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The Nakajima E2N was a Japanese reconnaissance aircraft of the inter-war years. It was a single-engine, two-seat, sesquiplane seaplane with twin main floats.

E2N
Role Reconnaissance seaplane
Manufacturer Nakajima Aircraft Company
Introduction 1927
Primary user Imperial Japanese Navy
Produced 1927-1929
Number built 80

Design and development


The E2N was developed in the 1920s for the Imperial Japanese Navy as a short range reconnaissance floatplane suitable for catapult launch from cruisers and battleships.[1] It was a wooden twin-float sesquiplane, carrying a crew of two in open cockpits and having folding wings. This layout gave better downwards view than the monoplanes proposed by Aichi and Yokosuka, and the design was selected becoming Japan's first locally designed shipboard reconnaissance seaplane.


Operational history


The E2N served with the Navy as the Nakajima Navy Type 15 Reconnaissance Floatplane (一五式水上偵察機). 80 examples were produced between 1927 and 1929 by Nakajima and Kawanishi; of these, two were bought for civil fishery patrol duties. The Navy machines were withdrawn from front-line units in the 1930s, being replaced by the Nakajima E4N, and either being reassigned to training duties or sold to civil buyers.


Variants


E2N1 (Type 15-1 Reconnaissance Seaplane)
Short-range reconnaissance aircraft.
E2N2 (Type 15-2 Reconnaissance Seaplane)
Trainer version with dual controls.

Operators


 Japan

Specifications (E2N)


3-view drawing of the Nakajima E2N
3-view drawing of the Nakajima E2N

Data from Japanese Aircraft, 1910-1941[1]

General characteristics

Performance

Armament


See also


Related development


References



Notes


  1. Mikesh & Abe 1990, pp. 223–224.

Bibliography


Mikesh, Robert C.; Abe, Shorzoe (1990). Japanese Aircraft, 1910-1941. London: Putnam & Company Ltd. ISBN 0-85177-840-2.


На других языках


- [en] Nakajima E2N

[it] Nakajima E2N

Il Nakajima E2N (一五式水上偵察機? Idrovolante da ricognizione per la marina tipo 15) era un idroricognitore a scarponi catapultabile a velatura biplana sviluppato dall'azienda giapponese Nakajima Hikōki KK nei tardi anni venti.

[ru] Nakajima E2N

Nakajima E2N (яп. 一五式水上偵察機 итиго суйдзё: тэйсацуки, «морской разведывательный гидросамолёт Тип 15») — серийный разведывательный гидросамолёт Императорского флота Японии периода 1920—1930-х годов.



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