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what is it?
The Nakajima A6M2-N (Navy Type 2 Interceptor/Fighter-Bomber) was a single-crew floatplane based on the Mitsubishi A6M Zero Model 11. The Allied reporting name for the aircraft was Rufe.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 12 m wingspan
base stats
Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).
fun facts
- First flew 85 years ago, in 1941.
- Top speed is 3.3× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 12 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Range of 1,148 km: 6× Amsterdam to Brussels.
- Can fly 1.1× higher than Mount Everest (8,849 m).
piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1941-12-08
- introduced
- 1942
- number built
- 327
- role
- interceptor/fighter-bomber floatplane
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- makers
- Nakajima
- engines
- 1× Nakajima NK1C Sakae 12
- crew
- 1
- length
- 10.1 m
- wingspan
- 12 m
- height
- 4.3 m
- max take-off weight
- 2,880 kg
- top speed
- 435 km/h
- cruise speed
- 296 km/h
- range
- 1,148 km
- ceiling
- 10,000 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q649529, Wikipedia: Nakajima A6M2-N (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.