The end of the war also spelled the end of the J7W2 Shinden-Kai. This was to be the tur¬ bojet-equipped version of the Shinden. The use of the radial engine had been a stop gap until a suitable turbojet was available. The Ne 12B was rejected as its power was consid¬ ered too low to effectively propel the aircraft. In any case, work was by this time under way on the Kugisho Ne 20 turbojet that was based on the German BMW 003A engine, the only turbojet built and flown in a Japanese aircraft: the Nakajima Kitsuka (page 114). The J7W2 was to use the Ne 130 turbojet, also based on the BMW 003A, which was being developed by Ishikawajima-Shibaura. The Ne 130 was to have produced nearly double the thrust of the Ne20; however, the Nel30 would not be ready by the close of the war and as such the J7W2 remained a design board aircraft. There is speculation concerning what the J7W2 would have looked like. One suggestion is that the J7W2 would have been the J7W1 with the Mitsubishi radial replaced with the Nel30 turbojet. A second suggestion con¬ cerns the fact that without the need for pro¬
peller clearance the Shinden could dispense with the tall landing gear, thus lowering the height of the aircraft. Aside from modifying the landing gear, the vertical stabilisers, fuse¬ lage and canopy shape may also have required adjustment. It is likely that had development of the J7W2 commenced with the availability of the Ne 130, a J7W1 airframe would have been adapted to accept the engine and testing conducted on this, with other modifications coming into play as a pro¬ duction J7W2 was standardised.
The Ne-130 is already in the in-game R2Y2, so I guess it’s not impossible? The J7W2 is one of my most wanted early jets, unfortunately I don’t see it ever being added.
Yeah its so sad that they added only R2Y2s but not Tachikawa Ki-162 and other projects.
That could be great rank V.
I haven’t seen anything on the Ki-162.
The rest I’m aware of, though the jet-powered P1Y1 would be quite bad I think. Would be slow for a jet and with poor acceleration. J7W2 stands out since it would have better performance than the J7W1 from 400kph onwards (above this speed Ne-130 would produce more thrust than existing radial), which is exactly where the J7W airframe wants to be.
Basically He 162 but with japanese army weapons.
Cool I guess. I don’t really want a straight copy with only weapons changed.
The engine is probably worse.
In WoA it has 30mm Ho-155
There is book about all secret projects: Japanese Secret Projects: Experimental aircraft of the IJA and IJN 1939-1945
Tachikawa 162 isn’t really real tho
Is this for the whole GCAP project or just the Japanese version
I am not fully sure as i said in the next reply if the GCAP fighters will differ between nations is unknown currently. At least for now we can assume this will be for Japan
Ki-116 would be interesting, less power but IIRC they also managed to cut down weight.
Of those only the nitrous oxide injection and R models could be added unfortunately. Though a Ha-44 Ki-84 would be really good, it’s the engine we have right now in the Ki-83.
Well same with R2Y2
Japan had plans to convert the R2Y1 into a jet aircraft. That has some historical basis. AFAIK, Japan never had plans to use the He 162 at all
Ki-83 used a Ha-43, though I keep forgetting which variant exactly.
The four Japanese 18-cylinder radials and their variants are very easy to mix. Here are some basics to help with that.
Mitsubishi Ha-42 - The largest one of these. Only ever planned for bombers.
-Ki-67 (Not really named Ha-42, but it’s direct predecessor.)
Mitsubishi Ha-43 - 2nd smallest
-Ki-83, J7W1, A7M2
Nakajima Ha-44 - 2nd largest
-Ki-87, Ki-94-II, J6K (other planned variants)
Nakajima Ha-45 Homare - The smallest and only one which really went into service.
-Ki-84, N1K1-J, B7A, P1Y1, A7M1, J5N1, J6K1
Well say why there is information plans about making Ki-162
This seems to prove that the designation and the vehicle itself were fictional.
From: Tachikawa "Ki-162": a real project? | Secret Projects Forum
From the mentioned “Japanese Secret Projects” by Edwin M. Dyer III :
" …nor the Japanese version of the He 162 would progress past the initial design stage. Only the Nakajima Ki-201 ever made it to the construction phase which, by the end of the war, amounted to a single incomplete fuselage.
As a note, ‘Ki-162’ has been used by some as the designation for the Japanese produced He 162.
There is no historical evidence to sup-port this although it is not without precedent, such as the case with the proposed Mitsubishi Ki-90 that was to be the Japanese version of the Junkers Ju 90."
It could also be confusion with similar designs such as the Baika.
I find the later Japanese 18-cylinder radials extremely interesting. For most of the war, Japanese engines lagged somewhat behind other nations, but they managed to really supercharge their efforts (pun intended) and produce the Ha-43 and Homare. The Homare is very impressive given how much power its later models produced within such a small frame. The Ha-43 is probably my favorite Japanese engine, but the Ha-42 is cool too. I believe it was to be used on the Ki-91 as well.
I believe there was a 3000 hp radial planned as well