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The Nakajima E4N was a Japanese shipboard reconnaissance aircraft of the 1930s. It was a two-seat, single-engine, equal-span biplane seaplane used primarily by the Imperial Japanese Navy.

E4N
E4N2
Role Reconnaissance aircraft
Manufacturer Nakajima Aircraft Company
First flight 1930
Introduction 1931
Status Retired
Primary users Imperial Japanese Navy
Japanese Post Office
Produced 1931-1933
Number built 153

Development


The first prototype of the Type 90-2 Reconnaissance Seaplane, or E4N1, flew in 1930. This was fitted with twin floats and had no cowling for the engine. This prototype was rejected.

The type was completely redesigned as the Type 90-2-2 or E4N2, with a single main-float and twin, wing-mounted outriggers and introduced a cowled engine. This entered production for the Navy in 1931.

A landplane version of the Type 90-2-2 was developed as the E4N2-C with a tailwheel undercarriage


Operational history


The E4N2 was employed as a shipboard reconnaissance seaplane launched by catapult.

In 1933, nine E4N2-C airframes were converted to P1 mail planes. Single-seat landplanes with an enclosed cockpit, these were employed on night-mail services between the Japanese Home Islands.


Variants


E4N1

(Navy Type 90-2-1 Reconnaissance Seaplane) twin-float seaplane, Nakajima NZ - two prototypes only.[1]

E4N2
(Navy Type 90-2-2 Reconnaissance Seaplane) - Nakajima NJ single-float seaplane. 85 built.[1]
E4N2-C
(Navy Type 90-2-3 Carrier Reconnaissance Aircraft) - Nakajima NJ landplane fitted with arresting gear and fixed-undercarriage. 67 built.[1]
E4N3
(Navy Type 90-2-3 Reconnaissance Seaplane) Nakajima NJ.[1]
Nakajima P-1
Single-seat mailplane. 9 converted from E4N2-C airframes.[1]
Nakajima Giyu-11
One of the two E4N1 seaplanes converted with a cabin for use by Tokyo Koku Yuso Kaisha between Haneda airport, Shimizu and Shimoda.[1]

Specifications (Type 90-2-2)


Data from Japanese Aircraft 1910-1941 [1]

General characteristics

Performance

Armament


See also


Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era


References


  1. Mikesh, Robert C. and Abe, Shorzoe. Japanese Aircraft 1910-1941. London: Putnam Aeronautical Books, 1990. ISBN 0-85177-840-2


Media related to Nakajima E4N at Wikimedia Commons


На других языках


- [en] Nakajima E4N

[fr] Nakajima E4N

Le Nakajima E4N était un hydravion de reconnaissance de la Marine impériale japonaise construit dans les années 1930. 

[it] Nakajima E4N

Il Nakajima E4N (九〇式二号水上偵察機 Kyū rei-shiki ni-gō suijō teisatsu-ki?, Ricognitore navale Tipo 90-2) era un monomotore da ricognizione biplano imbarcato prodotto, sia nella versione idrovolante che con carrello d'atterraggio, dall'azienda giapponese Nakajima Hikōki KK nei primi anni trenta.

[ru] Nakajima E4N

Nakajima E4N (яп. 九〇式二号水上偵察機 кю:рэй сики ниго: суйдзё: тэйсацуки) Морской разведывательный гидросамолёт Тип 90-2) — серийный разведывательный гидросамолёт Императорского флота Японии периода 1930-х годов.



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