[About Mitsubishi J2M3 Raiden]


Wikipedia
The Mitsubishi "Raiden"(which means "Lightning Bolt" in Japanese) was an interceptor fighter operated by the Imperial Japanese Navy during the Pacific War.
During the Sino-Japanese War, the Imperial Japanese Navy was frequently bombed by bombers flying at high altitude over its ground bases and was unable to shoot them down. In response, in 1939 the Imperial Japanese Navy ordered Mitsubishi to develop an interceptor fighter. Mitsubishi proceeded with the development of the interceptor fighter under the leadership of Jiro Horikoshi, who served as the chief design engineer of the Zero fighter.
The aircraft was required to have the ability to reach high altitudes quickly and reliably shoot down bombers, so it had to be equipped with a high-powered engine and a large-caliber machine gun. For this reason, the "Kasei" engine, originally developed for large aircraft, was selected. To reduce aerodynamic drag, the propeller was placed at the end of the extension shaft from the engine, and the diameter of the nose was narrowed, resulting in a spindle-shaped fuselage with the largest diameter around the cockpit. In order to draw air in through the narrowed nose, a forced cooling fan was attached to the nose of the plane.
The first prototype was completed in 1942. However, the prototype had a fatal problem: abnormal vibration at maximum power. Other problems, as well, took time to resolve. It was not until one year later, in 1943, that the fighter was officially adopted as the "Raiden".
Because of the time it took to develop the aircraft, its performance had become obsolete by the time it was formally adopted. Nevertheless, it still achieved some success, such as shooting down bombers during air raids on the Japanese mainland.
Type 21 (J2M3) was the main production type, equipped with four 20mm machine guns and leak-proof fuel tanks.

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The cockpit is roughly reproduced.
I have not verified this because I do not have Simple Planes VR. Sorry.

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2023/6/16