MITSUBISHI A6M2 Type ZERO
Model 21 REISEN
Allied Code Name "ZEKE"
CFS3 - V4.00.168
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MITSUBISHI A6M2 Type ZERO Model 21 REISEN
This aircraft was built by SARGE using version 4.00.168 of the AvHistory 1% Assembly Line process. The 1% version of this plane is based on Stephan Seybolt's excellent and highly detailed 3D model. Stephan also did the cockpit textures.
John BRAVO/4 Whelan has painted it in the livery of the 6th Kokutai based on Rabaul, New Britian, November, 1942. This aircraft took part in the Battle for Guadalcanal Both defending the Japanese & escorting bomber attacking the USMC base at Henderson field, Guadalcanal.
Rene 'Greycap' of Steve's "O-1 Driver" effects team installed the lights & exhaust flames.
Why "Zero" ?
A designation system for airplanes had been in use in Japan since the early 1920s, and was based on the last two digits of the year of delivery to the Army or Navy. The A6M's predecessor, the Mitsubishi A5M "Claude", was delivered in the year 2596 of the Japanese calendar (1936), and had the title of "Navy Carrier Fighter Type 96". The A6M2 entered service in Japanese year 2600 (1940), and became the "Navy Carrier Fighter Type Zero". The Japanese nickname "Reisen" is short for "Rei Sentoki", meaning "Zero Fighter"
On May 1, 1939, the Navy ordered Mitsubishi to install the Nakajima NK1C Sakae 12 (Prosperity) engine in the third prototype and subsequent aircraft. The Sakae 12 (Ha.35/12) engine was also a fourteen-cylinder twin-row air-cooled radial and was only slightly larger and heavier than the Zuisei despite its higher power. Mitsubishi was somewhat reluctant to do this, since the Sakae engine was a competitor's product.
The re-engined aircraft was designated A6M2. The first Sakae-powered A6M2 began flight testing on December 28, 1939. The aircraft's performance exceeded the Navy's most optimistic expectation, amply exceeding the original performance requirements which had been thought to be impossible only a few months earlier. Production of an initial service test batch of A6M2s began, and initial flight trials were completed in July of 1940.
On July 31, the aircraft was formally accepted for production as the Navy Type 0 Carrier Fighter Model 11. The popular name was Reisen (which was an abbreviation for Rei Sentoki, or Zero Fighter), so chosen for its type number which was 0, standing for the last digit of the current Japanese year, which was 2600 in the Japanese calendar.
Beginning with the 65th aircraft, manually upward-folding wingtips (about 20 inches long) were incorporated so that the Reisen could fit the deck elevators of the Imperial Navy's aircraft carriers. This modification resulted in a change of designation to Navy Type 0 Carrier Fighter Model 21.
Ed Struzynski, Bill Wilson and Anthony Sullenger also contributed to this aircraft.
Model 21 REISEN
Allied Code Name "ZEKE"
CFS3 - V4.00.168
AvHistory 1% Aircraft General Statement and Installation Instructions
Gregory Pierson's Version 4.0 first released in August 2006 represents a complete update of the AvHistory 1% Assembly Line Process (1%ALP). Compared to our previous efforts, 4.0 is an order of magnitude improvement and a closer step towards our goal of producing aircraft that perform within 1% of the real aircraft. For additional info on Version-4 flight packages see the included AvHistory - Version-4 1%ALP text file.
No AvHistory 1% aircraft maybe provided for download from any site without express written consent of AvHistory. No skins for AvHistory aircraft, other then those based on stock MS CFS3 visuals, maybe offered for download with our written permission.
Additionally, direct linking to our download site is forbidden.
MITSUBISHI A6M2 Type ZERO Model 21 REISEN
This aircraft was built by SARGE using version 4.00.168 of the AvHistory 1% Assembly Line process. The 1% version of this plane is based on Stephan Seybolt's excellent and highly detailed 3D model. Stephan also did the cockpit textures.
John BRAVO/4 Whelan has painted it in the livery of the 6th Kokutai based on Rabaul, New Britian, November, 1942. This aircraft took part in the Battle for Guadalcanal Both defending the Japanese & escorting bomber attacking the USMC base at Henderson field, Guadalcanal.
Rene 'Greycap' of Steve's "O-1 Driver" effects team installed the lights & exhaust flames.
Why "Zero" ?
A designation system for airplanes had been in use in Japan since the early 1920s, and was based on the last two digits of the year of delivery to the Army or Navy. The A6M's predecessor, the Mitsubishi A5M "Claude", was delivered in the year 2596 of the Japanese calendar (1936), and had the title of "Navy Carrier Fighter Type 96". The A6M2 entered service in Japanese year 2600 (1940), and became the "Navy Carrier Fighter Type Zero". The Japanese nickname "Reisen" is short for "Rei Sentoki", meaning "Zero Fighter"
On May 1, 1939, the Navy ordered Mitsubishi to install the Nakajima NK1C Sakae 12 (Prosperity) engine in the third prototype and subsequent aircraft. The Sakae 12 (Ha.35/12) engine was also a fourteen-cylinder twin-row air-cooled radial and was only slightly larger and heavier than the Zuisei despite its higher power. Mitsubishi was somewhat reluctant to do this, since the Sakae engine was a competitor's product.
The re-engined aircraft was designated A6M2. The first Sakae-powered A6M2 began flight testing on December 28, 1939. The aircraft's performance exceeded the Navy's most optimistic expectation, amply exceeding the original performance requirements which had been thought to be impossible only a few months earlier. Production of an initial service test batch of A6M2s began, and initial flight trials were completed in July of 1940.
On July 31, the aircraft was formally accepted for production as the Navy Type 0 Carrier Fighter Model 11. The popular name was Reisen (which was an abbreviation for Rei Sentoki, or Zero Fighter), so chosen for its type number which was 0, standing for the last digit of the current Japanese year, which was 2600 in the Japanese calendar.
Beginning with the 65th aircraft, manually upward-folding wingtips (about 20 inches long) were incorporated so that the Reisen could fit the deck elevators of the Imperial Navy's aircraft carriers. This modification resulted in a change of designation to Navy Type 0 Carrier Fighter Model 21.
Ed Struzynski, Bill Wilson and Anthony Sullenger also contributed to this aircraft.
