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FS2002/FS2004 KAWANISHI H6K Mavis Type97 Flying Boat. This is the second large-scale flying boat that Kawanishi produced. As a succession machine of Type 90 No2 flying boat,This was ordered to Kawanishi as Type 9 test flying boat in 1934. The chief design person is Shizuo Kikuhara engineer. (Afterwards, take charge of the design of Type 2 flying boat and PS-1. ) To fill long large cruising range and a big airlift, four engines are installed in this aircraft. A long and slender main wing of aspect ratio 9.7 is adopted. Because Type 97 adopted a smart body,A triangular prop is put up in two places in the body upper part and it ties to the main wing and the prop was diagonally extended from the lower side of the body and the main wing was supported. Two kind of airframes(Civilian type and Military type) are included. by Kazunori Ito.
Original information
- ID
- 13645
- Category
- FS2004 Vintage Aircraft
- File
- h6kmavis.zip
- Size
- 2,790.2 KB
- Historical views
- 2,365
- Rating
- 7.00 / 10 (3 historical votes)
- File status
- verified
Preserved rating history
3 individual ratings could be preserved from the historical database.