Complete Aircraft
CFS Mitsubishi A7M2 Reppu C. The Mitsubishi A7M2 Reppu (Strong Gale or Hurricane), allied codename Sam, was designed as the successor to the Imperial Japanese Navys A6M Zero, with development beginning in 1942, but was finished too late in 1944, and mass production of Reppu was not in time of WWII. The first prototype, designed by Jiro Horikoshi (the same Zeros creator), being flown on 13 October 1944. Clearly a potent fighter that could meet Allied opposition on equal terms, the Reppu had a maximum speed of 630km h at optimum altitude and was ordered into production as the Navy Carrier Fighter Reppu Model 22. This virtual model is painted with original Yusaku Honma light grey texture (unknown for me), reworked as BMP files. Original MDL design & panel. flyman Yusaku Honma (1999). All reworked to CFS, with new damage profile, up-scaled, and new BMP textures by Edmundo Abad, 2012.
