Hasegawa 1/48 Mitsubishi F-2A japan NEW

Plastic aircraft model assembly kit 178 parts.
Mitsubishi F-2 is a jet fighter aircraft supported by the Air Self Defense Force. This machine has a single seat A type and a double seat type B type, and the double seat type is mainly used for education and training.

Air Self Defense Force is a threat of fighter aircraft and bombers are F-15J fighter aircraft. Threats such as ships, tanks and other threats have been taken by the F - 1 support fighter aircraft, but F - 1 has begun retiring due to aging of the aircraft.
As the successor to this F - 1, the aircraft developed jointly by Japan and the United States is F - 2.

This machine, which was called FS - X at the beginning of development, is based on F - 16, and it has been designed to make full use of current state - of - the - art technology.
Features of the outline are the fuselage and main wing which are larger than the F-16, the radome which became larger to accommodate the new radar, and the three-piece canopy which coped with the bird strike (collision with the bird) at low altitude flight In various parts of the aircraft such as the main wing, carbonaceous composite material that Japan boasts of the world is used, and the weight of the aircraft is reduced.

In addition, CCV technology reflecting the experimental result of the T - 2 CCV machine is also introduced, the first fly - by - wire type side stick is adopted by the Air Self Defense Force aircraft, which realizes safe and excellent flight performance.

Onboard weapons can be equipped with air-to-air missiles, anti-ship missiles (domestically produced ASM-2, etc.), various bombs and tank tanks in 11 stations including the main wing and fuselage.

Unit deployment began with the 3rd Squadron of Misawa Base in April 2001 and the Air Self Defense Force will deploy F-2 instead of the remaining F-1 and F-4EJ reforms in the future, F -15J With the fighting fighter aircraft will protect the 21st century Japanese sky.

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Overall length: 15.52 m, total height: 4.96 m, Engine: General Electric F 110 - GE (IHI) - 129, thrust: 17,000 Fixed armament: M61A-1 20 mm Vulcan cannon x 1 gate, maximum speed: Mach 2.0, first flight: 1995 (1st hour): 1 lb (afterburner maximum output 29,500 lb) x 1, takeoff weight: 20,517 kg (with AAM x 2, ASM x 4, 600 gal tank x 2 installed) October 7th (XF-2A Unit 1)