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D-3A "Val" "99"
Shipborne Assault Dive Bomber
Aichi
D3A Val, Rabaul 1943
First prototype flown on January, 1938, after were produced 470 aircrafts type D-3A1 with engine "Kinsey-43", 1000 hp or "Kinsey-44", 1070 hp, 1939 .
In the beginning of World War 2 this airplane was the main aircraft of the Japanese Shipborne aircraft.
In the autumn of 1942 its improved version D-3A2 (were produced 1016 pcs.).
However by this time the design of an airplane is already obsolete; since 1943 the most part of rest D-3A2 were altered in educational D-3A2-K.
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| Crew |
2 |
| Dimensions |
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| Wing span, m |
14.37 |
| Length, m |
10.20 |
| Height, m |
3.85 |
| Powerplant |
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| PE "Kinsey-54" ("Mitsubishi"), hp |
1300 |
| Weight, kg: |
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| Empty weight |
2,570 |
| Gross weight |
4,120 |
| Performance |
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| Maximum speed, km/h |
430 |
| Time to 3000m, min |
6 |
| Service ceiling, m |
10,500 |
| Service range, km |
1,350 |
| Armament |
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| 7.7-mm machine guns in fuselage and in a rear cabin, pcs |
2+1 |
| External bomb load, kg |
370 |
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Drawing D3A1 model 11
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Drawing D3A2 model 22 "Val"
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Aichi D3A1 (99) at the airfield.
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Aichi D3A1 (99) in flight at summer 1941.
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Bibliography
- E Aranov. Aichi B7A Ryusei/Grace
- "Japan Aircraft of World War II." /Oleg Doroshkevich/
- "Encyclopedia of military engineering" /Aerospace Publising/
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