​Shiden Photo Collection: The Seaplane Kingdom: The Challenge of Kawanishi Aircraft

Shiden Photo Collection: The Seaplane Kingdom: The Challenge of Kawanishi Aircraft

Product Details
Commentary and illustrations: Yoshino Yasutaka
Color illustrations: Sato Kunihiko
Format: AB softcover
Number of pages: 128
Release date: February 2, 2017
ISBN: 978-4-499-23206-7
Published by: Dai Nippon Kaiga The

predecessor of the "Shiden," the "Provisional Name No. 1 Local Fighter," was a proposal by Kawanishi Aircraft, known as the kingdom of seaplanes, to turn its in-house developed seaplane fighter "Kyofu" into a land-based fighter, which was successfully acquired by selling the prototype to the Imperial Japanese Navy. Compared to its successor, the "Shiden Kai," of which four actual aircraft remain, there are still many aspects of this aircraft that remain unclear, even though more than 1,000 were produced, and no actual aircraft remain, but this book delves into its structure and details. Six pages of detailed analysis with color illustrations by Sato Kunihiko are also included.

Table of Contents:
Type 92 Air Weapon Observation Box...002
Imperial Japanese Navy Local Fighter Shiden Basic Paint and Equipment Unit Markings...009
Introduction...015
◆Main Story The First Shiden Prototype and Detailed Details
Wing...018Wing
Tip...030Air
Combat Flaps...034Ailerons
, Elevators, and Rudders...036Horizontal
Stabilizer...038Forward Fuselage...
040Rear Fuselage...
042Engine
...050Engine
Cowling...054Rear
Fuselage End...056Landing
Gear...058Addendum
...064Engine
Test Run...070Now
, Off to Itami Airfield! ...076
Aircraft division...494
Trial and error with the spinner...0102
Factory sketch...0104

■Appendix: Memorandum of the local fighter Shiden
Shiden's development and various models...0112
Background of the development of the seaplane kingdom Kawanishi Aircraft and the local fighter "Shiden"...0120
Number of Kyoufu/Shiden/Shiden Kai produced...0126

Column
First flight of the provisionally named No. 1 local fighter...093
The 14th experimental seaplane reconnaissance plane in the background...0110

By Dainippon Kaiga