Aichi B7A - Specifications

Specifications

Data from Aircraft of World War II - 300 of the World's Greatest aircraft 1939-45; Aichi B7A Ryusei (Shooting Star); Japanese Aircraft of the Pacific War

General characteristics

• Crew: 2
• Length: 11.49 m (37 ft 8.33 in)
• Wingspan: 14.40 m (47 ft 3 in)
• Height: 4.07 m (13 ft 4.5 in)
• Wing area: 35.40 m² (381.041 ft²)
• Empty weight: 3,810 kg (8,400 lb)
• Loaded weight: 5,625 kg (12,401 lb)
• Max. takeoff weight: 6,500 kg (14,330 lb)
• Powerplant: 1 × Nakajima NK9C Homare 12 18-cylinder air-cooled radial engine, 1,360 kW (1,825 hp)

Performance

• Maximum speed: 567 km/h (306 kn, 352 mph)
• Range: 3,038 km (1,888 mi)
• Service ceiling: 11,250 m (36,910 ft)
• Rate of climb: 9.6 m/s (1,889.8 ft/min)
• Wing loading: 158.9 kg/m² (32.5 lb/ft²)
• Power/mass: 0.24 W/kg (0.147 hp/lb)

Armament

• Guns:
  
  • 2× 20 mm Type 99 Model 2 cannons in wings
  • 1× 7.92 mm (0.312 in) Type 1 or 13 mm (0.51 in) Type 2 machine gun in the rear cockpit
• Bombs:
  
  • 800 kg (1,764 lb) of general ordnance or
  • 1× 800 kg (1,764 lb) torpedo