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Commander Stormwolf -> RE: WITP Book' A little spare time.. the next Hibiki? (3/6/2012 9:47:25 PM)
Chapter 3: a race to put up numbers It was believed that it would take 3 months to consolidate the resource areas and a similar amount of time for a significant counter-attack to be made by the USN Japanese aviation industry was being re-organized, however significant time was required for the expansion of factory facilities, jigs, and tooling. The maximum practical rate of expansion was estimated at a poor one hundred engines per month, much slower than the allies. At the start of the war, Japan was producing approximately 700 aviation engines per month. There were also several obsolete engine types in the stockpiles. The following production objectives were set to be achieved by march 1942. These included a monthly production rate of the following: 200 Reisen carrier fighters 100 Shoki Interceptors 50 Kankoh Torpedo planes 50 Dive bombers and floatplanes 50 light bombers 100 twin-engined bombers 50 flying boats [image]local://upfiles/28382/E8DE55D6501F42C7AD90284854011860.jpg[/image]

Commander Stormwolf -> RE: WITP Book' A little spare time.. the next Hibiki? (3/12/2012 10:45:09 PM)
Twelve. This was the number of major design teams available to the empire of japan. After the air forces had been unified, the ministry of airpower had been developed and given significant authority. Several radical elements had been allowed to infiltrate. The orders were given to the design teams, and all other projects were to be cancelled immediately. It appeared to some that the fate of japan's airpower was now in the hands of one sadistic, megalomaniacal demigogue.

Commander Stormwolf -> RE: WITP Book' A little spare time.. the next Hibiki? (3/12/2012 10:51:07 PM)
To the Mitsubishi Fighter Design team, under Jiro Horikoshi First priority: Reisen II airframe to the parameters of the short-range dogfighter suitable for carrier use Second priority: Reisen III airframe into a long-range escort Third priority: modification of Reisen airframe to accept new generation small diameter radial engines After being pressured to develop the Raiden interceptor, Horikoshi was now being told to put this on hold and also to neglect the development of the next generation carrier fighter. The air ministry was putting all its faith in the Reisen.

Commander Stormwolf -> RE: WITP Book' A little spare time.. the next Hibiki? (3/12/2012 10:59:58 PM)
To the Nakajima Fighter Design Team, under Yasushi Koyama First priority: adaptation of 1530hp Ha-32-12 radial to Shoki interceptor Second priority: adaptation of 1850hp Ha-32-21 radial to Shoki interceptor Third priority: development of next generation fighter A major objective of the fighter arm was the expedient production of an effective interceptor capable of defending the oilfields that were to be captured by the japanese advance.

Commander Stormwolf -> RE: WITP Book' A little spare time.. the next Hibiki? (3/12/2012 11:02:49 PM)
To the Kawasaki team, under Takeo Doi 1) Rapid development of the Hien inline engine fighter with high performance 2) Next generation inline engine fighter design

Commander Stormwolf -> RE: WITP Book' A little spare time.. the next Hibiki? (3/12/2012 11:04:09 PM)
To the Hitachi team 1) Rapid reverse-engineering of Heinkel-100 fighter 2) Acquisition of new licenses for german or italian designs

Commander Stormwolf -> RE: WITP Book' A little spare time.. the next Hibiki? (3/12/2012 11:05:59 PM)
To the Aichi team 1) Advanced seaplane with small diameter

Commander Stormwolf -> RE: WITP Book' A little spare time.. the next Hibiki? (3/12/2012 11:06:31 PM)
To the Yokosuka team 2) Advanced seaplane with small diameter

Commander Stormwolf -> RE: WITP Book' A little spare time.. the next Hibiki? (3/12/2012 11:08:04 PM)
To the Mitsubishi Bmr team under Tomio Kubo 1) Adding Type 100 Shiitei with a torpedo capability 2) Development of next generation high speed Bmr

Commander Stormwolf -> RE: WITP Book' A little spare time.. the next Hibiki? (3/12/2012 11:12:46 PM)
To the Nakajima Bmr team The Nakajima company as a whole had been embarassed by the failiures of the Shinzan 4-Engined Bmr and the failiure of the Tenzan to reach prouction, much the result of the faults of the engine, the 1870hp mamoru. The Nakajima company had been told to establish plans for the prouction of carrier based torpedo planes at a rate of 50 per month, in a pre-planned sequence. 1) Kankoh I with obsolete hikari engines in stock 2) Kankoh III with mitsubishi Ha-33 engines 3) Tenzan II with mitsubishi Ha-32-21 4) next generation carrier torpedo plane

Commander Stormwolf -> RE: WITP Book' A little spare time.. the next Hibiki? (3/12/2012 11:16:37 PM)
Mansyu team had been established in the japanese controlled manchukuo, and there was still hesitation to allow them access to the latest technology and designs, in case the knowledge was obtained by the chinese. As result, the Mansyu team was told to develop trainers, particulary those without the use of strategic materials. It appeared mundange, however it was an important task.

Commander Stormwolf -> RE: WITP Book' A little spare time.. the next Hibiki? (3/12/2012 11:26:12 PM)
Kawanishi team had developed the Seiku (Emily) flying boat in 1941. It was this design where much of the faith of the air ministry was laid and there were many ideas on how these large beasts could be used. Some suggested submarines to refuel for long range missions. Others suggested capturing atolls and remote bases close to the enemy rear areas by way of fast surface ships, then basing the flying boats in the vicinity. Another idea that was circulating was placing one or more Seiku onto a seaplane tender, allowing long-range airpower to be deployed from ships. All of these ideas were being given serious consideration because 1) the performance of the Seiku was as good as land-based 4-Engined rivals 2) the Reisen fighter could be used to provide long range escort The Seiku had brought the Kawanishi firm into the first tier of japanese aeronautics

Commander Stormwolf -> RE: WITP Book' A little spare time.. the next Hibiki? (3/12/2012 11:30:19 PM)
Watanabe was one of the two experimental design teams, with no immediate projects being developed. The only major requirement given to the Watanabe team was to facilitate the development of a next-generation, war-winning craft. Ambiguous as these specifications were, many radical designers were attracted to this firm because of the open-minded task. Some were hoping to use jet power and rocketry.

Commander Stormwolf -> RE: WITP Book' A little spare time.. the next Hibiki? (3/12/2012 11:33:06 PM)
Tachikawa was the final japanese design team. There were no planes in the immediate pipeline, however significant progress had been made on the development of long-range craft. It was hoped that some type of breakthrough could be made to allow communication by air between japan and its european allies.

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