The Mitsubishi J8M Shūsui (Japanese: 三菱 J8M 秋水, literally "Autumn Water", used as a poetic term meaning "Sharp Sword", deriving from the swishing sound of a sword) is a Japanese World War II rocket -powered interceptor aircraft closely based on …

研制工程完成后，大日本帝国海军方面对其赋予代号为J8M，而大日本帝国陆军则赋予其代号Ki-200。 1943年12月17日，日本伊-29號潛艇装载217噸錫、橡膠等戰略物資從 新加坡 出發，于次年3月11日到達當時由德軍佔領的法国 洛里昂 港。

2019年6月4日 · The first powered flight of a J8M prototype occurred on July 7th, 1945. However, after clearing take-off and beginning a climb, the engine cutout was activated due to half-full fuel tanks, disrupting all power to the rocket.

2003年5月21日 · The cause of the accident was variously explained as the result of the hydrogen peroxide shifting to the rear of the partially empty tank and cutting the fuel supply, and owing to air entering a fuel pipe and causing a blockage.

Manufactured in Nagoya, Japan and delivered in March 1945, the Museum’s J8M1 Shusui is one of only two aircraft that survive from the original seven that were built. In late 1945, two captured J8M1 aircraft were sent from Japan to the United States for evaluation; this 1945 photo shows the Museum's J8M1 after arrival in the USA.

2011年12月9日 · The gliders had water tanks fitted to compensate for the weight of the Toku Ro.2 rocket motor and its fuel tanks, and several Akigusa gliders were actually supplied to the J.A.A.F. which proposed to use the Shusui under the designation of Ki.202 (the new designation allocated after the Ki.200 project was taken over by the Army's Rikugun ...

The Shūsui powerplant was the Tokuro-2 rocket engine with enough fuel for 2.5 minutes of flight, but lacked the same thrust rating as the rocket engine used in the Me 163. Despite the J8M1 being lighter weight, the rocket engine performance would not be as good as the Me 163, but still substantial thust.

2017年2月4日 · The fuel system problems were resolved, with the intention to resume test flights in late August 1945 but one month after the first flight of the J8M1, the atomic bombs “Little Boy” and “Fat Man” were dropped on Hiroshima (August 6th, 1945) and Nagasaki (August 9th, 1945) respectively, by the feared USAAF B-29 bombers (the “ Enola Gay ...

During her stay, I-29 embarks 18 passengers (including four Germans) and takes on an HWK 509A-1 bi-fuel rocket motor used on the Me-163 Komet interceptor and a Jumo 004B engine used on the Me-262 jet fighter. 30 March 1944: Kiel, Germany. At 0800, RO-501 departs, carrying a full set of Messerschmitt Me-163 rocket interceptor blueprints.

At Mitsubishi, Nissan and Fuji, assembly lines were being prepared for two variants of the fighter: the J8M1 was armed with two 30-mm "type 5" cannons, and the J8M1 KAI instead of one of the cannons was supposed to receive an additional fuel tank.