Aichi E16A

Infobox Aircraft
name=E16A Zuiun (Auspicious Cloud)


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type=Reconnaissance seaplane
manufacturer=Aichi Kokuki
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first flight= 1942
introduced= 1944
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primary user= IJN Air Service
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number built= 256
variants with their own articles=The Aichi E16A (Nicknamed 瑞雲 - "Zuiun" "Auspicious Cloud", Allied reporting name "Paul") was a two-seat reconnaissance seaplane operated by the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II.

Design and development

It was a conventional, low-wing monoplane equipped with two floats and had the unusual (for a seaplane) feature of being equipped with dive brakes to allow it to operate in a secondary role as a dive bomber.

Variants

;E16A1:Main production version.;E16A2:Single prototype with Kansei 62 piston engine.

Operators

;JPN
*Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service
**301st Kokutai
**634th Kokutai
**Yokosuka Kokutai

pecifications (E16A1)

aircraft specifications
plane or copter?= plane
jet or prop?= prop
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crew= Two (pilot and observer)
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length main= 10.83 m
length alt= 35 ft 6 in
span main= 12.81 m
span alt= 42 ft 0 in
height main=4.79 m
height alt= 15 ft 9 in
area main=28 m²
area alt=300 ft²
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empty weight main= 2,945 kg
empty weight alt= 6,490 lb
loaded weight main= 4,553 kg
loaded weight alt= 10,000 lb
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engine (prop)=Mitsubishi Kinsei 54
type of prop=radial engine
number of props=1
power main= 970 kw
power alt= 1,300 hp
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max speed main= 439 km/h
max speed alt= 237 knots, 274 mph
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range main= 2,420 km
range alt= 1,307 nm, 1,510 mi
ceiling main= 10,000 m
ceiling alt= 33,000 ft
climb rate main= 10 m/s
climb rate alt= 1,970 ft/min
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armament=
* 2 × fixed, forward-firing 20 mm Type 99 cannons in wings
* 1 × flexible, rearward-firing 13 mm Type 2 machine gun for observer
* 250 kg (550 lb) of bombs
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ee also

aircontent

related=

similar aircraft=
* Aichi E13A
* Arado Ar-196
* Vought OSU Kingfisher

lists=
* List of aircraft of Japan, World War II
* List of aircraft of the Japanese Navy
* List of military aircraft of Japan
* List of seaplanes and flying boats

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References

Notes

Bibliography

* Green, William. "Aichi E16A1 Zui-un (Paul)". "War Planes of the Second World War, Volume Six: Floatplanes". London: Macdonald & Co.(Publishers) Ltd., 1962, p. 116-118.
* Taylor, Michael J.H. "Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation". London: Studio Editions, 1989, p. 43.
* Francillon, René J. "Japanese Aircraft of the Pacific War". London: Putnam & Company Ltd., 1979. ISBN 0-370-30251-6.

External links

* [http://www.airtoaircombat.com/detail.asp?id=270 AirToAirCombat.com: Aichi E16A Zuiun]