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IJN Specification 14-Shi (Kawanishi E15K Shiun)
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Thank you for that explanation !
IIRC, jettisoning the floats to achieve better performance was intended for the Kawanishi E15K,
too, although in that case just as a kind of "emergency boost". Don't think, that a ditched aircraft
would be usable again in an economical way.
IIRC, jettisoning the floats to achieve better performance was intended for the Kawanishi E15K,
too, although in that case just as a kind of "emergency boost". Don't think, that a ditched aircraft
would be usable again in an economical way.
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Blackkite, did you ever come across a land/carrier based proposed version of the E15K Shiun?
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The Kawanishi E 15K Shiun is of great interest to me as the first (small, very...) series aircraft using contra-rotating propellers. But if I was able to read about the many problems encountered with its floats, I never saw anything concerning the operation of its Mitsubishi Kasei engines (MK4D 14 and MK4S 24) with this contra-rotating propeller system. Was their operation reliable?
Edit : same question for the first prototype of the Kawanishi N1K1 whose engine (MK4D) with counter-rotating propellers created "too many problems" (?). What were these "problems"?
Edit : same question for the first prototype of the Kawanishi N1K1 whose engine (MK4D) with counter-rotating propellers created "too many problems" (?). What were these "problems"?
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Thanks Hesham 
As we can see "Problems were encountered with the pitch control system for the contra-rotating propellers". But no more mention of this kind of problem after October 1942, even with the engine power going from 1500 to 1850 hp, while the problems with the floats continued until the end.
It will be interesting to see if other sources confirm this for the operation of the engine.
As we can see "Problems were encountered with the pitch control system for the contra-rotating propellers". But no more mention of this kind of problem after October 1942, even with the engine power going from 1500 to 1850 hp, while the problems with the floats continued until the end.
It will be interesting to see if other sources confirm this for the operation of the engine.
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Thanks Justo
Interesting too, even if it's not the same engine and if it was only a prototype.
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