controllability.

In total, nine experimental B7A1s were built for the Homare-11 engine, which differed somewhat in the design of the plane and the composition of the equipment.

In April 1944, an improved version of the 1825 hp Nakajima NK9C Homare 12 engine appeared. With it, the aircraft went into production under the designation "Deck bomber-torpedo bomber Ryusei B7A2.

Assembly lines for B7A2 were laid at Aichi Kokuki K.K. in Funakata and at the 21st Maritime Aviation Arsenal in Omura, but production was slowly gaining momentum, despite the fact that the aircraft was easier to manufacture than the smaller D4Y Suisei, which Aichi had been building for several years.

The first production aircraft retained a 7.92 mm type 1 defensive machine gun on a mobile installation, and the last serial B7A2 received a 13 mm type 2 machine gun.

A total of 114 V7A were built, including experimental ones, of which 25 were built at the 11th Naval Aviation Arsenal.

One B7A2 was equipped with a 2000 hp Nakajima Homare-23 engine, and the B7A3 project for a 2200 hp Mitsubishi MK9A engine was never implemented.

Major developments: seaplanes E13A, E16A, carrier-based attack aircraft D1A, D3A, B7A.