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Product Description
The
50 sized Zero Fighter is the youngest brother from the CMPro Japanese Fighter
Series. Featuring a fiberglass moulded fuselage and painted rib wings. A great
choice for those war plane enthusiasts.
Japan's Zero Fighter 50 Nitro Gas ARF Model RC Airplane
The Mitsubishi A6M5 is a great scale airplane for anyone who likes scale flying. The kit includes a fiberglass fuselage and cowling. The wings are sheeted foam and covered. All covered surfaces are done in solartex cloth covering and then the whole airplane is airbrushed. All control surfaces have beveled leading edges and the control horn mounts are preinstalled. The wing is complete with CA hinges. The leading edge of the wing is pre-shaped. The kit includes full color decals.
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Wingspan
1360mm 53.5" |
Length
1130mm 44.5" |
Weight
2.8~2.9 kg 6.17 lb |
Wing Loading
84~87 dm/2 27.63 oz/sqft |
Airfoil Naca 2415 |
Wing Area 33.2 dm/2 514.6 sq in |
Radio Control
4~5 Ch 5~6 Servos purchase separately |
2 Strok Engine
46 purchase separately |
4 Strok Engine
50~63 purchase separately |
Wing Span: 53.5"
Weight: 6.171lb
Length: 44.5"
Wing Loading: 27.63 oz./sq.ft.
Wing Area: 514.6sq.in
Engine Required: 2c 46, 4c 50~63
Radio Required: 4~5 Channel 5~6 Servos
Wing is designed to allow optional retracts fitting
The wing panels and tails are also matt spray painted to increase scale features.
The high precision fiberglass fuselage is painted in camouflage finish, making an extremely scale and attractive model.
ARF Kit Only. Additional Radio Equipments are required to complete.
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The Mitsubishi A6M was a light-weight naval fighter aircraft employed by the Japanese from 1940-45. More widely known by its Navy designation, Type 0 Carrier Fighter, or Zero, the plane gained a legendary reputation. A combination of excellent maneuverability and very long range made it one of the best fighters of its era. |
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The most effective Japanese
fighter of World War II was known by many names. To the Imperial
Japanese Navy, it was the Type 0 Carrier Fighter, Model 52. To the U.S.
Navy pilots who fought it in the skies over the Pacific, it was the
"Zeke." And to the American public it was known as the Zero. |
Designed for attack the Zero gave
precedence to maneuverability and fire-power at the expense of protection - most
had no self-sealing tanks or armor plate - thus many Zeros were lost too easily
in combat. Nevertheless, many Allied pilots died trying to learn how to fight
such an agile aircraft.
The correct combat tactic against Zeros was to remain out
of range and fight on the dive and climb. By using speed and resisting the
deadly error of trying to out-turn the Zero, eventually cannon could be brought
to bear and a single burst of fire was usually enough.
When the US had learned the "secret" of the Zero new
aircraft such as the Grumman Hellcat and Vought Corsair were introduced, planes
that outperformed the Zero in every way but maneuverability. To correct for that
shortcoming, US pilots simply had to remember the correct tactics. The result
was that the Model 22s were swept from the skies in huge numbers, and the US
Navy's 1:1 kill ratio suddenly jumped to better than 10:1. However Japanese
development did not remain static - newer planes like the George were excellent
fighters and a match for the later US models.
As the war progressed, the Zero, once the most feared fighter in the Pacific, became outclassed by new more powerful American fighters. Even so, it remained an important factor in the Pacific theater, for it was used for kamikaze, or suicide, missions that inflicted some of the most severe damage of the war on the U.S. Navy. Loaded with explosives and manned by pilots willing to lose their lives for their country, the Zero became a flying bomb aimed at American ships. The Zero was used in nearly 2,000 kamikaze attacks before Japan finally surrendered to bring down the curtain on the war in the Pacific.
The Zero fighter ranks with the Supermarine Spitfire, Vought Corsair and North American Mustang as one of the historic fighters of World War II.