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Kach22,

Pusher Prop Kyushu J7W1 Shinden

Interesting, but I can tell you at face value from an aircraft design perspective. Observe the photo of the Shinden..Notice anything..? Look and see that it has small wheels on the vertical stabilizers. This was an afterthought because of uncontrolled pitch nuances with the canard configuration. I say this because how high they are placed. This location and need tell me there are formidable pitch accelerations and habits with the controls 45 degree or so. The geometry and fitment of the wheels tells me as a designer it has a tendency to pitch wildly (up or down)! (reasonably educated guess) The canard is very small and placed forward farther than I would place it, just stating a "Moment" observation. I bet that bird was very frisky and not necessarily maneuverable. The pusher engine configuration really has no benefits other that the physical counterbalance for the cannard/CG. It looks revolutionary and probably better suited as a long range something..It could never fight anything we had after 1944. The test flight data revealed no great attributes..Thats why we didn't see more on the Battle field.

Aircraft in WWII had a common configuration that took 40 years to develop, even the ME-262 follow the same design parameters. Like the man said "Keep It Simple Stupid" (KISS) There is no better reflection of this than in nature.

Just my annoying .02 cents

Bob