A5M2 Kyuuroku Sen 'CLAUDE' CI-103

Purpose: 		Single seat carrier-borne and land-based fighter. 
Crew:			1
Manufacturer: 		Mitsubishi
Year:			1937

Background: 
This was the first monoplane fighter of the Imperial Japanese Navy. It was a cantilever monoplane with fixed landing gear, open cockpit (the pilots rejected a closed one),and one of the first all-metal stressed-skin aircraft built in Japan. The A5M performed well throughout the Sino-Japanese war,and against the USSR, where it demonstrated excellent speed and maneuverability. Over Nanking in December 1937, A5M pilots destroyed ten Chinese I-16B fighters for no Japanese loss. in the wars against China  and was still the numerically most important Navy fighter in 1941. The prototype flew in 1935 and a total of 1094 aircraft produced.

Units Allocated
Carriers: Akagi, Hosho, Kaga, Ryujo and Zuiho. 
12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, Oita, Ominato, Omura, Sasebo and Yokosuka Kokutais.
 
Powerplant: 		(1) 630 hp Nakajima Kotobuki 2 9 Cyl. air cooled radial engine

Performance
Max speed: 		252 mph (405 kmh) at 6,900 ft (2100 m)
 
Initial climb: 		2,750 ft (588 m) / minute
Service cieling: 	32,150 ft (9800 m)
Range: 			745 miles (1200 km)
 
Weight    
Empty:			2,370 lbs (1075 kg)
loaded: 		3,307 lbs (1500 kg)

 
Dimensions     
Span 			36 ft 1 in (11.0 m)
Length: 		25 ft 4 in (7.71 m)
Hieght: 		10 ft 6 in (3.20 m)
Wing area 		192 sq ft (17.80 m2)
 
Armament
Guns 			2 x .3 (7.7mm) type 89 machine guns
Bomb load 		2 x  66 lb (30 kg) 
		or  
Drop tank 		1 x 42 gal. (160 litre) 

Paint scheme from Claude A5M2 model by Johan Myhrman

Parshall, Jon, http://www.combinedfleet.com/kaigun.htm. An excellent website for information on the Imperial Japanese Navy. 

Unzip the files into to your EAW folder.

New skin, and modified 3D model by Col. Gibbon
New flight model and gun setup by Txpole.
From original Nate 3d model by Charles Gunst, and 3d update to EAW standard by Woolfman




