The Nakajima G8N Renzan, meaning Mountain Range and known to the Allies as Rita, was a four-engined long-range land-based bomber designed for the Imperial Japanese Navy, whose full designation was Type 18 land-based attack aircraft. The navy asked Nakajima for it in February 1943, and the final specification of September 1943 called for a top speed of 320 knots with a 4,000 kg bomb load over 2,000 nautical miles. The design had a small high-aspect-ratio mid wing, tricycle landing gear and four 2,000 hp Homare radial engines with turbosuperchargers, with power-operated turrets for defence. The first prototype was completed in October 1944, and the project was cancelled in June 1945. No example survives.
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was a four-engined, long-range bomber designed for use by the Imperial Japanese Navy
Specifications (G8N1), engine
18-cylinder air-cooled radial piston engines
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led to the project's cancellation in June
Variants
Production version. Four built.
Specifications (G8N1), empty weight
Empty weight: 17,400 kg (38,360 lb)
Specifications (G8N1), maximum take-off weight
Max takeoff weight: 32,150 kg (70,879 lb)
Specifications (G8N1), maximum speed
Maximum speed: 593 km/h (368 mph, 320 kn) at 8,000 m (26,000 ft)
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