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Yokosuka MXY15 "Max"

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Another what-if plane that never existed.

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The Yokosuka MXY15 Allied Reporting Name "Max"

Another “What-if” project:

The Yokosuka MXY15 (allied reporting name: “Max”) was a Japanese point-defence rocket powered interceptor, which was to be used in a very similar way to a manned surface-to-air missile, armed with a automatic 90mm gun, design to destroy a heavy bomber with a few hits.

After the vertical take-off, which eliminated the need for airfields, the majority of the flight to the Allied bombers was to be controlled by an autopilot.
The plane could be launched from a fixed vertical launch system or from a small modified tank chassis. Below, the plane ready to be launch.

Rear view

The massive 90mm auto-cannon.

The plane is a copy from a plane that I saw on the Anime "Konpeki no kantai".

Hope you like it!

Eínon

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Nick white

July 5, 2012

good gob

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jack kenyon

December 22, 2011

great idea but from experience i can tell that this would probably be made of wood and the recoil from a 90mm cannon would probably rip it apart. It would be deadly to the pilot but, all for the emperor i guess. Creative build though, good work.

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jack kenyon

December 22, 2011

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Scott Bertaut

December 4, 2011

A very cool looking plane, I really like the look of the rear wing. I could really see this causing a problem for bombers, good thing they never built it!

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Nathan Elkins

December 4, 2011

Interesting concepts. You know, your ideas inspired me to do this little number, a nuclear kamikaze http://www.mocpages.com/moc.php/298028

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Josh Guilbert

December 3, 2011

That ME-262 was the only plane with a 50mm cannon not other ME-262 had it,Also it never saw action they know how deadly a 50mm shell was onto a plane.Its the weight of the gun you gotta worry about sence back in the 40s jet engines were unreliable and underpowerd.I gotta admit your design and idea work's.Course if the plane was maybe longer and wider you could up the ammo count

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João Eínon

December 3, 2011

Quoting Josh Guilbert 90mm gun? 90mm is WAY to large for a plane of this size to carry.You couldnt hold a good number of round's to.And in WW2 the US captured an ME-262 with a 50mm cannon in the nose capable of downing a B-17 in one well placed shot

Why not? Like you said "a 50mm cannon in the nose capable of downing a B-17 in one well placed shot", so a 90mm anywhere was a sure hit. And 5 rounds was enough to shoot down five bombers. Even if it´s to large for a plane of this size, it´s not a problem. 4 30mm guns make more recoil for 4 seconds firing than a single 90mm gun firing one round.

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Josh Guilbert

December 3, 2011

90mm gun? 90mm is WAY to large for a plane of this size to carry.You couldnt hold a good number of round's to.And in WW2 the US captured an ME-262 with a 50mm cannon in the nose capable of downing a B-17 in one well placed shot