The Nakajima E2N, the Type 15 Reconnaissance Floatplane, was a Japanese reconnaissance aircraft of the inter-war years, a single-engine two-seat sesquiplane seaplane with twin main floats. It was developed in the 1920s for the Imperial Japanese Navy as a short-range floatplane that could be catapult launched from cruisers and battleships, a wooden aircraft with folding wings and a water-cooled Mitsubishi Hi engine. Its layout gave a better downward view than the monoplanes proposed by Aichi and Yokosuka, and it was selected in 1927 as Japan's first locally designed shipboard reconnaissance seaplane. Nakajima and Kawanishi built eighty by 1929, and the front-line machines were withdrawn in the early 1930s.
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Eighty examples were produced between 1927-29 by Nakajima and Kawanishi
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The E2N was developed in the 1920s for the Imperial Japanese Navy as a short range reconnaissance floatplane
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Design and development, selection, first flight year
the design was selected to become Japan's first locally designed shipboard reconnaissance seaplane in 1927
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was a Japanese reconnaissance aircraft of the inter-war years
Specifications (E2N), engine
Mitsubishi Type Hi V-8 water-cooled piston engine
Operational history, status, status
The Navy machines were withdrawn from front-line units in the early 1930s
Operational history, units built
Eighty examples were produced between 1927-29 by Nakajima and Kawanishi
Specifications (E2N), empty weight
Empty weight: 1,409 kg (3,106 lb)
Specifications (E2N), maximum speed
Maximum speed: 172 km/h (107 mph, 93 kn)
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Eighty examples were produced between 1927-29 by Nakajima and Kawanishi
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The E2N was developed in the 1920s for the Imperial Japanese Navy as a short range reconnaissance floatplane
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Eighty examples were produced between 1927-29 by Nakajima and Kawanishi
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was a Japanese reconnaissance aircraft of the inter-war years
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