The uniquely different "Shinden" was the brainchild of Captain Massaoki Tsuruno around the beginning of 1943. From the outset the "Shinden" was conceived in such away that it could be fitted with a turbojet engine as soon as one became available with out any delay in production.
Captain Tsuruno put his idea to the First Naval Air Technical Arsenal (Dai-Ichi Kaigun Koku Gijitsusho) in April 1943, who were impressed enough to have some exploratory work done to see if Captain Tsuruno airplane had any merit. This resulted in three gliders (MXY6) being built to test Tsuruno's design in flight, with one of the gliders being fitted with a 22 hp Ha-90 4 cylinder air cooled engine.
The feasibility of the canard design was proven by the end of 1943. The Navy were so impressed by the flight testing, that they instructed the Kyushu Aircraft Company to design a canard interceptor around Captain Tsuruno concept (with Tsuruno leading a team from the Dai-Ichi Kaigun Koku Gijitsusho assigned to aid Kyushu's design works).
Here are the spicifications:
- Engine: 1x Mitsubishi MK9D 18 cylinder radial piston engine @ 2,130 hp / 1x Ne-130 axial-flow turbojet with 1,984 lb of thrust
- Wing Span: 36' 5.5 ''
- Length: 31' 8.33''
- Height: 12' 10.5''
- Weight: Empty 7,639 lb / Loaded 10,854 lb
- Maximum Speed: 466 mph
- Ceiling: 39,370'
- Range: 529 miles
- Crew: 1
- Armament: 4x 30 mm type 5 cannons / provision for 4x 66 lb bombs or 2x 132 lb bombs
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