| Manufacturer |
Nakajima Aircraft Company |
Short Brothers |
| Description |
The Nakajima LB-2 was a long-range, land-based bomber developed in Japan for use by the Imperial Japanese Navy. |
The Short R.24/31 (or Short S.18 and nicknamed the Knuckleduster) was a British twin-engined, high-wing cantilever gull winged monoplane flying-boat designed and built by Short to Air Ministry specification R.24/31 for a "General Purpose Open Sea Patrol Flying Boat". |
| First Flight |
1936-01-01 |
1933-11-30 |
| Service End |
|
1938-01-01 |
| Designer |
Kenichi Matsumara |
(Sir) Arthur Gouge |
| Type |
|
General purpose flying-boat |
| Length (m) |
19.33 |
19.2024 |
| Height (m) |
5.45 |
5.7912 |
| Cockpit Crew |
|
5 |
| Max Speed (km/h) |
328 |
241.4016 |
| Cruise Speed (km/h) |
242 |
|
| Max Ceiling (m) |
|
4724.4 |
| Rate of Climb (m/s) |
|
4.064 |
| Armament |
2 × 7.7 mm (.303 in) Type 92 machine guns; 800 kg (1,764 lb) of bombs |
3 x Lewis Guns; underwing bomb racks for:; 2× 500 lb (230 kg) bombs or ; 4× 240 (110 kg) bombs |
| National Origin |
Japan |
United Kingdom |
| Number Built |
1 |
1 |
| Powerplant Description |
2 × Nakajima Hikari 2, 600 kW (805 hp) each |
2 × Rolls-Royce Goshawk VIII steam-cooled V12 engines, 578 kW (775 hp) each |
| Primary Users |
Manchukuo National Airways |
Short Brothers, Marine Aircraft Experimental Establishment (MAEE), Felixstowe |
| Status |
|
Prototype |
| Wikipedia Article (URL) |
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nakajima_LB-2 |
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short_Knuckleduster |
| Flat Wing Span (m) |
26.69 |
27.432 |
| Flat Wing Area (m²) |
97.96 |
106.5598 |
| Aircraft Engine |
Nakajima Hikari |
Rolls-Royce Goshawk |
| Number of Engines |
2 |
2 |